WYLL
Christian talk and teaching | |
Ownership | |
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Owner |
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WIND | |
History | |
First air date | October 1924 |
Former call signs | WJJD (1924–1997)[1] WSCR (1997-2000)[1] WXRT (2000-2001)[1] |
Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 28630 |
Class | B |
Power | 50,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°2′31″N 87°51′58″W / 42.04194°N 87.86611°W (day antenna) 41°34′23″N 87°59′37″W / 41.57306°N 87.99361°W (night and aux. antenna) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | 1160hope.com |
WYLL (1160
WYLL features programs from national religious leaders such as Dr.
History
WJJD
On October 13, 1924, the station first
In 1926, auxiliary studios were established in the
WJJD aired a variety of music, general entertainment, sports, and public interest programming in the 1920s,[4][11] 30s,[12][13][14] and 40s.[15][16]
In 1933, the station was sold to a firm headed by Ralph Atlass, and its studios were moved to the
In the fall of 1937, the station was one of several Chicago radio stations to donate airtime to
In 1944, the station was sold to
In 1953, Plough Broadcasting purchased WJJD for $900,000.[29] Plough Broadcasting was a subsidiary of the large pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough. WJJD featured both pop[30][31][32][33] and country music programs in the 1950s, in an era where country and western music was not common on radio stations in Northern U.S. cities.[34][35]
In June 1956, WJJD left country music for several years, flipping to a
On February 15, 1965, WJJD adopted a country music format.
In April 1982, the station began 24-hour operations, running 2,500 watts at night, with plans to increase its nighttime power to 10,000 watts in July.[44][45] However, its nighttime power was reduced to 5,000 watts later that decade.[46][47]
In February 1982, WJJD adopted an
In 1984, WJJD and WJEZ were sold to Infinity Broadcasting for $13.5 million.[59] Clark Weber joined WJJD in 1985, hosting a talk show weekday mornings, while adult standards continued to air in the remainder of the schedule.[60][61][62][55] In April 1993, the station began airing G. Gordon Liddy's syndicated talk show middays.[63][64]
In November 1994, WJJD dropped adult standards music altogether for a full-time
In 1996, Infinity Broadcasting was purchased by the parent company of
WSCR
In 1997, CBS sold its Chicago
On August 1, 2000, Infinity Broadcasting ended 670
WYLL
In late 2000, Salem Communications purchased the station for $29 million.
In addition to the primarily national Christian talk and teaching programming heard on the station, Sandy Rios hosted a local talk show weekday afternoons on WYLL from 1994 to 2001 and again from 2007 to 2010, when she moved to Washington, D.C.[83][84]
On April 7, 2005, WYLL's nighttime power was increased to 50,000 watts.[85][86] The higher power required a six-tower directional array, with the towers used for daytime broadcasts about 30 miles away from the towers used for nighttime operation.
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External links
- WYLL's official website
- WYLL in the FCC AM station database
- WYLL in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- WYLL Slang Words