107.5 WGCI live

107.5 WGCI is Chicago's hip-hop and R&B station. It broadcasts as WGCI-FM on 107.5 FM, is licensed to Chicago and serves the Chicago metropolitan area and Northwest Indiana with the slogan "The Chi's #1 for Hip Hop & R&B". The station is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, and on this page you can listen to WGCI live online, free.

Hip-hop and R&B

WGCI airs an urban contemporary format: the newest hip-hop and R&B for Chicago. National programming comes through Premiere Networks and iHeartRadio, and HD2 carries TikTok Radio.

History

The station signed on on December 4, 1958, as WFMQ and was WNUS-FM from 1965 to 1975. It became WGCI in 1975 and WGCI-FM in 1983. The call letters come from Globetrotter Communications, Inc., a former owner.

Sister stations

In Chicago, iHeartMedia also owns WCHI-FM, WGRB, WKSC-FM, WLIT-FM, WVAZ and WVON.

Chicago's sound

Chicago has given the world house music, drill and a long line of R&B and hip-hop artists, and WGCI plays the music the city lives by.

Hip-hop, anywhere

Press play and WGCI starts in seconds — on the Dan Ryan, at the gym or anywhere you are. The stream on this page carries the same music you hear on 107.5 FM.

How to listen

You can hear WGCI on the radio on 107.5 FM across Chicago, but you do not need a radio at all: this page plays the live stream in any browser, on a phone, tablet or computer. Press the play button at the top, wait a second or two for the stream to connect, and keep browsing while it plays — the player stays on as you move between pages. It is ideal for a night out or the drive home, and it costs nothing: no account, no subscription and no app to install.

Below the player you will find WGCI's frequency and home city, the genres it plays, answers to common questions and a list of similar stations, so when you want a change you can jump to another station in the same format or the same area with one click.

• 100% free, no sign-up
• Live stream, 24 hours a day
• Listen from anywhere
• Works on phone and computer