V103 102.7 FM live

V103 is Chicago's R&B station for grown-ups. It broadcasts as WVAZ on 102.7 FM, is licensed to Oak Park, Illinois, and serves the Chicago metropolitan area and Northwest Indiana with the slogan "The Chi's Home for R&B and Throwbacks". The station is owned by iHeartMedia, and on this page you can listen to V103 live online, free.

R&B and throwbacks

V103 plays urban adult contemporary music: R&B, soul and throwbacks. It carries the nationally syndicated Steve Harvey Morning Show and The Sweat Hotel with Keith Sweat. HD2 carries the Black Information Network.

History

The station signed on on October 17, 1950, as WOPA-FM. It was WGLD from 1969 to 1974 and WBMX — a famous Chicago name — from 1974 to 1988 before becoming WVAZ. The call letters come from the slogan "Variety from A to Z".

Sister stations

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

R&B, anywhere

Press play and V103 starts in seconds — on the Dan Ryan, at work or anywhere you are. The stream on this page carries the same music you hear on 102.7 FM.

Chicago soul

Chicago has a rich soul and R&B history, and V103 plays it alongside today's grown-up R&B.

How to listen

You can hear V103 on the radio on 102.7 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 morning show or the drive home, and it costs nothing: no account, no subscription and no app to install.

Below the player you will find V103'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.

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• Live stream, 24 hours a day
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