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Pirate Radio station WRFN "Radio Suburbia" 1580

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Pirate Radio station WRFN "Radio Suburbia" 1580

WRFN "Radio Suburbia" 1580 on the AM dial used to entertain the northwest Chicago suburban area on Friday nights at 9:00 pm... "people DID tune to WRFN".

Check out actual recordings from the station near the bottom of the timeline. Pirate Radio station WRFN Radio Suburbia, "The radio station with s*x appeal" was on the air from 9 to midnight on Friday nights in 1968. WRFN DJ Al Vincent spun the latest pop & rock as well as oldies-but-goodies. WRFN was shut down by the FCC on March 22nd 1968 during a broadcast. WRFN - AM 1580, Niles Illinois, used

to entertain the northwest Chicago suburban area, Identified itself as "Radio Suburbia", "The radio station with s*x appeal" was on the air from 9 to midnight on Friday nights in 1968. Using 45 watts, WRFN DJ Al Vincent (a student at Niles West High School https://www.facebook.com/pages/Niles-West-High-School/104056062965301 ) spun the latest pop & rock as well as oldies-but-goodies. WRFN was shut down by the FCC on March 22, 1968 during a broadcast. Articles about this station appeared in the Chicago Tribune ("Radio Station 'Way Out'; FCC Closes It"); Broadcasting magazine April 8, 1968, pg.67 ("Chicago's Caroline silenced by FCC fuzz") and in "Valley Voices: A Radio History" by John Russell Ghrist.

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