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WPWX

Urban contemporary radio station in Hammond, Indiana, United States

Summary

Urban contemporary radio station in Hammond, Indiana, United States

Field	Value
logo	File:WPWX Power92FM logo.png
name	WPWX
city	Hammond, Indiana
area	Chicago metropolitan area
Northwest Indiana
branding	Power 92
airdate	1949
frequency	92.3 MHz
format	Urban contemporary
subchannels	HD2: WYCA simulcast (Urban contemporary gospel)
owner	Crawford Broadcasting
licensee	Dontron Inc.
licensing_authority	FCC
affiliations	Compass Media Networks
sister_stations	WSRB, WYCA
erp	50,000 watts
haat	150 meters
class	B
facility_id	17304
coordinates
callsign_meaning	Po Wer X
former_callsigns	WJIZ (1949–1954)
WJOB-FM (1954–1959)
WYCA (1959-2001)
WVJM (2001)
webcast	Listen Live
website	power92chicago.com

Northwest Indiana WJOB-FM (1954–1959) WYCA (1959-2001) WVJM (2001) WPWX (92.3 FM) is an urban contemporary radio station licensed to Hammond, Indiana and serving the Chicago metropolitan area in addition to Northwest Indiana, and is owned by Crawford Broadcasting. The station broadcasts from a transmitter a few hundred feet west of the Illinois/Indiana state line in Burnham, Illinois, with studios on Calumet Avenue in Hammond.

History

The station began broadcasting in 1949, and held the call sign WJIZ. The station was owned by South Shore Broadcasting Company. In 1954, the station's call sign was changed to WJOB-FM, and the station simulcast the programming of its sister station WJOB 1230. In 1959, the station was sold to Percy Crawford for $119,000. The station's call sign was changed to WYCA, standing for "Young People's Church of the Air", and the station began airing a Christian format.

The station switched to an urban contemporary format on March 26, 2001, in an attempt to go head to head with the longtime urban radio leader in Chicago, WGCI-FM. The station's call sign was briefly changed to WVJM in April 2001, before being changed to WPWX on May 1, 2001. WPWX currently is the Chicago home to The Rickey Smiley Morning Show, and at one time carried both the Doug Banks Morning Show and The Tom Joyner Morning Show.

HD Programming

All Crawford Broadcasting Company radio stations broadcast in digital HD Radio, and all Crawford FMs also broadcast both HD1 & HD2 (digital) audio. Urban Gospel sister station WYCA, known as Rejoice 102.3, is simulcast on WPWX-HD2.

References

[https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=83872 History Cards for WPWX], fcc.gov. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
"Call Sign History (WPWX)".
''[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1958/Radio-AL-NE-1958-BC-YB.pdf 1958 Broadcasting Yearbook]'', [[Broadcasting & Cable. Broadcasting]]. 1958. p. A-280. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
"[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1959/1959-07-06-BC.pdf Changing hands]", ''[[Broadcasting & Cable. Broadcasting]]''. July 6, 1959. p. 52. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
Ghrist, John R. (1996). ''Valley Voices: A Radio History''. Crossroads Communications. p. 241-247.
Feder, Robert. (February 23, 2001). "WYCA leaving religion for urban contemporary". [[Chicago Sun-Times]].
"[https://www.power92chicago.com/show/rickey-smiley/ Rickey Smiley Morning Show]", WPWX. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
Cholo, Ana Beatriz. "[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-02-12-0302120267-story.html Bowled over about black history]", ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. February 12, 2003. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
[[Phil Rosenthal. Rosenthal, Phil]]. "[https://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/06/tom-joyner-expands-reach-adds-soul-106-to-power-92.html Tom Joyner expands reach, adds Soul 106 to Power 92]", ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. June 01, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
"HD Radio station guide for San Francisco, California".

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