Other personalities on The Blaze included Leslie Harris, Scott Childers, and helicopter reporter "Major Tom". The station's initial on-air personalities included Steven Craig in mornings, Steve Seaver in middays, Brian Kelly in afternoons, and Kevin Lewis evenings. "The Blaze" featured acts such as AC/DC, Cinderella, Def Leppard, Great White, Guns N' Roses, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, Mötley Crüe, Slaughter, and Warrant. Shortly thereafter, the station's call sign was changed to WWBZ. At Noon on April 1, the station debuted a hard rock format as "The Blaze". the following day, it returned to the air with a 44-hour stunt of Rock Rock ('Til You Drop) by Def Leppard. On March 29, 1991, at 6 p.m., the station signed off the air. In 1991, the station was sold to Major Broadcasting for $19 million. On October 30, 1989, WFYR's oldies format was dropped and replaced with an adult contemporary format.
In 1989, WFYR was sold to Summit Broadcasting for $21 million as a consequence of an FCC sanction forcing RKO General to end their broadcasting operations due to their dishonest business practices. īy January 1989, WFYR had transitioned back to an oldies format, with the slogan "Chicago's Hottest Oldies". In the 1980s, the station carried Dick Bartley's oldies program Solid Gold Saturday Night, and Bartley's Sunday night oldies program Solid Gold Scrapbook. Personalities included Fred Winson, Dick Bartley, Stu Collins, and Dean Richards. In April 1977, the station adopted a live adult contemporary format. In 1976, WFYR began carrying Dick Biondi's syndicated program Super Gold Rock n' Roll. In 1974, the station's transmitter was moved to the Sears Tower. In autumn 1973, RKO opened an oldies dance club, the "FYR Station", located at the McCormick Inn, where the station held live broadcasts on Friday and Saturday evenings. The station adopted an automated oldies format, using Drake-Chenault's Classic Gold package. The letters FYR, standing for "Fire", was a reference to the infamous Great Chicago Fire. The new owner changed the call letters to WFYR in March 1973. In 1973, the station was sold to RKO General for $2.4 million. Though WEFM, the Zenith owned classical station, was the first station to broadcast in stereo, WKFM was the first to broadcast in stereo 24/7.
The station had five minute newscasts at the top of each hour and headlines at the half hour. Programs included Morning Serenade, Musical Bon-Bons, Pleasant Listening, Rendezvous With Rhythm, Dinner Musicale, and Stereo Showcase. The music had appropriate moods through the day, with morning and afternoon drive times more upbeat, and it was considered to have a " highbrow" sound.
WKFM aired beautiful music/ light classical format. On February 2, 1970, its antenna fell off the building during high winds, but no one was injured. The station's transmitter was located atop the Randolph Tower at 188 West Randolph, and had an ERP of 50,000 watts. The station began broadcasting in November 1957 under the call sign WKFM. Its studios are located at the Illinois Center complex on Michigan Avenue in Downtown Chicago, and it broadcasts from a 4.3 kW transmitter atop Willis Tower. Owned by iHeartMedia, it broadcasts a Top 40 (CHR) format. WKSC-FM (103.5 MHz) – branded "103.5 Kiss FM" – is a commercial Top 40 (CHR) radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois.
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