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City
  
Deerfield, Illinois

First air date
  
1963

Frequency
  
1430 AM (kHz)

Format
  
Multicultural Ethnic

Slogan
  
"Chicago's In Language Radio"

Power
  
1,600 watts day 750 watts night

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.

History

WEEF began broadcasting in 1963 and originally aired a Middle of the road format. Until the mid 1970s, the station was simulcast on 103.1 WEEF-FM (later WVVX-FM). In July 1972, the station's adopted a Progressive rock format. In 1973, the station's callsign was changed to WVVX. Eventually brokered ethnic programming began to replace the progressive rock programming, and by the late 1970s it aired a full-time multicultural ethnic format. Along the way the station's callsign had been changed to WQVQ, before it was changed back to WEEF on February 12, 1979.

References

WEEF Wikipedia