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WJOL
WJOL (1340 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news talk/sports format. Licensed to Joliet, Illinois, United States, the station is currently owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC. WJOL carries a variety of local programming, as well as nationally syndicated shows. WJOL's studios are located in Crest Hill, and its transmitter is in Joliet. History The station began broadcasting in May 1925, and originally held the call sign WJBI.Radio Progress'. August 15, 1925. p. 40. Retrieved August 14, 2018.Radio Age'. August 1925. p. 100. Retrieved August 14, 2018. The station was originally owned by Harold M. Couch. Later that year, the station was sold to the parent company of the Boston Store (a Joliet-based store unrelated to the Wisconsin Boston Stores), and its call sign was changed to WCLS, which stood for "Will County's Largest Store". The station originally broadcast at 1400 kHz, running 150 watts. In 1927, the station's frequency was changed to 139 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSSR
WSSR (96.7 FM, "Star 96-7") is a radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format. Licensed to Joliet, Illinois, United States, it serves South and West Suburban Chicago. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC. WSSR's studios are located in Crest Hill, and its transmitter is in Homer Glen, Illinois. Using the slogan Star 96-7, the station features a playlist of new pop and pop-rock artists, 2000s and 1990s music. History WJOL-FM The station first signed on the air on February 6, 1960 as WJOL-FM, sister station to AM 1340 WJOL. The station shared its studios and transmitter site with the AM in Joliet, where it broadcast with an ERP of 1,000 watts at a height above average terrain (HAAT) of 125 feet.History Cards f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WERV-FM
WERV-FM (95.9 MHz "95.9 The River") is a commercial FM radio station, licensed to Aurora, Illinois, and serving the western suburbs of Chicago. It is owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC. WERV-FM has a classic hits radio format that leans toward classic rock. Its playlist stresses the rock hits of the 1980s, 90s and early 2000s such as Van Halen, U2 and Bon Jovi, but does not play pop and dance artists such as Michael Jackson, Madonna or Whitney Houston, heard on most classic hits stations. WERV-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 2,850 watts. The studios and transmitter are on Plain Avenue in Aurora. History Early years This station was the radio dream of WLS Radio announcer, emcee, and engineer Russ Salter, who put this station (then WKKD-FM); along with WKKD AM 1580 on the air. WKKD 1580 debuted on September 21, 1960 and WKKD-FM on February 12, 1961. The station's call sign stood for Kane, Kendall and DuPage, which were the primary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Stations In Illinois
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Illinois, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * WAMV * WCEV * WCHI * WCLM * WENR References External links worldradiomap.com – List of radio stations in Chicago, Illinois {{Navboxes , title = Illinois radio station regional navigation boxes , list = {{Aurora-Elgin-Wheaton Radio {{Bloomington IL Radio {{Cape Girardeau Radio {{Champaign Radio {{Chicago Radio {{Decatur Radio {{DeKalb Radio {{Kankakee Radio {{Kenosha-Waukegan Radio {{KHQradio {{LaSalle-Peru Radio {{Joliet-Morris-Crete Radio {{Marion-Carbondale (IL) Radio {{Mount Vernon Radio {{Paducah Radio {{Peoria Radio {{Quad Cities Radio {{Rockford Radio {{Springfield IL Radio {{St. Louis Radio Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Joseph Johnston (novelist)
William Joseph Johnston (January 11, 1924 – October 15, 2010) was an American novelist, primarily known for authoring tie-in novels, although he also wrote non-fiction books and novels unrelated to specific motion pictures or television series. Biography Johnston was born on January 11, 1924, in Lincoln, Illinois. He was the son of John and Lucille (Shoup) Johnston, and he attended high school in Springfield, Illinois. During the World War II, William Johnston served in the Pacific Theater as a radio operator and gunner in the U.S. Navy Air Corps (1942–1945). On October 24, 1953, Johnston married Anne Korba, an executive secretary. The couple had five children: Phillip Susan, Peter, Thomas, and Kelly. Johnston and his family resided in Massapequa, New York. Writing career After World War II, Johnston worked as a disc jockey at radio station WTAX in Springfield, Illinois. From 1947-1950, Johnston worked as a news reporter for WJOL. He worked as a press agent for Tex Mc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Caray
Harry Christopher Caray (; March 1, 1914 – February 18, 1998) was an American radio and television Sports commentator, sportscaster. During his career he called the play-by-play for five Major League Baseball teams, beginning with 25 years of calling the games of the St. Louis Cardinals (with two of those years also spent calling games for the St. Louis Browns). After a year working for the Oakland Athletics and 11 years with the Chicago White Sox, Caray spent the last 16 years of his career as the announcer for the Chicago Cubs. Early life Caray was born Harry Christopher Carabina to an Italian Americans, Italian father and Romanian Americans, Romanian mother in St. Louis. He was 14 when his mother, Daisy Argint, died from complications due to pneumonia. Caray did not have much recollection of his father, who went off to fight in the First World War. Caray went to live with his uncle John Argint and Aunt Doxie at 1909 LaSalle Avenue. Caray attended high school at Webster Gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WZSR
WZSR (105.5 FM, "Star 105.5") is a radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format. Licensed to Woodstock, Illinois, United States, it serves Chicago's northwest suburbs. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media. The station's studios are located behind McHenry County College in Crystal Lake. History WSTK The station began broadcasting on April 1, 1968, and held the call sign WSTK. It was owned by Angelo Joseph Salvi.Ghrist, John R. (1996). ''Valley Voices: A Radio History''. Crossroads Communications. p. 142-147. WSTK initially aired middle of the road (MOR) and country music. By 1971, the station was airing a country music format full time. The station was taken silent in late 1973. WXRD In March 1974, the station was sold to Mal Bellairs for $95,000 and returned to the air, with its call sign changed to WXRD. WXRD simulcast AM 850 WIVS in the morning and aired a progressive rock format branded "The Crossroads" the remainder of the day.Broadcasting Yearbook 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WXLC
WXLC is an FM radio station that operates on the 102.3 frequency, based in Waukegan, Illinois. The format is currently hot adult contemporary and its owned by Alpha Media. WXLC broadcasts throughout Lake County, Illinois and Kenosha County, Wisconsin. WXLC also penetrates the Illinois counties of Cook and McHenry in addition to Racine County in Wisconsin as well. Its studios and transmitter are located separately in Waukegan. History The station began broadcasting in May 1963 and held the call sign WEFA.History Cards for WXLC fcc.gov. Retrieved March 13, 2019. In 1980, the station's call sign was changed to WXLC, which stands for "Across Lake County". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKRS
WKRS (1220 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish Sports format. Licensed to Waukegan, Illinois, United States, the station is currently owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC, and features programming from TUDN Radio. Its studios and transmitter are separately located in Waukegan. History The station began broadcasting September 25, 1949. It ran 1,000 watts during daytime hours only, and was owned by The News-Sun Broadcasting Company.History Cards for WKRS fcc.gov. Retrieved August 29, 2019. In 1983, WKRS was sold to Roger E. Kaplan, owner of 102.3 , for $650,000. In 1987, the station was sold to H&D Radio Limited Partnersh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCCQ
WCCQ (98.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Crest Hill, Illinois, United States, it serves the Joliet area. The station is owned by Alpha Media. History WCCQ began broadcasting on January 28, 1976, and originally aired an oldies format.Ghrist, John R. (1996). ''Valley Voices: A Radio History''. Crossroads Communications. p. 167-169. In February 1979, the station adopted a beautiful music format. WCCQ adopted a country format in 1984, and was branded "Q-Country".Bob Zak , cityofjoliet.com. Retrieved March 14, 2019. Bob Zak was the station's first morning host. Other announcers included Mark Edwards, Ted Clark, Larry Watts, Mike Baker, Jim Beedle, Bill Fortune, and Jim Felbinger. The current lineup features Roy & Carol in the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AM Radio
AM broadcasting is radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation (AM) transmissions. It was the first method developed for making audio radio transmissions, and is still used worldwide, primarily for medium wave (also known as "AM band") transmissions, but also on the longwave and shortwave radio bands. The earliest experimental AM transmissions began in the early 1900s. However, widespread AM broadcasting was not established until the 1920s, following the development of vacuum tube receivers and transmitters. AM radio remained the dominant method of broadcasting for the next 30 years, a period called the " Golden Age of Radio", until television broadcasting became widespread in the 1950s and received most of the programming previously carried by radio. Subsequently, AM radio's audiences have also greatly shrunk due to competition from FM (frequency modulation) radio, Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), satellite radio, HD (digital) radio, Internet radio, music streaming servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Zorn
Eric Zorn (born January 6, 1958) is a former American op-ed columnist and daily blogger for the ''Chicago Tribune'' who specialized in local news as well as politics. Early life and education Zorn is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he majored in English literature and creative writing. He is the grandson of Max Zorn, author of Zorn's Lemma. Career After serving a four-month internship at the ''Miami Herald'', Zorn started working for the ''Chicago Tribune'' in summer 1980. He has been a columnist for it since 1986. About four times a year for some years, Zorn and fellow ''Tribune'' columnist Mary Schmich wrote a week of columns that consisted of a back-and-forth exchange of letters. Each December since 1999 (except for COVID-19 pandemic 2020), Schmich and Zorn have hosted the "Songs of Good Cheer" holiday caroling parties at the Old Town School of Folk Music to raise money for the Tribune Holiday Fund charities. Zorn co-wrote the 1990 book ''Murder of Innocence' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television are named), it remains the most-read daily newspaper in the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region. It had the sixth-highest circulation for American newspapers in 2017. In the 1850s, under Joseph Medill, the ''Chicago Tribune'' became closely associated with the Illinois politician Abraham Lincoln, and the Republican Party's progressive wing. In the 20th century under Medill's grandson, Robert R. McCormick, it achieved a reputation as a crusading paper with a decidedly more American-conservative anti-New Deal outlook, and its writing reached other markets through family and corporate relationships at the ''New York Daily News'' and the ''Washington Times-Herald.'' The 1960s saw its corporate parent owner, Tribune Company, rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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