Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p WGCI-FM (107.5 FM)is a Mainstream Urban radio station that has a city of license of Chicago, under ownership of Clear Channel Communications. WGCI was considered to be the most popular urban contemporary radio station in Chicago, the nation's third largest radio market, and one of the most well-known and best-programmed urban contemporary stations throughout the 1980s and 1990s at a time when its music selection focused more on old school and house music. WGCI broadcasts at 3700 watts (3.7 kilowatts) at 107.5 megahertz (MHz) from atop the Willis Tower (the former Sears Tower) in Downtown Chicago, and has studios located in the Illinois Center complex on Michigan Avenue. Like many Clear Channel-owned urban radio stations, it uses the slogan "#1 for Hip Hop and R&B", but recently added the sub-slogan "The Big Station", to differentiate themselves and express their dominance in the market. In 2005, WGCI began broadcasting in IBOC digital radio, using the HD Radio system from iBiquity. In 2006 WGCI also won a Marconi Award for Best Radio Station for Hip-Hop and R&B. As of May 2013, the WGCI was the 7th most listened to radio station in Chicago, with an average of 1.4 million listeners.. }
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- WGCI-FM abstract "WGCI-FM (107.5 FM)is a Mainstream Urban radio station that has a city of license of Chicago, under ownership of Clear Channel Communications. WGCI was considered to be the most popular urban contemporary radio station in Chicago, the nation's third largest radio market, and one of the most well-known and best-programmed urban contemporary stations throughout the 1980s and 1990s at a time when its music selection focused more on old school and house music. WGCI broadcasts at 3700 watts (3.7 kilowatts) at 107.5 megahertz (MHz) from atop the Willis Tower (the former Sears Tower) in Downtown Chicago, and has studios located in the Illinois Center complex on Michigan Avenue. Like many Clear Channel-owned urban radio stations, it uses the slogan "#1 for Hip Hop and R&B", but recently added the sub-slogan "The Big Station", to differentiate themselves and express their dominance in the market. In 2005, WGCI began broadcasting in IBOC digital radio, using the HD Radio system from iBiquity. In 2006 WGCI also won a Marconi Award for Best Radio Station for Hip-Hop and R&B. As of May 2013, the WGCI was the 7th most listened to radio station in Chicago, with an average of 1.4 million listeners.".