WBEE I Love Jazz

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WBEE-AM was a radio station known to broadcast jazz music for the Chicago Metropolitan area. The radio station first aired in 1955 in an all-gospel music format. In 1968, the stationed transitioned to broadcasting solely jazz music. Over the next 50 years, the station experienced multiple changes in its format and name. By 1989, the station’s name was changed to WMNN and shifted its focus to financial news, however it was quickly changed back to WBEE, continuing the all-jazz format. In 2003, the station faced another drastic change under new ownership, switching back to its original all-gospel format and ultimately changing its name to WBGX, which still broadcasts gospel music for fellow Chicagoans.