WRLL (defunct)
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| City | Berwyn, Illinois |
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| Broadcast area | Chicago market |
| Branding | "Real Oldies 1690" |
| Frequency | 1690 (kHz) |
| First air date | October 2003 |
| Format | Oldies |
| Power | 10,000 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night) |
| Class | B |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°44′14″N 87°42′04″W / 41.73722°N 87.70111°WCoordinates: 41°44′14″N 87°42′04″W / 41.73722°N 87.70111°W |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications |
WRLL (1690 AM) was an oldies station licensed to Berwyn, Illinois, and serving the Chicago market. It was owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications. The station first began broadcasting in early October 2003, and was displaced on the frequency by WVON September 18, 2006.
The station's transmitter was located in Chicago's Ashburn neighborhood, near the Evergreen Park, Illinois border, and operated as a diplexed operaration from one of the towers of its sister station, WGCI (now WGRB). The station ran 10,000 watts during the day, and 1,000 watts at night, using a non-directional antenna.
"Real Oldies 1690", as it called itself on the air, played music from the 1950s and early 1960s, featuring pop artists such as Frank Sinatra and Perry Como as well as the rock and roll hits of the period. "Real Oldies" originated at sister station WSAI (now sports/talk "ESPN 1530" WCKY) in Cincinnati and was also carried on WCOL (now talk station WYTS) in Columbus, Ohio; WHNE in Ann Arbor, Michigan, also a Clear Channel station at that time (now Cumulus business-talk station WLBY), also aired a variation of the format identified as "Honey Radio". "Dangerous Dan" Allen created the format initially for WSAI, where he was program director and a weekday afternoon DJ.
The station featured radio legends Larry Lujack and Tommy Edwards in the morning drive, along with news reporter Kathy Worthington. Other legendary Chicago area radio personalities from WLS and WCFL followed Tommy Edwards and Larry Lujack on the air, including Scotty Brink middays and "World Famous" Tom Murphy in the evening drive. Chicago radio and television personality Jerry G. Bishop, well known as the original Svengoolie, was the Sunday afternoon DJ on the station.
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