WSCR (AM)
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| City | Chicago, Illinois |
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| Broadcast area | Chicago market |
| Branding | 670 The Score |
| Slogan | Chicago Sports Radio |
| Frequency | 670 AM (kHz) (also on HD Radio) 104.3 MHz WJMK-HD2 |
| First air date | January 2, 1992 |
| Format | Sports talk radio |
| Audience share | 2.2 (Holiday 2016, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Class | A (clear-channel) |
| Facility ID | 25445 |
| Transmitter coordinates |
41°56′3″N 88°4′24″W / 41.93417°N 88.07333°W (NAD27) (main tower) 41°56′7″N 88°4′27″W / 41.93528°N 88.07417°W (NAD27) (auxiliary tower) |
| Callsign meaning | W-SCORE |
| Former frequencies | 820 AM (kHz) (1992-1997) 1160 AM (kHz) (1997-2000) |
| Affiliations | CBS Sports Radio |
| Owner |
CBS Radio (CBS Radio East Inc.) |
| Sister stations |
WBBM, WBBM-FM, WCFS-FM, WJMK, WUSN, WXRT part of CBS Corp. cluster with TV station WBBM-TV |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 670 The Score |
WSCR (670 kHz, "670 The Score") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois. The station is owned by CBS Radio and broadcasts a sports talk radio format. Its transmitter is located just off Army Trail Road in the suburb of Bloomingdale, and its studios are located at Two Prudential Plaza in the Loop. It is known as "The Score," and has been on the air since January 2, 1992. WSCR is currently the Chicago radio home for Chicago Cubs baseball and is the flagship station for the Chicago Cubs Radio Network, as well as Illinois Fighting Illini football and men's basketball. WSCR also carries other live sports programming from CBS Sports Radio and Westwood One, including Monday Night Football.
WSCR uses HD Radio on its AM signal 24 hours a day. The station's programming is also available to listeners with an HD Radio receiver via a simulcast on the HD2 subchannel of sister station WJMK.
The station initially signed on at 820KHz AM on January 2, 1992 as a 5,000-watt regional "daytime" station. This meant that after sundown the station had to sign off to avoid interfering with the nighttime signal of WBAP in Fort Worth, Texas, the clear-channel station on 820. WSCR moved to 1160 AM on April 7, 1997, and to its current frequency of 670 AM — a 50,000-watt clear-channel signal acquired when Viacom ceased broadcasting WMAQ's all-news format — in August 2000, and subsequently divested the 1160 frequency due to FCC limits on ownership (see WMAQ (AM) and WYLL). WSCR's studios were then located at 4949 W. Belmont Ave. on the northwest side of Chicago, in the building where sister station WXRT had long been located. (WSCR ceased broadcasting from that location in 2001.)
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