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| City | Chicago, Illinois |
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| Broadcast area | Chicago market |
| Branding | 103.9 The Groove |
| Frequency | 103.9 MHz |
| Repeater(s) | 101.9-2 WTMX-HD2 |
| First air date | December 6, 2014 |
| Format | Jazz Music |
| ERP | 17 watts |
| HAAT | 341 meters |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 1009012 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°53′56″N87°37′23″W / 41.89889°N 87.62306°W Coordinates: 41°53′56″N87°37′23″W / 41.89889°N 87.62306°W |
| Owner | Windy City Broadcasting, LLC |
W280EM (branded as The Groove) was a contemporary jazz music radio station serving Chicago, Illinois, and operating at 103.9 MHz FM as a translator of WTMX-HD2. Owned and operated by Windy City Broadcasting, LLC, the station's transmitter is located atop John Hancock Center in The Loop. The station was launched on December 6, 2014, signing on by stunting with Christmas-themed smooth jazz songs before "The Groove" debuted on December 26 at Midnight, signing on with "Chicago Song" by David Sanborn (the same song that ended the smooth jazz formats on WNUA and WLFM.)
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime. Jazz is seen by many as "America's classical music". Since the 1920s Jazz Age, jazz has become recognized as a major form of musical expression. It then emerged in the form of independent traditional and popular musical styles, all linked by the common bonds of African-American and European-American musical parentage with a performance orientation. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in West African cultural and musical expression, and in African-American music traditions including blues and ragtime, as well as European military band music. Intellectuals around the world have hailed jazz as "one of America's original art forms".
Radio broadcasting is transmission by radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both. The signal types can be either analog audio or digital audio.
Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the most populous city in Illinois, as well as the third most populous city in the United States. With an estimated population of 2,716,450 (2017), it is the most populous city in the Midwest. Chicago is the principal city of the Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, and the county seat of Cook County, the second most populous county in the United States. The metropolitan area, at nearly 10 million people, is the third-largest in the United States, and the fourth largest in North America and the third largest metropolitan area in the world by land area.
On September 28, 2016, W280EM went off the air and its status with the FCC remains "Licensed and silent."
It is still listed with the FCC: https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?facid=140763
