WGCI-FM is a Clear Channel-owned urban contemporary radio station that has a city of license of Chicago. WGCI is considered to be the most popular urban contemporary radio station in Chicago, the nation's 3rd largest radio market, and one of the most well-known and best-programmed urban contemporary stations in the country. WGCI broadcasts at an effective radiated power of 3700 watts at 107.5 megahertz from atop the Willis Tower in Downtown Chicago. Like many Clear Channel-owned urban radio stations, it uses the slogan "#1 for Hip Hop and R&B", but recently added the sub-slogan "The... Big Station", to differentiate themselves and express their dominance in the market. In 2005, WGCI began broadcasting in IBOC digital radio, using the HD Radio system from iBiquity. In 2006 WGCI also won a Marconi Award for Best Radio Station for Hip-Hop and R&B. The station also simulcasts nationally on XM Satellite Radio, through SiriusXM's deal with Clear Channel. 107.5 began in operation in 1958 with the original call letters WFMQ-FM.
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