WVON
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| City | Berwyn Illinois |
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| Broadcast area | Chicago market |
| Branding | AM 1690 WVON |
| Slogan | Now More Than Ever! |
| Frequency | 1690 AM (kHz) (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 2003 |
| Format | Urban Talk |
| Audience share | 0.5 (Holiday 2016, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| Power | 10,000 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night) |
| Class | B (regional) |
| Facility ID | 87178 |
| 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 |
| Callsign meaning | "The Voice Of the Negro" "The Voice Of the Nation." |
| Owner | Midway Broadcasting Company (CC Licenses, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WEBG, WGCI-FM, WGRB, WKSC-FM, WLIT, WVAZ |
| Webcast | Listen Live (via iHeartRadio) |
| Website | wvon.com |
WVON ("The Voice of A Nation") is a radio station licensed to Berwyn, Illinois, serving the greater Chicago area, which airs an African-American-oriented talk format. WVON is owned by Midway Broadcasting Corporation, and broadcast on the 1690 kHz frequency via a LMA local marketing agreement with frequency owner iHeartMedia, Inc.. WVON has studios on the city's South Side in the Avalon Park neighborhood, and a transmitter tower is located at 87th and Kedzie in the southwest side.
The station is noted for its cultural relevance and commitment to community advocacy and empowerment. For more than 50 years, the station has been at the forefront of issues impacting the Black community. It was a voice for Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s and a springboard for Barack Obama during the early days of his political career. Currently, the station has some of the country's best-respected thought leaders as talk show hosts including Al Sharpton, Tavis Smiley, Roland Martin, and Jesse Jackson Sr.
WVON began as WHFC in 1926, broadcasting from the Hotel Flanders in Chicago. Like many small stations of the time, WHFC was squeezed into a shared-time frequency, with as many as five stations taking turns on 1310.
In 1930, they were given permission to move to 1420 with two other stations. WHFC bought out the other two in 1936 and changed its city of license to Cicero, Illinois. WHFC was shifted to 1450 in 1941.
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