WMVP
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| City | Chicago, Illinois |
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| Broadcast area | Chicago market |
| Branding | ESPN Chicago 1000 AM |
| Slogan | "Chicagoland's Leader In Sports" |
| Frequency | 1000 kHz(also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | June 19, 1926 |
| Format | Sports Talk |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Class | A (Clear channel) |
| Facility ID | 73303 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°49′5″N 87°59′18″W / 41.81806°N 87.98833°W |
| Callsign meaning | Most Valuable Player |
| Former callsigns |
WCFL (1926–1987) WLUP (1987–1993) |
| Affiliations |
ESPN Radio Chicago Bandits (NPF) Chicago Wolves (AHL) Northwestern Wildcats (NCAA) iHeartRadio |
| Owner |
The Walt Disney Company (Sports Radio Chicago, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WLS-TV |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | ESPN Chicago |
WMVP (1000 AM) is the callsign of a commercial radio station in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is owned by ABC, Inc. and operated by ESPN Radio. Its transmitter is located in Downers Grove. The station broadcasts live sports talk, both locally and nationally. Daily programming consists of talk shows that are both national and local. Mike and Mike in the Morning and the Scott Van Pelt show are done by ESPN, while Waddle & Silvy, Carmen and Jurko and Kap And Company are more focused on Chicago sports. It is also currently the flagship station of the Chicago Wolves, the AHL affiliate of the St. Louis Blues of the NHL, and, until 2016, it was formerly the flagship station of the Chicago Bulls of the NBA (until it was taken over ironically by former sister station WLS). WMVP also airs the Northwestern Wildcats football and basketball games whenever flagship AM station WGN is unable to air the games due to other broadcast agreements.
Its former call sign was WCFL, for the Chicago Federation of Labor. The station billed itself as "The Voice of Labor" from its inception until its sale to Mutual in 1978.
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