My absolutely favorite station for house music! I wish there was a radio station like this one here…read morein my town. They play a lot of Kaskade, Armin Van Buuren, and Cascada, as well as remixes of top 40 from Lady GaGa and Rihanna, etc. I listen to it all day long http://player.play.it/player/player.html?id=2242

One of my favorite stations got me home from work of sometimes. They are always up beat. They play…read morea variety of music.

I mean WXRT! If you…read moreare at all like me (and for your sake, I hope not too much like me...), you work in an office and want to jump out of the window at times. But, you have found a panacea of sorts....its called music and it heals. Now, with the help of Al Gore and his building of the internet....streaming online, you can get a rather mainstream but eclectic mix of killer tunes to smooth out all the edges of your day. Where else can you hear XTC, INXS, B.A.D (or any other acronym band), a righteous smattering of blues, swamp rock and all the new stuff too? Nowhere, that's where! Again, if you are like me and lived in Chicago for a while, you know XRT! I lived there over 12 years ago and the same DJ's are still doing their thing...it's amazing how radio people don't age! What's up with that? Anyway...check it out. Quality stuff.

So glad to see that someone else is as baffled as I am that this station is so popular. To be…read morefair, I've never listened to this station at any time other than the morning. But that was more than enough. Eric, Kathy and Melissa are criminally annoying. Eric prattles on and dishes with the girls about Britney Spears, Mary Janes, fierce cosmos and pugs. But he doesn't _really_ know anything about this stuff because he is Straight (Richard Simmons), Straight (Charles Nelson Reilly), Straight (RuPaul). And Kathy and Melissa do their level best to set the women's movement back hundreds of years (respectively with inane ramblings and palpable lack of confidence) each time they open their mouths. Eric says, "The sun is a source of cold." Kathy says, "Really, Eric? Gawsh, I never thought of that before. Wooaaaooww. Gigglegiggle." Melissa says, "Um, no I don't think..." Eric says, "Aren't you old and desperate for a man?" Melissa shuts up. How do people listen to this day in and day out? When I first moved to Chicago, my clock radio was set on this frequency from my previous city of residence. The one positive I can say about THA MIXXX is that as soon as I heard the inanity, I would bolt out of bed to turn the radio off. So, thanks Eric & Kathy, for making sure that I started my day with a fright and great annoyance but, at least, I got out of bed promptly.

Radio Stations change. If you don't believe me- just go back…read moreto watching reruns of Loni Anderson and WKRP in Cincinnati, the episode that has 4 old OLD old people protest in studio to change back to easy morgue music. I grew up too at a time when music was King in Chicago, the age of stations like Q101, B96 and the new era of shook jocks like Man Cow in the Morning. I am so glad that I was a teacher in Cicero and listened to him on the way to work- talking explicitly about poop-cicles before having to teach makes things in perspective like no other. So when people give negative comments- I just don't get it. You are not 17 any more growing up locked in your room grounded, there is this thing called the internet, SerousXM radio, CD players, Ipods and a ton of other toys to listen to exactly what you want when you want it if you drive, walk or commute. Performance Corner I am really happy that stations now have the ability and means to give great performances through the net offered by their stations. Performance Corner is a chance for me to hear and now even see what was filmed live. I can see my friends or friends of my friends that have now bands that are on the tour scene in Chicago. Even though I am in Honolulu - I'm able to view shows that really interest me. I remember having to stay up way too late one night in High School to hear DJ Russ Harris (a friend) first battle on the DJ mix off competitions and then preform his sets live on air. I had to stay up til like 3 am or something for some but it was crazy cool to me to do that.... NOW all I would have to do is stream at 3 pm in the lazy afternoon or whenever I wanted to repeatedly cause it is on-line. I'm able to see bands play in the Performance Corner and watch them anywhere. When I am back in Chicago I scan and listen to the old radio stations that I used to listen to- and guess what? DJ have changed, radio station formats have changed, things change. I get that. Was it as good as when the station first started? No! But that doesn't mean that they aren't doing their thing. They seem to have more contests. Hey I'm up to try to win tickets- well that is how they try to get listeners and loyal listeners. They do this or that contest and try to get listeners. Myself- I want to hear a good mix of music played, I'm rare and will seek out a station that I like and listen on the internet occasionally. Others know that people are picky, so they do what they think best. No, I don't like Eric and Kathy, but hey I'm not a daily listener as I said. I like many other younger/ savey listeners are listening more targeted and specifically for a specific reason, it may be different for each real listener. Internet has changed much in the industry and I do not fault stations. I do wish they were caught in a perfect time bubble that I could listen to and remember simpler times whenever I needed to and a dj that could relate to me perfectly- I also know that is not grounded in reality. Til then, I pick and choose those that I like and enjoy the Performance Corner especially cause I know friends or friends of friends on it.

What has happened with this station, while I do like Bob Sirott and John Williams, what is what…read morewith all the promos for Lisa Dent, or why does she has to say her name? And even she is tied with David Hochberg to be the 2 most annoying personalities on the station for local hosts. And even you start hearing his commercials where he asks David Jennings who his guests going to be. I hope the local personalities are enjoying show time while they can, as less than a month, Dave Eanet will be retuning with another season of Northwestern Football, then basketball once their season gets going, then Chicago Bears will return for another season, which meats the return of Hamp and O'B doing their pre and post game shows, and once Chicago Blackhawks start their season, plus they will be picking up Chicago White Sox's games when they come in conflict with the Chicago Bears games. And then picking up The Verdict with Ted Cruz, is WLS AM or The Answer too busy to be the Chicago radio affiliate for the show on Sunday nights to air it? Ted Cruz has to be spreading Republican lies, and making Donald Trump sound like the greatest thing since sliced bread.

The daytime hosts are entertaining but the late night hosts are syndicated extremists. Really hard…read moreto listen to their spewing, especially wgn's Sunday night shows. All filled with disappointment and hatred filled hosts and callers. Lots of complaining but no solutions. I recommend only listening to wgn from 6am to 9pm. If you listen overnight, get ready to hear angry and bitter extremist conspiracy believers shouting in their own echo chambers.

Christmas is in the air and so is serendipity, as well as the voice of Jose Feliciano! I posted my…read morereview of "Aunt Chilada's in Phoenix at 12.22 pm and at 12:28 pm...Feliz Navidad" comes on ....Right after I'd just written those very words :-) WLS is so naughty that they're nice! I like that they read my mind. (Or my reviews?!) LOL anyway all I know is that felt really cool that that song came on. And, as always, I'm still a devoted listener. Music has come to mean even more to me over the last couple of years and so WLS means even more than ever. I like it that they changed up their commercial (ads) content recently to some new businesses...it's nice hearing something different in the ads.

As I was doing a cross country drive back to North Carolina and driving through Chicago area on…read moreSeptember 12, 2024 I caught their lame morning show with Dave and Kim. First off, Kim is their just to laugh and contributes nothing to the lame show. However, even worse was Dave Fogel. he is a real a-hole. On September 11, 2024 there was a small plane crash in suburbs of Chicago. Yes nobody was injured, but he was making fun of the plane crash. I am sure he found the terror attacks on September 11, 2001 really funny too. Dave Fogel should be at least suspended without pay if not outright terminated. What an a-hole he is!! Really, I don't find anything funny about plane crashes!!

I hate to be so judgmental when it comes to musical tastes and art in general, but this is a review…read morewebsite based on peoples opinions, right? Right. So, basically, the simplest way I can sum up what this style of music does to me is to explain a real scenario that happened to me recently. Driving home from a long and even more agitating day of work than usual, I decide to try to relax myself through some mind-numbing music. I figure all of the BS going through my head can be squashed best by the musical stylings of John Tesh and Kenny G and the like. After all, it is smooth jazz- meant to relax the mind and the body. That is what it is designed for. That, or inspiring musicians to create their own version of adult film soundtracks. To my surprise, and only after about 10 minutes of listening, it did nothing but agitate me more. My anxiety levels grew rapidly. My heart rate began to rise. Sweat beaded on my brow. My jaw clenched tighter and tighter. I tried my best to shake it off, but I kept getting more and more wound up. My knuckles were whitening due to the death grip I had on the steering wheel. "This music is just too... weak... too... slow... too... soft... too... " I couldn't get my mind around it, and that only brought me more stress. I couldn't even properly drive at this point- my neck being too stiff to turn and check my rear view mirrors; my body petrified. Forget adult film soundtrack, this was the soundtrack to my own personal hell on an early Monday evening. I broke free from the grasp of the cooing saxophone solo that was bleeding my ears dry and changed the channel to XRT, and what was most likely either Coldplay, The Police, or U2 (because they have a quota of those three bands taking up no less than 60% of their play list at all times), and this monotonous, predictable and honestly very boring airplay they dish out is probably more of what I needed to allow my brain to decompress. So why the two stars? Like I said- I don't want to even pretend to be an authority on music. If it gives you pleasure to listen to smooth jazz- more power to you! But unless I plan on getting all amped up to rob a liquor store or something, I won't be having my radio dial turn to 87.7 FM.

I'm happy to find out that the sounds of Smooth Jazz continues to be heard here in Chicago on the'…read moreL" 87.7 Smooth Jazz. Yes, of course the old station WNUA will be miss by me and other smooth jazz fans. But, glad to find out that I can still listen to some very nice smooth jazz music on my way to work and back. It's great to hear the voices of Brian Culbertson and Dave Koz once again. But, I really do miss the Ramsey Lewis commercial free morning show with Karen Williams.

I used to love this station with their no repeat work day. The problem is they play the same songs…read moreevery day. It's like Gaga only has Bad Romance and Christina Aguilera on has Genie in a Bottle.

This is one of the presets on my car radio. For a "love" station there are very few "love songs"…read moreplayed. It seems over the past 8 months or so they've transitioned into an 70's/80's station. I really like there Friday and Saturday night club mix of 70's and 80's songs (can you guess how old I am now?). All in all, a good station worth listening too!

I can not understand for the life in me WHY do you have the 12 noon dee jay (Howard McGee) on…read moreSunday that talk more than he play music? Talking with stupid jokes. WHY? Herb Kent is probably perturbed too. Sunday is a relaxation day, we want to hear laid back music. Ex( dusties, blues and a little jazz) I am certain your ratings and advertisements have decreased. If this is the best you can do, poooor choice. A lot of people are agreeing with me, but are not big enough to complain. Please make Sunday a priority again. 1 star is too many.

Good Morning, I have a suggestion for this radio station…read more Please, please change the track of songs you play. I'm so tired of listening to the same 20 songs every day. If not for the DJS, I wouldn't listen at all. There's so many great songs to choose from. Please consider this. I want to love this station but now it's a like. Make it great for your listeners.

So I'm the first to review? WNUR and WLUW get all the love in this city…read more From their website: "WCRX offers a mix Top 40, rock, alternative, R&B, hip-hop, world, Reggae, sports and talk programming, for the South Loop, Near North and West side of Chicago and worldwide at WCRXFM.com" I listened to this station in my youth. It was the golden age of Chicago house music and they played it all here. Glad to see they are still around. I tune in from time to time to find out what the whipper snappers are listening to these days. Who knew that all you need today is a copy of Auto-Tune and you can be a star. Short review, gotta run. Its time for my metamucil and arthritis medicine.

WCRX 88.1 FM is the radio station at Columbia College Chicago. When I was a student at Columbia…read moreCollege Chicago, I worked on the air as a DJ at the station for two semesters. In the spring of 2010, I played mostly Top 40 songs and House music and in the summer of 2010 I had my own show where I played classic rock music from the 60s, 70s and 80s. WCRX is a very good station. It's well-run and it has a good variety of shows.

They play the same repetitive tapes every night.. Over and over. And the same commercial ads…read more during the day time.

I listened every late night to overnight. whoever decided to tell the time as in "10, 20, 30 min…read moreafter the hour" format should be fired! who the heck can tell if what hour that is if its not spoken. Drives me crazy enough that I had to stop streaming the station.