WAUR
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WAUR is a radio station
broadcasting a Religious format. Licensed to Sandwich, Illinois
, USA, the station serves the Chicago area. The station is currently owned by Starboard Media Foundation.
In the 1980's and early 1990's the station played oldies from the late 50's through the late 60's.
During the mid 1990s the station was the Chicago affiliate of the "Radio AAHS
" network, airing children's programming. After Radio AAHS discontinued operations in January 1998, Children's Broadcasting Corporation, WAUR's owner, needed programming for the ten CBC-owned and operated Radio AAHS stations until it could find buyers. In February 1998, WAUR, along with the other nine CBC stations, became an outlet for "Beat Radio
", which broadcast electronic dance music 12 hours a day until late October 1998.
Radio station
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broadcasting a Religious format. Licensed to Sandwich, Illinois
Sandwich, Illinois
Sandwich is a city in DeKalb, Kendall, and LaSalle counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 6,509 at the 2000 census. The 2008 population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau for the city is 7,337.-History:...
, USA, the station serves the Chicago area. The station is currently owned by Starboard Media Foundation.
In the 1980's and early 1990's the station played oldies from the late 50's through the late 60's.
During the mid 1990s the station was the Chicago affiliate of the "Radio AAHS
Radio AAHS
Radio AAHS was a radio network managed by the Children's Broadcasting Corporation. Its flagship station was WWTC-AM 1280 in Minneapolis, which broadcast from the former First Federal Bank building at Highway 100 and Excelsior Boulevard in St. Louis Park. At its height in 1996, Radio AAHS had 29...
" network, airing children's programming. After Radio AAHS discontinued operations in January 1998, Children's Broadcasting Corporation, WAUR's owner, needed programming for the ten CBC-owned and operated Radio AAHS stations until it could find buyers. In February 1998, WAUR, along with the other nine CBC stations, became an outlet for "Beat Radio
Beat Radio
Beat Radio originally was an unlicensed radio station in Minneapolis, Minnesota that played dance music. Founded by local radio DJ and programmer, Alan Freed, in 1996, the station served downtown Minneapolis and surrounding neighborhoods and reached into the western, northwestern and southwestern...
", which broadcast electronic dance music 12 hours a day until late October 1998.