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Overview
Licensed to Berwyn, Illinois, WVON is a talk radio station broadcasting on 1690 AM. It brands itself as “AM 1690 WVON.” It began broadcasting in 2003.
License and signal
- Call sign
- WVON
- Frequency
- 1690 AM
- Format
- African-American-oriented talk
- On-air name
- AM 1690 WVON
- City of license
- Berwyn, IL
- Market
- Chicago, IL
- Licensee
- IHM Licenses, LLC
- Station class
- B
- First on air
- 2003
- FCC facility ID
- 87178
- Website
- wvon.com
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Wikipedia
- Read the article
Network programming comes from Premiere Networks. IHM Licenses, LLC holds the station’s FCC license. It has used the WVON call letters since September 2006.
Online, it is at wvon.com. Berwyn is in the Chicago, IL market. Sister stations include WCHI-FM, WGCI-FM, WGRB, WKSC-FM and WLIT-FM.
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WVON at a glance
- Frequency
- 1690 AM
- On air as
- AM 1690 WVON
- Format
- African-American-oriented talk
- Licensed to
- Berwyn, IL
- Market
- Chicago, IL
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