New Life Russian Radio

WKTA

City	Northbrook, Illinois
Broadcast area	Chicago Metro area and Northern suburbs
Branding	New Life Russian Radio
Slogan	The 1st Radio
Frequency	1330 kHz AM
Format	World Ethnic, News Talk
Power	5,000 watts day 17 watts night
Former callsigns	WEAW (1950s-1979) WPRZ (1979-1981) WEAW (1981-1987) WSSY (1987-1990)
Owner	Polnet Communications, Ltd.
Sister stations	UkieDrive
Webcast	Online-broadcast
Website	New Life Russian Radio

New Life Russian radio, which debuted in Chicago in 1979, is the largest and longest running Russian language broadcasting company in North America. They broadcast from Chicago on 1330 AM (WKTA). New Life Russian radio serves one of the fastest-growing markets in the US – Russian speaking.^[1]

Format

The format of New Life Russian Radio is unique and varying. New Life has an abundance of sports, music, feature stories, entertainment, daily discussion topics and lots of talk. Weekends are dedicated to special family programming, programs for children, discussions on political and social issues, and sports. Consequently, the popularity and growth of New Life Russian Radio has been unprecedented.

As part of its commitment to the community, New Life Russian Radio sponsors and produces performances of Russian-speaking artists from the Former Soviet Union. The genre spectrum of these performances is very wide, from pop and rock to theater and ballet.

New Life Russian Radio is anchored and staffed by well-known on-air personalities of the Russian speaking community, including reporters and talents from the BBC, Voice of Russia, Echo of Moscow, Voice of America and others.

All broadcasting on New Life Russian Radio is live and interactive with listener participation and call-in segments.

Affiliates

New Life has the exclusive rights to rebroadcast the audio from the Russian Division of the BBC and several radio stations in Russia including: 'Echo of Moscow', 'Russian Radio', 'Radio Retro' and more.

Station Information

New Life Russian Radio currently broadcasts on 1330 AM (WKTA) from Northbrook, Illinois. The signal strength is 5,000 watts, which covers Chicago and the northern suburbs. New Life leases time on 1330 AM (WKTA) from Polnet Communications, Ltd.^[2]

Station Hours

Monday – Friday 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Saturday 12:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Sunday 12:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.

UkieDrive Ukrainian Radio Programs

UkieDrive is the Ukrainian radio from Chicago on 1330 AM (WKTA) that talks in Ukrainian language about everything, with a twist. Aimed to the fast-growing segment of Ukrainians in the USA, many of which live in Chicago metro area. Broadcast hours on Sundays: 12 pm - 2 pm (Central Standard Time, CST).

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