City Chicago, Illinois Format News/Talk | Broadcast area Chicago market Language(s) Spanish | |
Branding Univision America Chicago 1200 AM Frequency 1200 kHz(also on HD Radio) | ||
WRTO (1200 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish news/talk format. Licensed to Chicago, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Chicago area. The station is currently owned by Univision subsidiary WLXX-AM License Corp. and features local programming as well as shows originating at other Univision Radio stations.
The station is the flagship station of the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer. The station also broadcasts Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs games in Spanish.
WRTO became a part of the Univision America Talk Radio network 4 July 2012. While the network itself ceased operations in 2015, WRTO aired remnants of Univision America's programming, as well as its local news, sports, and weather.
On December 20th, 2016, Univision announced that WRTO would be one of the charter affiliates of their new Spanish-language sports network, Univision Deportes Radio; the launch is currently set for early 2017.
HD programming
WRTO is licensed for hybrid (analog plus digital) broadcasting: HD 1 duplicates over the air (traditional) broadcasting.