WCPY

the DeKalb, Illinois radio station that held the call sign WCPY at 92.5 FM from 2008 to 2014
Polish radio station in Arlington Heights–Chicago, Illinois

WCPY (92.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Arlington Heights, Illinois, and serving the Chicago area. WCPY airs a Polish language format during the daytime, as "Polski FM", while airing a Dance Hits format at night known as "Dance Factory FM". During at 5am Sundays this station aired as Viewpoints Radio and Radio Health Journal. Studios are located on Chicago's Northwest Side. The station is owned by Newsweb Corporation. WCPY transmits on a tower with WPPN and WPNA FM in nearby Buffalo Grove at 1,800 watts.

The station began broadcasting on March 10, 1960, holding the call sign WNWC ("North West Communities"). In July 1961, the station was purchased by Bob Atcher and Thomas Hogan. WNWC would air a wide variety of non rock music. In 1965, Lester Vihon purchased the station for $110,000. The station was off the air temporarily in June 1966, after a tornado toppled its tower.

In April 1968, the station's call sign was changed to WEXI, and was branded "Stereo Excitement". WEXI aired easy listening music during the day and a progressive rock format overnight. Shortly thereafter, it adopted a top 40 format.

In autumn 1972, the station was sold to Community Broadcasters for $230,000, and its call sign was changed to WWMM. Among the shows on WWMM in this period was "Love in the Afternoon", a sex talk program hosted by Jonathan Kingsley. In 1976, the station was sold to Northwest Community Broadcasting for $500,000.

In spring of 1981, the station was sold to Radio Communications Group and its call sign was changed to WTCO. In 1982, the station was sold to Darrell Peters Productions for $550,000.

Darrell Peters Productions applied to change the station's call sign to WSEX on September 26, 1982, but the application was rejected. An application to reconsider was submitted, and the call sign change was approved on January 24, 1983. In January 1986, the station adopted a "Top 10" format, playing songs that had reached the top 10 within the past five years.

The station became "Chicago's Bear", and its call sign was changed to WCBR FM on January 9, 1989. WCBR FM aired an adult album alternative format. WCBR FM also aired Chicago Wolves hockey. In 1998, the station was sold to Big City Radio for $17 million. Many of the brokered programs that were on WCBR FM moved to 94.3 WJKL in Elgin. When Big City Radio took control of the two stations, they stunted with a simulcast of their Los Angeles sister station 107.1 KLYY, which aired a modern rock format. WLRA's call sign was changed to WBRO shortly thereafter.

On November 14, 1998, at Noon, WCBR and WBRO launched their new official format, CHR as "92.7 Kiss FM", with the first song being "Kiss" by Prince. This would be Chicago's first true CHR station in many years and proved to be quite successful, even with the two stations' weak signals. Not long after, the moniker was adjusted to "92 Kiss FM". Melissa Forman hosted mornings on 92 Kiss FM, before moving to 93.9 WLIT FM in 2001.

On January 12, 2001, Clear Channel's WUBT changed formats from rhythmic oldies to CHR as WKSC FM "Kiss 103.5". At that time, Clear Channel filed suit against Big City Radio, alleging the "Kiss FM" branding used by WKIE and its simulcasts violated its national trademark. However, Big City Radio had already planned on changing the formats of these stations. The station's airstaff remained intact. The new format was designed by 92 Kiss FM's program director, Chris Shebel, who has stated that the dance hits format is something he had dreamed of doing for a long time. In early 2003, WKIE, WKIF and WDEK were sold to Spanish Broadcasting System for $22 million. On January 6, 2003, the three stations adopted a Spanish contemporary format as "Onda 92".

In 2004, Spanish Broadcasting System sold WKIE, WKIF and WDEK to Newsweb Corporation for $28 million. At 9 a. m. November 29, 2004, WKIE and WDEK began simulcasting with its new adult hits sister station 99.9 WRZA in Park Forest, Illinois as "Nine FM", with the slogan "We Play Anything". The first song on the Nine FM simulcast was "With or Without You" by U2. Initially airing overnight on Saturdays,

Newsweb Corporation dropped the Nine FM programming on all three signals on October 20, 2008, and replaced it with a simulcast of sister station WCPT from 5 a. m. until 9 p. m. On October 27, 2008, the station changed its callsign from WKIE to WCPT FM, to go with the format. WCPT FM then swapped callsigns with 92.5 WCPY in DeKalb, which remained part of the Progressive Talk simulcast. Polski FM was then briefly simulcast on 640 WMFN in the summer of 2018.