Christmas is in the air and so is serendipity, as well as the voice of Jose Feliciano! I posted my review 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. read more

I grew up in the 80s and consider this a fun station. However, 94.7 continues to play the same tunes over and over and over again. They always play Outfield "Your Love", Billy Joel "Piano Man" ,Survivor "Eye of the Tiger", Pat Benatar "Hit Me With Your Best Shot", etc, etc week after week.....same format. Can you mix it up a little please?....For example these same artists have cool songs like...Outfield "All The Love", Pat Benatar "Treat me Right, All Fired Up". There are many, hundreds of 80s tunes out there to play! Chris P. read more

As I was doing a cross country drive back to North Carolina and driving through Chicago area on September 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!! read more

It seems like this station only play White males singer and groups. And they only play certain female acts like: Heart, Pat Benatar and the one Carly Simon song, Your so vain. This is why I stopped listening to WLS and most Chicago stations that play older music years ago. While at AL PIEMONTE Ford I had to listen to this music. What about Cher, Helen Reddy, Donna Summer, Olivia Newton John or Sheena Easton. White males all the time. There is a lot of discrimination in playlists on local radio. read more

I have reviewed this station once in 2017, and now it is time for an update. Since my only other review for the station back then there have been dis that have come and gone, love that they brought back Dave Fogel to the morning show since K-Hits became no more or in total sithjced up their playlist to a whole different station. Dave Fogel is hosting mornings with Kim Berk as his co-host as she joined when Brant Miller was still their morning host. I love to hear when they play Showbiz Quiz, where a caller calls into the station during the week, in less they decide not to play it, plays inmost of the week against Kim Berk, when Dave Fogel asks the listeners 3 questions to that day's caller, which first order of business is getting the caller to order Kim Berk out of the room, and then 3 questions, and then Dave will text Kim to come back, since they work from their homes, and then he asks her those same 3 questions to her, which I don't know if she chats but pretty much a lot of the time is able to get the answers right, on Wednesdays, they switch it up where Kim Berk hosts the segment, and Dave Fogel as to leave. They also gives prizes to people whether they win or lose, if they are successful and beat either Dave or Kim, they win $100 bucks along with the prize. Caller says their name, and their home town, which Dave some how stalks these places, as he will mention a restaurant in that town, and asks if they have been there, or say if the caller mentions they are from New Lenox, he will managed being friends with the mayor of New Lenox. But these are 3 questions of people in the news, and sometimes a movie question, will get thrown in, and to win is they have to score more points than the opponent which mainly is Kim Berk, as Dave Fogel is known to give half points, or quarter points, sometimes if people only come up with half of the answer instead. The other weekday djs are Grant Brown, Erin Carman, and in the night slot from 7 to midnight is New York based syndicated host Kid Kelly, that also hosts Backtrax on Sunday Mornings. Current weekend djs are Tim O'Toole, Cara Carriveau, Brian Peck, and Abby Ryan who is on Sunday afternoons, and the rest are on Saturdays. And the weekend hosts also acts as fill in hosts for when the week day hosts either takes a day off or goes on vacation. read more

While I'm not a child of the 70's or 80's, i grew up listening to this kind of music. I used to listen to radio stations that played a mix of 80's, 90's and today music, but they quickly become too today heavy and a lot of today music stinks! My mom and I happened to be going to the zoo with my aunt and uncle and my aunt had this station playing in the car. When I got in my car, I quickly changed it to this station and haven't changed it since! I love listening to my favorites and hearing "new" songs as well! Really helps me get through my day on a positive note! I do, however, have a few issues with a few things... ~I have no clue why, but "Piano Man" got cut...REALLY BADLY!!! I remember they used to play the WHOLE song ((even on other radio stations)), but a choppy, awful shorter version has taken over and I always have to turn the radio off because I can't stand it! This is the first Billy Joel song that I remember hearing as a child. It's SO sad that this had to happen to his namesake song. It's already a hit and doesn't need to fit, so why was it cut to less than 3:05? ((Bonus points if you get that reference.)) ~Alright, we all need to agree that Jimmy Buffet has other amazing songs other than "Margaritaville". This song keeps getting over killed and I have to turn off the radio, again, when it comes on. The only time I heard any other song by him was "Son of a Son of a Sailor" when the tall boats were in town. PLEASE play other songs by him. He has a lot and I'm sure listeners would appreciate it if you'd stop killing this song and give them some other great ones to hear. ~The commercial free hour should have been played during 12, so people could get more requests in...just saying. ~The annoying new commercials for Dave and Kim in the morning need to die! Please, don't kill our favorite songs with your promotion of the show. It's really annoying and sounds bad as well. We all know who you are, you don't need to promote yourselves anymore. read more

Well, I remember when they played more from the 60's and some early 70's; now it is all 70's and 80's. Oldies are Oldies. In my mind, 80's are not oldies. Like someone else said on a previous review, I can remember when they played the oldies that included soul music. Not anymore. I miss Diana Ross ( and with The Supremes), Al Green, Marvin Gaye & Tammy Terrell, Gladys Knight & The Pips....Also early Beatles, Chuck Berry, and so on. read more

Really??! "Girls just wanna have fun", again??! Enough already! Everyday I tune to your station I hear you playing that tired old song. At least once a day. C'mon, retire it already! read more

As a former DJ in Chicago and elsewhere, you have to realize there are reason stations do not play 50s and 60s music, because most of the people who listened to music radio at the times, would now be in their 50s and 60s. People at those ages are not considered as potentially profitable buyers for most of the mainstream advertisers. Radio stations only make money from commercials, and more money for each commercial, the larger their target audience is. it ranges in categories from men and women, from 12-54...Those over 55 don't really count in rating.........25-49 include the most profitable ages of listers. An example, WJJD in Chicago went to a BiG BAND format, playing only 40s and 50s music and was very successful for several years....but their audience grew much older as the years went buy, to the point that advertisers lost interest. Losing money, they had to change their format. RANDY THOMAS read more

I'm only 28 and I'm really disappointed in the the format change away from '50s/'60s music. Now there are no stations that play oldies. I never thought I'd wish for the super-cheesy Scott Shannon to be back on the air, but I do. There are now countless numbers of stations that play the same music in Chicago. The same songs, over and over. It's unbearable. I love classic rock and '80s/'90s, but this is just overkill. My irritation with WLS started before the format switch when they moved Dick Biondi to 11 PM. The man is a living legend, and they were/still are severely underusing his talents by putting him on at an hour when most people who work are already going to bed. The switch started with "The '70s at 7" with Landecker, who hasn't been funny or entertaining since before WJMK switched, and slowly the entire station turned into this. It's still on my preset in the car, but probably won't be for much longer. With all the other stations playing the same songs, it really isn't necessary to keep it. They had a really cool and unique thing going when they first started the station, but I guess those days are over. read more

94.7 WLS-FM was a much better radio station when it was mostly playing songs from the 60s and 70s. Up until about a year or so ago, 94.7 played a combination of rock and soul songs. Now, the station almost always plays rock songs from the 70s and 80s. The station's not as good as it was before, but it's still much better than its main competitor, 104.3 K-Hits. read more

We listen often and like the mix, but we were very surprised to hear a Michael Jackson song. I contacted the station and was advised that they got complaints when they dropped his songs, so they reinstated him. I guess if a pervert has enough fans, his songs get played regardless of his conduct. At least for me, that should not be the test. read more

This used to be a great oldies station until they cut out playing 1950's music, and severely cut down on playing 1960's music,. Now there's a mix of 1970's and 1980's music, and it's mostly rock. Very little pop, R&B, or adult contemporary from those decades which makes for a hard time listening to this station for more than an hour. Sure, there are those in their 40s and 50s who appreciate the 1970's and 1980's stuff, but there is still a big older Boomer audience that still likes to hear 1950's and 1960's hits. WLS-FM is not serving that audience, nor younger audiences who appreciate oldies. read more

Certainly not as good, As when it changed to this format some 10 years ago. But maybe it's just me. But I somehow think not....

Please play the song from the hippie era, "Everything Is Beautiful " by Ray Stevens. please play it every hour for at least seven days . it is a healing song and we all need to listen to the lyrics right now with all this civil unrest going on and the shootings everywhere. This is just a great song for everyone. read more

Wow...cannot believe how the greatest oldies station changed to less talk and classic rock ot 70s 80s etc... no more laughter... it is just like any other classic rock station now... I am no longer streaming it... am so disappointed... I thought the disc jockeys were stronger and had more of a say so ...obviously they didn't read more