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WUSN
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| WUSN | |
| City of license | Chicago, Illinois |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Chicago Metropolitan Area |
| Branding | US99*5 |
| Slogan | America's Country Station Playing Everything Country |
| Frequency | 99.5 FM (MHz)
(Also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1982 |
| Format | Country |
| ERP | 5700 Watts |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | "US99" |
| Owner | CBS Radio |
| Sister stations | WBBM, WBBM-FM, WCFS, WJMK, WSCR, WXRT part of CBS Corp. cluster with TV station WBBM-TV |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | us99.com |
| affiliations =
WUSN 99.5 FM is a country radio station in Chicago owned by CBS Radio. The station focuses on country music from the '90s, along with current product and some classic country from the '70s and '80s.
WUSN was owned for years by First Media after it first debuted in 1982. In 1992, Infinity Broadcasting bought WUSN. CBS bought Infinity in 1997, making WUSN a CBS owned station. WUSN dominates as a country station and is one of the top ranked country stations anywhere.
As of 2007, WUSN is located in the second-largest media market in the United States with a country-formatted radio station, Los Angeles, California being the first with KKGO. (There has been no such station in the New York City for four years. It should be noted that this excludes "HD2" subchannels, on which WKTU in New York City currently carries a country format.)
WUSN may be considered the largest country radio station in the United States (based on listener cume), although recently this has been in dispute. Since the advent of the Portable People Meter, WXTU in Philadelphia has eclipsed WUSN in cume to become the most listened to country station in the United States. Which station actually has a larger listening audience likely will not be settled until Arbitron launches PPM service in Chicago.
Mon-Fri
| On-Air Personality | Time Slot |
|---|---|
| The Lisa Dent & Ramblin' Ray Morning Show: Lisa Dent, Ramblin Ray, Lisa Kosty, Bonnie Greene |
5:30 AM-10:00 AM |
| Trish Biondo | 10:00 AM-3:00 PM |
| Drew Walker & Marti Jones-Traffic | 3:00 PM-7:00 PM |
| Bill Garcia | 7:00 PM-12:00 AM |
| Mike Lebaron | Weekends |
| Rick Hall | Weekends |
| Maura Myles | Weekends |
| Cal Daniels | Weekends |
| Mark D | Weekends |
In the mid to late 1970s, the station was essentially a top-40 station with the moniker 99-WeFM (WEFM). Morning shows were hosted by Dan Walker, the (Illinois) governor of Rock and Roll and joined by Willak.
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