WSFS (AM)
WSFS's daytime tower atop Midland Warehouses | |
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| Broadcast area | Chicago metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 950 kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Catholic talk and teaching |
| Network | Relevant Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Relevant Radio, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | April 7, 1922 (date first licensed) |
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| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 6589 |
| Class | B |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | relevantradio |
WSFS (950 AM) is a radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, owned by Relevant Radio, Inc. It simulcasts a Catholic talk and teaching radio format, along with WKBM (930 AM) in Sandwich, Illinois. The stations' programming comes from the Relevant Radio network.
By day, the station is powered at 1,000 watts non-directional. Its daytime transmitter site is on South Western Avenue near 15th Street in Chicago. At night, while increasing its power to 5,000 watts, it also switches to a separate transmitter using a directional antenna with a six-tower array, that tower site is off East 142nd Street near South Manistee Avenue in Burnham, Illinois.