Rock 95.5 live

Rock 95.5 is Chicago's rock station. It broadcasts as WCHI-FM on 95.5 FM, is licensed to Chicago and serves the Chicago metropolitan area with the slogan "Chicago's Rock Station". The station is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, and on this page you can listen to Rock 95.5 live online, free.

Mainstream rock

Rock 95.5 plays mainstream rock — classic and current rock for Chicago. HD2 carries "Big 95.5 HD2", a country channel.

Studios and tower

The studios are at the Illinois Center complex on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, and the station broadcasts from a 5.3 kW transmitter atop the John Hancock Center.

Many formats

The station signed on on March 9, 1959, as WDHF. It was WMET from 1976 to 1986, briefly WRXR, and WNUA — a long-running smooth jazz station — from 1987 to 2015, then WEBG until 2020, before becoming WCHI-FM, for Chicago.

Sister stations

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

Rock, anywhere

Press play and Rock 95.5 starts in seconds — on the Kennedy, in the garage or anywhere you are. The stream on this page carries the same rock you hear on 95.5 FM.

How to listen

You can hear Rock 95.5 on the radio on 95.5 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 the drive home or a weekend afternoon, and it costs nothing: no account, no subscription and no app to install.

Below the player you will find Rock 95.5'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