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WFMT Classical AAC 256
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- chicago
- classical
258 kbps · AAC · Record last changed 4 Oct 2026
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What the directory records
Record last changed 4 Oct 2026
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Format
- AAC
- Stream
- Direct https
- Last catalogue check
- Stream answered
- Broadcaster
- wfmt.com
WFMT Classical AAC 256 sits at 455 of 1,481 in the United States' listing, in the body of the list rather than at either end. This is where most of a national dial actually lives, and it is the part a country hub's first fifty rows never reach.
With four recorded opens, WFMT Classical AAC 256 sits in the part of the directory where the numbers stop discriminating. The station's position in the United States' list should be read as approximate for exactly that reason.
Only two entries in the United States put chicago first. The tag is self-declared and inconsistent between countries, which is why the rail below is worth more as a way of wandering than as a filter.
Twice the local median and then some: 258 kbps where the United States' stations typically manage 128. Whether you can hear the difference depends entirely on what you are listening on, but the headroom is there.
Encoded as AAC, one of the three formats the United States' stations use. The country page breaks all of them out with counts.
WFMT Classical AAC 256 streams from wfmt.streamguys1.com. No other station in the United States is served from that address, and across the whole directory it appears one time in total.
- City or region
- Chicago IL
- Country
- United States
WFMT Classical AAC 256 is one of 3,967 playable stations the catalogue lists in United States, and one of the smaller number that say where in the country they transmit from.
These are counts of what people did inside the public radio-browser catalogue and the apps that read it, over the whole life of the entry. They are not our own figures and they are not an audience measurement: most entries in this catalogue sit under five all-time plays, so a small number here means the catalogue has little to say about this station rather than that nobody listens to it.
Broadcast by WFMT Classical AAC 256. Stream served directly by the broadcaster. Their own site is at www.wfmt.com.
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