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Attractions

Adler Planetarium (Chicago)

  • 461.800 repeater, 452.6375, 457.7875, 457.8125, 457.9875, 469.875 portables (NFM) KA68288

Art Institute of Chicago

  • 464.0375, 463.5375, 461.7375, 451.675, 464.1125, 464.8375 repeaters (trunked, DMR/NFM digital) WRFF613
  • 464.0375, 461.7375, 451.9375, 464.1125 repeaters; 466.6875, 466.825, 466.9125 portables (NFM/DMR) WQZD769

Brookfield Zoo

  • Encrypted DMR CapacityPlus system. 463.5125 CC15 (LCN 1), 464.225 CC 13 (LCN 2), 464.7625 CC12 (LCN 3), 464.950 CC 11 (LCN 4).
    Talkgroups seen include 246, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 254 and 255. More work needed to confirm. (6/25/19) WRBR928
  • 466.225, 466.275, 466.300, 466.325 mobiles and portables (DMR) WRBR568

Chicago Architecture Center (111 E Upper Wacker Drive)

  • 451.9875, 461.875, 463.6125, 464.0125, 469.425 portables (DMR) WRCI512

Chicago Botanic Garden (Glencoe)

  • 464.0625 repeater; 457.1125, 457.2875, 457.4125, 457.6875, 457.8625 mobiles (NFM/NXDN) WNKY791

Chicago Cultural Center (78 E Washington Street)

  • 457.525, 457.55, 457.575, 457.6, 457.65 portables (DMR) - 16 km radius of the Chicago Cultural Center. WRFB714

Chicago Fine Arts Exchange (770 N Halsted Street, Chicago)

  • Tantrik: Hospitality Food and Beverage - 457.4125, 457.7125, 457.7875, 457.8125 portables WQKQ998

Chicago Riverwalk / Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events

  • 464.825 repeater; 457.1, 457.225, 457.35, 468.25, 468.875 portables (DMR) WREY295

Chitown Sports Facilities (2343 S Throup)

  • 20-5W on 457.15, 457.4, 458.0, 468.7125, 469.2 (NFM/DMR) WQVM694

Driehaus Museum (40 E Erie Street, Chicago)

  • 463.2625 (D506) R- also, simplex HTs on 452.0, 461.575, 462.15, 463.3, 464.025, 464.85 WQQY256

Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago)

  • DMR Repeaters: 451.3125, 451.45, 451.6375, 452.2625, 452.500, 452.7675 WQGU431

The Forge at Lemont Quarries (Lemont)

  • Former quarry turned activity park with bike trails, rope courses & climbing walls, plus zip lines.
  • Employees refer to the channels by the channel number.
  • Using the DMR "All Call" feature on simplex/direct. Using NX1300DUK or variant radios. Timeslot is 1 for all channels. Color Code corresponds to Channel #, except 16 which is CC 1.
  • WRHV593
  • CH 1: 451.1875 DMR CC: 1 | TG: 16777184 | SL: 1 | Usage: "Ziplines 1" / Ziplines Emergency
  • CH 2: 451.4375 DMR CC: 2 | TG: 16777184 | SL: 1 | Usage: "Ziplines 2"
  • CH 3: 451.6375 DMR CC: 3 | TG: 16777184 | SL: 1 | Usage: "Ziplines 3"
  • CH 4: 451.7375 DMR CC: 4 | TG: 16777184 | SL: 1 | Usage: "Ziplines 4"
  • CH 5: 452.0875 DMR CC: 5 | TG: 16777184 | SL: 1 | Usage: "Ropes"
  • CH 6: 452.6625 DMR CC: 6 | TG: 16777184 | SL: 1 | Usage: "Ropes Check" (Told its also a spare channel used by Managers)
  • CH 7: 452.9875 DMR CC: 7 | TG: 16777184 | SL: 1 | Usage: "Foundry" (Food Services)
  • CH 8: 452.6875 DMR CC: 8 | TG: 16777184 | SL: 1 | Usage: "Bikes"
  • CH 9: 452.3125 DMR CC: 9 | TG: 16777184 | SL: 1 | Usage: "Boats"
  • CH 10: 452.7125 DMR CC: 10 | TG: 16777184 | SL: 1 | Usage: "Laser Tag"
  • CH 11: 452.8375 DMR CC: 11 | TG: 16777184 | SL: 1 | Usage: "Guest Experience"
  • CH 12: 451.3125 DMR CC: 12 | TG: 16777184 | SL: 1 | Usage: "Maintenance" (NFM also heard some times)
  • CH 13: 451.4125 DMR CC: 13 | TG: 16777184 | SL: 1 | Usage: "Sales/Grp"
  • CH 14: 451.5125 DMR CC: 14 | TG: 16777184 | SL: 1 | Usage: "Entertainment"
  • CH 15: 456.1875 DMR CC: 15 | TG: 16777184 | SL: 1 | Usage: "Events/Parking" (local EMA sometimes heard here at big events)
  • CH 16: 456.3375 DMR CC: 1 | TG: 16777184 | SL: 1 | Usage: "Private" (Side channel for quick off topic conversations)

Hawthorn Race Course WEB (Stickney)

  • 461.975, 464.925 Repeaters; Mobiles on 461.5625, 461.6125, 461.7125, 461.7375 (DMR/NFM/FM) WQJR693

Holocaust Memorial Foundation (Skokie) WEB FB

  • Mobiles on 452/7.7625, 452/7.8125, 456.6875 (DMR/NFM) WQMH752
  • Base/150 Wireless Paging System (Emergency Notification, PA Paging, 2-way Intercom & Bell systems) on 462.9, 465.0 (NFM Data) WSDY721

House of Blues Restaurant Corporation WEB

  • Live Nation-Chicago
  • 461.025, 464.6625, 462.4625, 456.3625, 456.3875 portables (NFM) WQNU594

Island Party Hut (355 E Riverwalk South, Chicago) / Island Party Boat

  • 456.325, 457.200, 457.450, 457.800, 466.075, 466.100, 466.125, 466.275, 466.300, 466.375 portables (NFM, DMR) WRXG877

John G Shedd Aquarium (Chicago) [ WEB] [ FB]

  • scid=52467
  • 464.225, 464.425 Mobiles WPTP433 Deprecated 5/24/24
  • 464.325 M 072 DPL Water/Pump Ops [Expired 1/11] FMN WPTP433 Still in use?

Lake Katherine Nature Center and Botanical Gardens WEB

  • 7402 W Lake Katharine Dr, Palos Heights
  • 25-4W portables on 466.075, 466.325, 466.35, 466.1, 466.175 (NXDN) WSCS785 Issued 5/24

Lighthouse Immersive Art Space at Germania Club (Chicago)

  • 451.3375, 451.4375, 451.7625, 452.1125, 452.5125, 452.8125 portables (NFM/DMR) WRMG969

Lincoln Park Zoo (Chicago)

  • 150.935 (CC 11 ENC?), 151.865, 151.955, 152.9675, 153.4325 (CC 12 ENC?) repeaters; 157.4775, 157.5225, 158.2275, 158.3175, 158.340 mobiles (repeater inputs) (DMR/NFM) WRBT673

Lyric Opera House WEB

  • DBA Civic Opera LP (20 N Wacker Drive, Chicago)
  • 452.175 repeater; 466.025, 466.050, 466.075, 466.100, 466.125 portables (NFM/DMR) WQOG954 Expired 5/21
  • 40-4W portables, 468.475, 467.1, 467.25, 468.75, 468.9875, 469.5875, 467.05, 467.0875, 468.975, 469.825 (NFM/2-slot DMR)

Maggie Daley Park (Chicago Park District)

  • 464.9125 repeater (DMR encrypted?); 466.9125, 466.925, 466.9375, 466.9625, 466.9875 portables (NFM/DMR) WRBV271

McCormick Place

  • Radio One (convention radio rentals) - 461.7125, 461.725, 461.7375, 461.750 (NFM) WQFW539

Millennium Park (Chicago) WEB

  • Note: License is expired but park DMR system is on air 9/2023
  • MB Real Estate A/A/F (201 E Randolph); 451.3625 repeater, 460.025, 460.05, 460.075, 460.1, 460.125 portables (NFM/DMR) WQOH747 Expired
  • 464.3375 Repeater; 50-4W portables on 466.025, 466.05, 466.075, 466.1, 466.15 (NFM) WQPC349 Expired 4/22

Museum of Contemporary Arts (Downtown Chicago)

Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)

  • Trunked System: 463.875, 464.475, 464.975 "Dome" repeaters; 451.1875, 451.4375, 451.6625 "East Rotunda" repeaters; 451.2875, 451.5625, 452.0875 "West Rotunda" repeaters; 452.2875, 452.6375, 452.8375 "Garage" repeaters WQZC575
  • 463.5875 repeater (DMR/NFM) WQPP398
  • Mobiles 466.275, 466.25, 466.225, 466.2, 466.175 (DMR/NFM) WPMS740
  • Repeaters: 451.450, 451.8375, 451.8875, 451.9125, 452.250, 452.2625, 452.200 WPUC894 (Cancelled)
  • 464.925 base, mobiles KNIE574 (Expired)
  • 452.0875 (NFM) WPWF461
  • 451.6375, 456.6375 mobiles (low power repeaters?) WPVA859

Thalia Hall WEB

  • 1807 S Allport St, Chicago; This landmark venue, designed as an opera house in 1892, hosts concerts by well-known musical acts.
  • 40-4W portables on 466.9125, 466.725, 466.875, 466.9, 466.8 (DMR) WSEU882 Issued 9/24

Navy Pier

  • FlyOver Navy Pier (replacing the IMAX Theater in Spring 2024) - 452.150, 461.725, 463.6625, 466.725, 469.7375 portables (NFM) WRYZ271
  • 451.7125, 451.9510, 452.6375, 452.9875, 461.025, 461.05, 462.000, 462.2125, 464.175, 467.1875 portables (NFM/DMR) WQRA644
  • Chicago Signature Services (catering at Navy Pier) - 451.3125(D331?), 451.3875, 451.5375, 451.6875(D331?), 451.7375, 452.8875 WQJH563
  • Chicago Shakespeare Theatre - 464.575, 462.0375, 468.8375, 468.2625, 467.2125, 467.3625, 467.4125, 467.4625, 467.5125 portables (DMR, NFM) WQRB701
  • Entertainment Cruises (owners of Mystic Blue, Odyssey Lake Michigan and Chicago River, Sea Dog and Spirit of Chicago) - 462.2875/467.2875, 462.3875/467.3875 portables (NFM/DMR) WREJ828
  • Spirit of Chicago - 151.655, 159.8325, 159.8625, 159.96, 160.05 portables (NFM) WQOD413
  • Mystic Blue Cruises - 151.895, 159.765, 159.81, 159.84, 159.87 portables (NFM) WQOD546
  • Premier Yachts - 151.49, 151.715, 154.49, 154.515, 158.385 WQOD548
  • Acron Navy Pier Hotel DBA Sable at Navy Pier - 600 E Grand -- 20-4W portables on 456.2875, 456.4375, 456.5375, 456.6375, 457.1375

wndr museum (1130 W. Monroe, Chicago)

  • 466.050, 466.075, 466.100, 466.125, 466.350 portables (DMR) WREC994

Casinos/Gaming

Bally's Chicago WEB

  • Bally's is building a $1.7 million casino complex at the corner of W. Chicago Ave and N. Jefferson St on the Chicago River. This is the former site of the Chicago Tribune printing facility. Construction will begin in 2024 and completed in 2026. An interim casino opened Sept. 9, 2023 inside the Medinah Temple at 600 N Wabash Ave. It will operate 7 Days, 8AM-4AM, during the construction of Bally's Chicago.
  • Bally's Chicago will be the largest casino in Illinois with 3,400 slot machines and 173 table games, six restaurants, a 500-room hotel and a 3,000-seat theater. Bally's will open in 2026. Bally's opened a temporary Chicago casino opn Sep. 9, 2023 inside the Medinah Temple at 600 N. Wabash Ave. This interim casino will operate for three years until the permanent Bally's Chicago opens in 2026 LINK
  • 200-4W portables on 466.9125, 466.9, 466.975, 466.875, 466.8, 466.05, 466.175, 456.9125, 466.375, 456.875, 457.0, 457.325, 457.55, 457.4, 466.925 (DMR) WRYY787 issued 10/23. NOTE: ENC DMR Simplex - confirmed 1/1/24

Play and Spin (Niles) [WEB

  • 7631 N Caldwell; 75-4W portables on 466.05, 466.275, 466.35, 466.25, 466.225 WRYE339

Wind Creek Casino (East Hazelcrest)

  • 854.225, 854.500, 854.925, 855.325, 855.625 conventional(?) repeaters (NXDN) WSCS933

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  • Halas Hall (Lake Forest), Olivet Nazarene University (Bourbonnais): 451.4875, 456.4875, 463.5625, 468.5625 portables (NFM/DMR); 456.725, 466.925, 468.950, 469.750 portables (DMR)

Theatres / Music Venues

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