WFMT FM 98.7

A commercial FM radio station in Chicago, Illinois, operating at 98.7 MHz with a classical music format. Part of Window to the World Communications, Inc., the same organization that operates Chicago PBS member station WTTW, WFMT shares studios and offices with WTTW at the Renée Crown Public Media Center on North Saint Louis Avenue in the North Park neighborhood. The station transmits from atop the Willis Tower at an effective radiated power of 6,000 watts and broadcasts using HD Radio technology. WFMT has presented classical music programming continuously since 1951 and is the flagship station of the nationally syndicated WFMT Radio Network, which distributes programming to public radio stations across the United States. The station is also the primary outlet of a jazz network available to public radio affiliates. Weekly programming includes live and recorded broadcasts from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, and the Metropolitan Opera. Regular features include Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin on weeknights, and weekend programs dedicated to baroque music, folk music, Latin American classical music, and chamber music. The Sunday morning block includes the syndicated program With Heart and Voice. WFMT is noted as the only individual radio station that holds associate membership in the European Broadcasting Union. The station's origins date to May 16, 1948, when it signed on under the call sign WOAK, initially operating from studios in the Guyon Hotel.