WVAZ

WVAZ (102.7 FM, "V103") is an urban adult contemporary radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan area and Northwest Indiana.

Licensed to Oak Park, Illinois, WVAZ is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., alongside sister stations WCHI-FM, WGCI-FM, WGRB, WKSC-FM, WLIT-FM and WVON.

WVAZ's radio studios and offices are located at the Illinois Center complex on Michigan Avenue in Downtown Chicago.

[5] Its HD2 digital subchannel carries the Black Information Network, which is simulcast market-wide on WMFN (640 AM) in Peotone.

[2] In 1973, the station aired a sex talk show hosted by Morgan Moore called Femme Forum, weekdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.[16][17] The Federal Communications Commission fined the station $2,000 for an episode which dealt with the subject of oral sex, and stated that the show's "titillating, pandering fashion" of the episode's discussions constituted "broadcast obscenity".

[22][21] During this era the station helped give rise to a new generation of DJs whose formats brought dance music to Chicago's airwaves.

[35] WVAZ had been the largest affiliate by market size to carry the Tom Joyner Morning Show.