| Norridge, Illinois | |
|---|---|
| Branding | WRHS-TV |
| Slogan | TV Worth Watching |
| Channels | Analog: 73 |
| Owner | Ridgewood Community High School |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Call letters' meaning |
We Ridgewood High School |
| Website | http://wrhs.ihigh.com |
WRHS-TV is an Educational-access television station Norridge, Illinois, in the Chicago metropolitan area. It is owned and operated by Ridgewood High School, and it broadcasts from the campus in Norridge, Illinois.
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WRHS-TV was originally broadcast channel 73. It began operations in 1969. It moved to cable TV channel 3 on Illinois Cable.
In 1986, WRHS moved to channel 4 (sharing time with CLTV starting on January 1, 1993. WRHS then moved to channel 96 when Metrovision Cable created the South region of Chicago, Illinois suburbs. It included the following suburbs: Berwyn, Blue Island, Brookfield, Crestwood, Harwood Heights, Hickory Hills, Melrose Park, Midlothian, Norridge, Northlake, Orland Hills, Palos Hills, Posen, Robbins, Stickney, Tinley Park, and Worth, Illinois. WRHS reached 73,451 subscriber households.
WRHS moved back to cable channel 4 on January 6, 1999 on Time Warner Cable, AT&T Cable Services, AT&T Broadband and has been cable channel 19 since February 14, 2004. In Chicago, their permanent time slot on Saturday mornings at 10:00 AM began on October 25, 2008.
WRHS is an FM radio station broadcasting on 89.7 MHz in Norridge, Illinois, in the Chicago metropolitan area. It is owned and operated by Ridgewood High School, and it broadcasts from the campus in Norridge, Illinois.
WRHS-FM signed on in 1976 at 88.1 FM in Park Forest, Illinois. In 2004, they moved to 89.7 FM. From January to July, WRHS-FM 89.7 plays adult hits as Jack FM. Near the end of October, 89.7 FM WRHS Norridge is Jack O'Lantern playing Halloween music. On-Air Personalities include Ken Derus, Joanne Dynak, Monica Lockwood, Mike Stasinopoulos and Kevin Szaflik.
WRHS announced its intention to become the earliest station to change over to Christmas music in 2007 (as "Jack Frost"), surpassing 2006's first Christmas station, KOSY-FM in Salt Lake City, which switched on October 30, 2006. The station launched its Christmas format on the morning of October 25, 2007. However, they were beaten by WEXM in Indianapolis, who began stunting on Monday, October 8, through the rest of the holiday season. The next year, in an effort not to be outdone, WRHS-FM announced that they would play holiday music from Thursday, September 25, 2008 to Thursday, January 8, 2009, which would surpass any current stunt by a commercial station. This successfully beat WMVN, the first FCC-licensed station to change to the format, which changed on October 10, 2008. The holiday music continued on sister station 88.1 WXMS Harwood Heights as WRHS suspended the format for the week surrounding Halloween by changing to all Halloween music (changing its slogan during that period to "Jack O'Lantern"). From September 25, 2008 to January 8, 2009, 88.1 FM is WXMS in Harwood Heights, Illinois. From October 27, 2008 to November 3, 2008, 89.7 FM WRHS Norridge is Jack O'Lantern playing Halloween music. From July 9, 2009 to January, 2010, 89.7 FM WRHS Norridge played all holiday hits as "Jack Frost." During that time, the adult hits Jack FM format moved to 88.1 FM WRWX Harwood Heights.
WRHS Television airs programming on Comcast Cable Channel 19 on Thursdays from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM. They also air a half hour version on Chicago Access Network Television (CAN) on Channel 19 Saturday mornings from 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM in Chicago. WRWX-TV 4 is a secondary channel programmed by the Multimedia Club at Ridgewood High School.
Since August 24, 2004, WRHS Television has aired on Thursdays from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Comcast Cable channel 19 in the following suburbs: Bedford Park, Bellwood, Bensenville, Unincorporated Bensenville, Berkeley, Bolingbrook, Berwyn, Bloomingdale, Bridgeview, Broadview, Brookfield, Burbank, Burr Ridge, Carol Stream, Cicero, Clarendon Hills, Countryside, Unincorporated Countryside, Crest Hill, Darien, Downers Grove, East Joliet, Elmhurst, Unincorporated Elmhurst, Elmwood Park, Forest Park, Forest View, Frankfort, Frankfort Township, Franklin Park, Glendale Heights, Harwood Heights, Hillside, Hines Hospital, Hinsdale, Unincorporated Hinsdale, Hodgkins, Homer, Homer Township, Itasca, Joliet Township, Unincorporated Joliet, Justice, Lemont, Lockport, Lockport Township, Lombard, Unincorporated Lombard, Lyons, Unincorporated Lyons Township, Maywood, McCook, Medinah, Melrose Park, Midlothian, Mokena, New Lenox, New Lenox Township, Norridge, North Riverside, Northlake, Oak Brook, Oakbrook Terrace, Oak Park, Plainfield, Plainfield Township, River Forest, River Grove, Roselle, Romeoville, Rosemont, Schiller Park, Shorewood, Stone Park, Summit/Bedford Park, Villa Park, Warrenville, West Chicago, West Joliet, Westchester, Westmont, Unincorporated Will County, Willow Springs, Willowbrook, Wood Dale, Woodridge, Winfield, portions of Addison, Naperville, Oswego, Plano, Sandwich, Yorkville, West Joliet, Wheaton, and Wheatland, Illinois. WRHS Television can be seen by nearly 4 million people.