WSRB rebrands itself as "106.3 Real Radio"; scales back on music

Back on August 23, 1989, a dying WLS-AM stopped playing the hits (or by then, middle-of-the-road music) and ventured into talk radio and hasn’t looked back since. Or in other words, they’re throwing in the towel against competitor WVAZ-FM. 21 years later, WSRB-FM is hoping for the same successful results with the station rebaranding itself as “106.3 Real Radio”. In […]

Make it Non-Stop

Today not only marks the beginning of a brand new month, but a brand-new channel on Chicago’s television landscape. NBC-owned WMAQ-TV is launching Non-Stop Chicago today on digital subchannel 5.2, Comcast channel 252, RCN channel 130, and other dial positions once occupied by NBC’s now-defunct WeatherPlus network. In the time since, WMAQ had been running a non-stop loop of weather […]