WEUR
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Broadcast areaChicago metropolitan area
Branding1490 AM Radio Chicago
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| Broadcast area | Chicago metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 1490 kHz |
| Branding | 1490 AM Radio Chicago |
| Programming | |
| Format | Polish-language talk and other ethnic programming |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | October 7, 1950[1] |
Former call signs | |
Call sign meaning | Europe |
| Technical information[4] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 1093 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°52′52.11″N 87°47′38.21″W / 41.8811417°N 87.7939472°W |
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Public license information | |
| Website | radiochicago1490am |
WEUR (1490 AM) is a time-brokered radio station licensed to Oak Park, Illinois, United States. The station serves the Chicago metropolitan area, and is owned by Daniela Wojcik, through licensee CSWWII, LLC.[5]
The majority of the station's programming is Polish language news, talk, and sports.[6] They feature polka music on the weekends with the long running Eddie Blazonczyk Polka Show hosted by Tish Blazonczyk,[7]
WEUR is the home of the Hagerty Family Irish Program, the longest running Irish program in the United States.[6] This program has been on the station every Saturday morning since 1951.[8]
