WEEF

Last updated
WEEF
Frequency 1430 kHz
Programming
Format Multicultural ethnic
Ownership
OwnerPolnet Communications, Ltd.
WKTA, WNVR, WPJX, WRDZ
History
First air date
August 15, 1963 [1] [2]
Former call signs
WEEF (1963–1973) [3]
WVVX (1973–1977) [3]
WQVQ (1977–1979) [3]
Call sign meaning
Eli E. Fink [4]
Technical information [5]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 72957
Class B
Power
  • 1,600 watts day
  • 750 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 42°8′22.1″N87°53′7.2″W / 42.139472°N 87.885333°W / 42.139472; -87.885333
Links
Public license information

WEEF (1430 AM) is a radio station licensed to Deerfield, Illinois. The station broadcasts a multicultural ethnic format and is owned by Polnet Communications, Ltd. [6]

Contents

History

MOR era

WEEF began broadcasting on August 15, 1963. [1] [2] The station was originally licensed to Highland Park, Illinois, and ran 1,000 watts during daytime hours only. [3] WEEF's call sign stood for "Eli E. Fink", the station's original owner. [4] [1] [7] It originally aired a middle of the road (MOR) format. [8] [9] Until the mid–1970s, the station was simulcast on 103.1 WEEF-FM (later WVVX-FM). [1] [8] [10] In December 1967, the station was sold to Unique Radio, along with 103.1 WEEF-FM, for $350,000. [11] [7] [3]

Progressive rock era

In July 1972, the station's adopted a progressive rock format. [8] In spring 1973, the station was sold to Vanguard Communications, along with 103.1 WEEF-FM, for $290,000, and its callsign was changed to WVVX. [3] [12]

Ethnic programming

By 1977, the station had adopted a multicultural ethnic format. [1] [13] On October 25, 1977, the station's callsign was changed to WQVQ. [3] In 1978, the station was sold to Metroweb Corporation for $260,000. [3] [14] Its call sign was changed back to WEEF on February 12, 1979. [3] In 1984, the station was sold to Gordon and Myra Winston for $500,000. [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] In 1996, the station was sold to Leveton Communications for $835,000. [20] In 2003, the station was sold to Polnet Communications for $1.1 million, in a transaction brokered by Bob Heymann, who as a sixteen year old Highland Park High School student began working at WEEF in 1969. [21] [22] [23] [24]

Translator

WEEF is also heard on an FM translator at 99.1 MHz.

Broadcast translator for WEEF
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
W256DC99.1 FM Deerfield, Illinois 1550765045  m (148  ft)D 42°8′20.2″N87°53′7.4″W / 42.138944°N 87.885389°W / 42.138944; -87.885389 (W256DC) LMS

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