Dusty Radio 1390

Dusty Radio 1390, also known as WGCI-AM, is a United States-based internet radio station located in Chicago, Illinois, that played a significant role in the city’s urban music scene. It has had periods of broadcasting various formats, including foreign-language programming, big band music, blues, jazz, R&B, and all-news. In the mid-1990s, the station adopted the “Dusty Radio 1390” branding, focusing on urban oldies and classic soul tracks from the 1960s and 1970s. This format catered to listeners’ preferences for “dusties,” a term affectionately used to describe classic R&B and soul records. Today, this radio station operates under the call sign WGRB and broadcasts an urban gospel format, serving the Chicago metropolitan area.