WCFJ is a radio station

Radio station

Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over 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...

 broadcasting a brokered programming

Brokered programming

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 format. Licensed to Chicago Heights, Illinois

Chicago Heights, Illinois

Chicago Heights is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 31,373 at the 2005 census. Chicago Heights is nicknamed 'Crossroads of the Nation'.-History:...

, USA, it serves the Chicago area. The station is currently owned by Newsweb Corporation

Newsweb Corporation

Newsweb Corporation is a publisher of ethnic and alternative newspapers in the United States, based in Chicago, Illinois. The company also owns several radio stations in the Chicago area and a television station in Sterling, Colorado....

. Prior to WCFJ, the call letters were WMPP.

WMPP began broadcasting on August 15, 1963. The first African-American owned radio station in the Chicago area, it was owned by Seaway Broadcasting Company. The company was run by Chicago businessmen William Martin and Charles Pickard. The call letters stood for Working (for) More People's Progress.