Chicago Radio: iHM Sublets 97.5 T-FM

iHeartMedia Chicago announced Tuesday it has signed a local marketing agreement with Show Time Media to broadcast the full-time music, entertainment and information format on W244BB 97.5 T-FM via WEBG 95.5 HD2 95.5 FM, starting February 1. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, according to Chicago Media writer Robert Feder.

Currently airing on the FM translator is ESPN Deportes Radio, a Spanish sports radio network. An iHeartMedia spokeswoman confirmed the sports format will be dropped.

Billed as 97.5 FM Poder — A New Beacon of Power for Chicago, the station will be managed by Alfredo Lopez for Show Time Media. The company is an enterprise of Chicago entrepreneur Pedro Segura, founder of Prime Dental Manufacturing.

Licensed to west suburban Hillside and broadcasting from atop the Aon Center, the 250-watt signal of FM translator W248BB is controlled by iHeartMedia Chicago through an agreement with owner Educational Media Foundation.

W248BB (7.5 FM (250 watts) Red=Local Coverage Area

Chicago’s two largest Mexican regional music stations are Univision Radio WOJO FM 105.1 and Spanish Broadcasting System WLEY FM 107.9.