Serving the Chicago area, WCEV was owned by Migala Communications Corporation,[4] and aired a time brokered ethnic programming format.

After WVON moved from 1450 AM to 1390 AM in 1975, both Migala Communications and Midway Broadcasting filed applications to establish a new station on the vacated frequency.

[6] WCEV was on the air from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday; Midway's WXOL broadcast on 1450 during the remaining hours.

[7] The two stations shared a transmitter site in South Lawndale, with WCEV's studios in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood.

The station signed off for the final time on January 20, 2020, at 10 p.m.[9] WCEV's license was cancelled by the FCC on July 30, 2021.