WMVP

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WMVP-AM
City of license	Chicago, Illinois
Broadcast area	Chicago, Illinois
Branding	ESPN Radio 1000
Slogan	First For Sports
First air date	1926
Frequency	1000 (kHz)
Format	Sports Talk
ERP	50,000 watts
Class	A
Callsign meaning	W Most Valuable Player
Owner	Sports Radio Chicago, LLC
Website	http://www.espnradio1000.com/

WMVP (1000 AM) is the callsign of a commercial radio station in Chicago. It is owned by ABC. Its transmitter is located in Downers Grove, Illinois. Its former callsign was WCFL, for the Chicago Federation of Labor.

The station broadcasts live sports talk, both locally and nationally. Daily programming consists of talk shows that are both national and local. Mike and Mike in the Morning and the Dan Patrick show are done by ESPN, while Salisbury and Rosenbloom, Mac, Jurko, and Harry, and The Show are more focused on Chicago sports.

Contents 1 ESPN Radio 2 Current shows 2.1 Monday-Friday 2.2 Saturday 2.3 Sunday 2.4 Out of season shows 2.5 Game broadcasts 2.6 Daily segments 3 Former Shows 4 Early years 5 Evolution to Top 40 6 The end of "Super CFL" and the Mutual Radio MOR years 7 Religious years 8 1000 WLUP 9 Becoming sports radio 10 External links

[edit] ESPN Radio

ESPN Radio is a national sports radio network in the United States launched on January 1, 1992. It was originally called Sports Radio ESPN. ESPN Radio is located at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut. The network airs a regular schedule of daily and weekly programming as well as live coverage of Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, Bowl Championship Series, and National Invitation Tournament games. As of 2006, like ESPN, ESPN Radio now has what is called ESPN Radio Insider. ESPN Radio is broadcast to subscribers of both Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio.

ESPN Radio currently has five company-owned stations in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, and Pittsburgh. Most other markets have ESPN Radio affiliates, whether they be part-time or have their entire format dedicated to ESPN Radio. ESPN Radio is currently an official part of the ABC Radio network, though the Walt Disney Company is not including the ESPN Radio network or the Radio Disney network in the pending sale of ABC Radio to Citadel Broadcasting.

[edit] Current shows

[edit] Monday-Friday

Start	End	Program
1 a.m.	5 a.m.	AllNight with Jason Smith (2005–present)
5 a.m.	9 a.m.	Mike and Mike in the Morning (1998–present)
9 a.m.	12 p.m.	Salisbury & Rosenbloom with Sean Salisbury and Steve Rosenbloom
12 p.m.	3 p.m.	The Dan Patrick Show (1999–present)
3 p.m.	7 p.m.	Mac, Jurko, and Harry with Dan McNeil, John Jurkovic and Harry Teinowitz
7 p.m.	9 p.m.	The Show with Marc Silverman and Tom Waddle
10 p.m.	12 a.m.	Jim Rome (Tape delayed from the national afternoon broadcast)

[edit] Saturday

Eastern	Pacific	Program
1 a.m.	10 p.m.	The V Show with Bob Valvano
6 a.m.	3 a.m.	Inside Golf
7 a.m.	4 a.m.	Saturday RaceDay
9 a.m.	6 a.m.	College GameDay Tailgate
12 noon	9 a.m.	College GameDay
7 p.m.	3 p.m.	College GameDay Scoreboard
9 p.m.	6 p.m.	GameNight

[edit] Sunday

Eastern	Pacific	Program
1 a.m.	10 p.m.	The V Show with Bob Valvano
6 a.m.	3 a.m.	RaceDay
7 a.m.	4 a.m.	Fantasy Focus
9 a.m.	6 a.m.	The Huddle
11 a.m.	8 a.m.	Countdown to Kickoff
1 p.m.	10 a.m.	NFL on ESPN Radio
8 p.m.	5 p.m.	GameNight

[edit] Out of season shows

• GameDay
• The Baseball Show
• The Doug Karsch Show
• The Huddle
• The John Kincade Show

[edit] Game broadcasts

• BCS on ESPN Radio
• MLB on ESPN Radio
• NBA on ESPN Radio
• NIT on ESPN Radio

[edit] Daily segments

• ESPN Radio SportsCenter
• SportsBeat
• Extra Point

[edit] Former Shows

• AllNight with Todd Wright (Mon.–Fri. 1 a.m.–6 a.m., 1996–2005)
• Bruno-Golic Morning Show (Mon.–Fri. 6 a.m.–10 a.m., 1995–1998)
• The Sports Brothers (Mon.–Fri. 4 p.m.–7 p.m., 2003–2005)
• The Tony Kornheiser Show (Mon.–Fri. 10 a.m.–1 p.m., 1998–2004)
• The Jay Mariotti Show (Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 2004-2006)
• The Fabulous Sports Babe with Nanci Donnellan (Mon.–Fri. 10 a.m.–1 p.m., 1994–1997)

[edit] Early years

AM 1000 began operation as WCFL in test broadcasts on June 19, 1926. In 1927, WCFL broadcast the Gene Tunney-Jack Dempsey championship boxing match at Soldier Field, challenging the National Broadcasting Company's exclusive claim to the event. This led to an arrangement whereby WCFL became one of three affiliates in Chicago of the Blue Network of NBC; WCFL broadcast non-sponsored, or sustaining, NBC programs not carried by WENR or WLS, as well as selected major sporting events and any broadcast speeches by union leaders aired by the network. When the Federal Communications Commission forced NBC to sell the Blue Network, WCFL's affiliation continued with the network through its new identity as the American Broadcasting Company, ending with the merger of WENR and WLS in 1959. WCFL was also to become an affiliate of the Amalgamated Broadcasting System in 1933, but that network folded after only a month of operations, prior to its planned westward expansion from New York.

[edit] Evolution to Top 40

WCFL was also involved in early experimental television broadcasts, and operated a shortwave repeater station, W9XAA, in the 1930s. The station carried general entertainment over the decades but by the late 1950s WCFL evolved into a popular music station. In 1965 1960s WCFL became a Top 40 music station, competing with WLS.

In their Top 40 days, some famous disc jockeys on WCFL included Jim Runyon, Larry Lujack, Art Roberts, Ron Britain, Clark Weber, Ron Riley, Barney Pip, Fred Winston, Jim Bohannon, Howard Miller, Wolfman Jack, and Dick Biondi.

The comedy feature "Chickenman," a satire on the "Batman" TV series, originated on Runyon's morning drive-time show in 1966. It was created by WCFL staffer Dick Orkin. All the voices were done by Orkin, Runyon, and Jane Roberts, who also did WCFL's morning traffic reports as "Trooper 36-24-36". The "Chickenman" program was subsequently syndicated to radio stations worldwide.

[edit] The end of "Super CFL" and the Mutual Radio MOR years

On March 15, 1976, after two years of falling ratings, WCFL abruptly dropped its Top 40 format in favor of "The World's Most Beautiful Music," leaving WLS as Chicago's only AM Top 40 station. Larry Lujack, still under contract with the station, stayed on at WCFL playing easy listening music until moving back to WLS in September 1976. Unable to compete with FM beautiful music stations such as WLOO, WCFL continued to flounder and went through several more unsuccessful formats in the next several years, including news/talk and gold-based adult contemporary.

After deciding its profit margin was too small for the Chicago Federation of Labor to maintain, WCFL was sold in 1979 to the Mutual Broadcasting System, at the time a subsidiary of the Amway Corporation. The AC/Oldies format continued but ratings were low. In 1982 WCFL flipped to a MOR format playing standards and non rock hits of the '50s and '60s mixed in with some softer rock and roll oldies and soft '70s and '80s AC cuts and even a few currents. Ratings were still low so WCFL evolved by the end of 1983 to an Adult Contemporary format.

[edit] Religious years

In 1984 WCFL was sold by Mutual to Statewide Broadcasting. Statewide switched WCFL to adult contemporary Christian music about 10 hours a day and teaching programs the rest of the time. WCFL basically sold blocks of time to various Christian organizations. The format was profitable but received very low ratings. Statewide specialized in religious formats but opted merge with a secular company called Heftel.

[edit] 1000 WLUP

Initially they opted to remain religious while keeping their longtime rock station 97.9 FM WLUP an AOR format. Heftel opted to end the religious format in April of 1987. The call letters of the station was changed to WLUP, and its FM sister became WLUP-FM. WLUP FM remained an AOR station whule 1000 WLUP switched to a full service rock format focusing on personality, comedy, talk and a few rock cuts an hour. After 7 p.m. WLUP and WLUP-FM simulcast the AOR format. Heftel had bought a few Spanish stations in the late 1980s and bought a Spanish station in Chicago in 1992. They then sold their English stations including WLUP and WLUP-FM. Evergreen Media would buy WLUP-AM and FM late in 1992.

[edit] Becoming sports radio

Initially the stations stayed the same. In 1993 though it was decided to move the full service talk/comedy/rock format to WLUP FM while switching WLUP 1000 to sports. 97.9 then became WLUP and AM 1000 changed calls to WMVP, or "Most Valuable Player," to reflect the station's new emphasis on sports programming. The station ran syndicated sports programming as well as play by play local sports games. Evergreen would merge with Chancellor and at that point Evergreen sold WLUP 97.9 to Bonneville International and sold WMVP to ABC in 1998.

ABC continues to operate it today from studios at the intersection of State Street and Lake Street in the heart of Chicago.

[edit] External links

• WMVP
• Chicago Sports Radio Fan Website

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