WAIK
| File:WAIK 1590AMOldies logo.png | |
| Frequency | 1590 kHz |
|---|---|
| Branding | Oldies 1590 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Defunct |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | |
| WMOI, WRAM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1957[2] |
Last air date | January 14, 2019 |
Former call signs | WQUB (1957–1959)[3] |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 49515 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 5,000 watts day 55 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
WAIK (AM 1590) was a radio station licensed to Galesburg, Illinois, with studios in Monmouth, Illinois.[4] It went silent in January 2019 and its license was cancelled in June 2019.[4][5] At the time it closed, it was operating a full service format with oldies.[6]
The station signed on the air as WQUB[3] in 1957[2] as a sister station to WQUA in Moline.[7] The WQUB construction permit was issued on April 3, 1957,[3] and its first full license was granted on January 9, 1958.[3][8] It was bought by Creative Broadcasting Ltd. in 1975 and had the call sign WAIK by 1979 with a middle of the road music format.[2] WAIK broadcast Chicago White Sox Baseball, Chicago Bulls basketball, and featured programming from ABC Radio and Sporting News Radio.[9]
In October 2018, owner WPW sold WAIK's sister stations, 1330 WRAM and 97.7 WMOI, both licensed for Monmouth, to Robbins-Treat Resources, but didn't include WAIK in the sale,[6] instead taking WAIK off the air on January 14, 2019.[6] The station's license was surrendered to the Federal Communications Commission on February 5, 2019, but it was not cancelled until June 19, 2019.[5]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).[dead link]
- ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b c d FCC history cards for WAIK. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
- ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Facility details for Facility ID 49515 (WAIK) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- FCC History Cards for WAIK (covering 1956-1981 as WQUB / WAIK)
- Galesburg, Illinois
- Monmouth, Illinois
- Defunct radio stations in the United States
- Radio stations established in 1957
- Radio stations in Illinois
- Radio stations disestablished in 2019
- 2019 disestablishments in Illinois
- 1957 establishments in Illinois
- Defunct mass media in Illinois
- Illinois radio station stubs