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This was the year NBC bought WENR and WMAQ. All stations located in Chicago unless otherwise specified in parentheses:
560 WIBO - Nelson Brothers
560 WPCC - Northshore Congregational Church
670 WMAQ - Chicago Daily News (dba WMAQ, Inc.)
720 WGN - Chicago Tribune
770 WBBM/WJBT - CBS (dba WBBM Broadcasting Corp.)*
870 WENR - Great Lakes Broadcasting Co.
870 WLS - Prairie Farmer Magazine (dba Agricultural Broadcasting Co.)
920 WAAF - Drovers Journal Publishing Co.
970 WCFL - Chicago Federation of Labor
1020 KYW/KFKX - Westinghouse**
1080 WMBI - Moody Bible Institute
1080 WCBD (Zion) - Wilbur Glenn Voliva
1130 WJJD (Moosehart) - World Loyal Order of the Moose
1210 WCRW - Clinton R. White
1210 WEDC - Emil Denemark Inc.
1210 WSBC - World Battery Co.
1310 WCLS (Joliet) - WCLS, Inc.
1310 WKBB (Joliet) - Sanders Bros. Radio Station
1360 WGES - Oak Leaves Broadcasting Corp.
1360 WJKS (Gary IN) - Johnson-Kennedy Radio Corp.
1420 WEHS (Cicero) - WEHS Inc.
1420 WHFC (Cicero) - WHFC Inc.
1420 WKBI (Cicero) - WKBI Inc.
1490 WCHI - People's Pulpit Association
1490 WJAZ - Zenith Radio Corporation
* CBS used both WBBM and WJBT on 770. WJBT had shared 770 under previous ownership since 1926. Those calls were deleted in 1934.
** Westinghouse used both KYW and KFKX on 1020 from 1928 to 1933. KFKX had been moved from Hastings NE to Chicago in 1928. KYW moved to Philadelphia in 1934.
Station & ownership info is from Jeff Miller's site. Other info is from the Chicagoland Radio History site: <a target="_blank" href=http://www.angelfire.com/nm/negativfan/calls1.html>http://www.angelfire.com/nm/negativfan/calls1.html</a>
NBC programs were split between WIBO, WGN, WCFL, and KYW. No idea which network was on which station, but after 1931, NBC Red would be on WMAQ and NBC Blue (later ABC) would be on WENR & WLS. CBS (called "Columbia" at the time) was on WBBM/WJBT. Mutual wouldn't begin until 1934, on WGN.
WJKS moved to 560 after the FRC killed WIBO & WPCC in '33. It became WIND a year later. It got 560 because it was the only station in NW Indiana at the time. WIND would move its studios into Chicago in the '40s.
WCBD moved to 820 in 1941 and became WAIT (the one that went off the air in 1991, not the current one which is a decendant of the original WSCR).
WCLS is now WJOL 1340. This station is where a young sportscaster from St. Louis named Harold Carabina got his start in 1938. He later became somewhat famous as Harry Caray.
560 WIBO - Nelson Brothers
560 WPCC - Northshore Congregational Church
670 WMAQ - Chicago Daily News (dba WMAQ, Inc.)
720 WGN - Chicago Tribune
770 WBBM/WJBT - CBS (dba WBBM Broadcasting Corp.)*
870 WENR - Great Lakes Broadcasting Co.
870 WLS - Prairie Farmer Magazine (dba Agricultural Broadcasting Co.)
920 WAAF - Drovers Journal Publishing Co.
970 WCFL - Chicago Federation of Labor
1020 KYW/KFKX - Westinghouse**
1080 WMBI - Moody Bible Institute
1080 WCBD (Zion) - Wilbur Glenn Voliva
1130 WJJD (Moosehart) - World Loyal Order of the Moose
1210 WCRW - Clinton R. White
1210 WEDC - Emil Denemark Inc.
1210 WSBC - World Battery Co.
1310 WCLS (Joliet) - WCLS, Inc.
1310 WKBB (Joliet) - Sanders Bros. Radio Station
1360 WGES - Oak Leaves Broadcasting Corp.
1360 WJKS (Gary IN) - Johnson-Kennedy Radio Corp.
1420 WEHS (Cicero) - WEHS Inc.
1420 WHFC (Cicero) - WHFC Inc.
1420 WKBI (Cicero) - WKBI Inc.
1490 WCHI - People's Pulpit Association
1490 WJAZ - Zenith Radio Corporation
* CBS used both WBBM and WJBT on 770. WJBT had shared 770 under previous ownership since 1926. Those calls were deleted in 1934.
** Westinghouse used both KYW and KFKX on 1020 from 1928 to 1933. KFKX had been moved from Hastings NE to Chicago in 1928. KYW moved to Philadelphia in 1934.
Station & ownership info is from Jeff Miller's site. Other info is from the Chicagoland Radio History site: <a target="_blank" href=http://www.angelfire.com/nm/negativfan/calls1.html>http://www.angelfire.com/nm/negativfan/calls1.html</a>
NBC programs were split between WIBO, WGN, WCFL, and KYW. No idea which network was on which station, but after 1931, NBC Red would be on WMAQ and NBC Blue (later ABC) would be on WENR & WLS. CBS (called "Columbia" at the time) was on WBBM/WJBT. Mutual wouldn't begin until 1934, on WGN.
WJKS moved to 560 after the FRC killed WIBO & WPCC in '33. It became WIND a year later. It got 560 because it was the only station in NW Indiana at the time. WIND would move its studios into Chicago in the '40s.
WCBD moved to 820 in 1941 and became WAIT (the one that went off the air in 1991, not the current one which is a decendant of the original WSCR).
WCLS is now WJOL 1340. This station is where a young sportscaster from St. Louis named Harold Carabina got his start in 1938. He later became somewhat famous as Harry Caray.