WBGX (formerly WBEE)

CTL-E-1268 · RadioStation · other · 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Long-running Black-format station (1955- ) on Chicago's airwaves: R&B as WBEE, jazz from 1968, gospel as WBGX since 2003; brokers time to Black churches. Ownership/control is disputed.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from INST-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-INST-001:INST-076; source research type(s): radio station.

Sources

Wikipedia, 'WBGX.' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBGX
Alchetron, 'WBGX.' https://alchetron.com/WBGX
en.wikipedia.org, 'WBGX'; alchetron.com, 'WBGX'
alchetron.com, 'WBGX'
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