WCGO

WCGO (1590 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Evanston, Illinois, and serving the Chicago metropolitan area's northern suburbs.

The station is owned by Jorge Rodriquez through licensee Ambiente Clasico LLC.

[5][6] WCGO has a brokered programming radio format where hosts buy time on the station and may use their shows to advertise their services or seek donations.

On weekday mornings, the station airs Korean-language Christian radio programming.

To protect other stations on 1590 AM from interference, at night it reduces power to 2,500 watts and uses a directional antenna with a four-tower array.

[11][12][2] The station aired an easy listening format in the 1960s and carried Northwestern Wildcats football.

[19] In 1975, the station was sold to Kovas Communications for $400,000, and adopted a beautiful music format.

[36] As of 2023, its programming is multilingual: Weekend programming includes Legal Eagles with William Pelarenos, The Dave Ramsey Show, The Assyrian Cultural Foundation: The Guiding Voice with Ninos Nirari, The Chicago Wine Report with Chip Dudley, Tom Hall, and Lainie Petersen, Domingo Felices with Frank Camacho, and Dialogo Politico with Robert Ameneiro.