WLS (AM)
WLS (890 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois. Owned by Cumulus Media, through licensee Radio License Holdings LLC, the station airs a talk radio format. WLS has its radio studios in the NBC Tower on North Columbus Drive in the city's Streeterville neighborhood. Its non-directional broadcast tower is located on the southwestern edge of Tinley Park, Illinois in Will County.[3][6]
For the Philippine radio station, see DWLS.890 kHz
89 WLS
- ABC News Radio
- The Weather Channel
- Westwood One
- Motor Racing Network
- WLS-TV Chicago (news partnership)
- Cumulus Media
- (Radio License Holdings LLC)
April 11, 1924
- WES (1924)[1]
Founded by Sears, the "World's Largest Store"
73227
A
50,000 watts
94.7 WLS-FM HD2 (Chicago)
WLS is a Class A station broadcasting on the clear-channel frequency of 890 kHz with 50,000 watts using a Nautel NX-50 transmitter. A Harris DX-50 serves as a backup transmitter. Both transmitters run in MDCL (Modulation Dependent Carrier Level) mode to improve efficiency. The station's daytime groundwave service contour covers portions of five states.[7] At night, its signal routinely reaches 38 states via skywave.[8] WLS participates in the Emergency Alert System's primary entry point network, serving that function for northern Illinois and western Indiana. The station's programming is also available to listeners in the Chicago metropolitan area with an HD Radio receiver via a simulcast on the HD2 digital subchannel of sister station WLS-FM.
Programming[edit]
Weekdays on WLS, two local talk show hosts are heard: Steve Cochran is in morning drive time. And Brett Gogoel hosts an hour on the markets and an hour on local news topics in late afternoons.[114] The rest of the weekday schedule is nationally syndicated conservative talk shows from co-owned Westwood One: The Chris Plante Show, The Dan Bongino Show, The Ben Shapiro Show, The Mark Levin Show, The Michael Knowles Show, Red Eye Radio and America in the Morning.
Weekends feature shows on money, health, real estate, technology, travel and cars. Syndicated weekend programs include The Kim Komando Show and The Larry Kudlow Show, as well as repeats of weekday shows. Some weekend hours are paid brokered programming. Most hours on nights and weekends begin with an update from ABC News Radio.