Pirate Radio station WRFN "Radio Suburbia" 1580

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 pinned to the top of the posts. 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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