WIIT

WIIT

City	Chicago, Illinois
Broadcast area	Chicago
Frequency	88.9 MHz
Format	Variety student radio
ERP	17 watts
HAAT	27.0 meters (88.6 ft)
Class	D
Facility ID	28307
Transmitter coordinates	41°50′4″N 87°37′43″W / 41.83444°N 87.62861°W / 41.83444; -87.62861Coordinates: 41°50′4″N 87°37′43″W / 41.83444°N 87.62861°W / 41.83444; -87.62861
Callsign meaning	Illinois Institute of Technology
Former callsigns	WOUI (1972–2001)^[1]
Owner	Illinois Institute of Technology
Website	radio.iit.edu

WIIT (FM 88.9 MHz) is the broadcast radio station of the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois. It is a student-run, non-commercial station.^[2]

The station has an open format and focuses on allowing students and community members to experience broadcast.

History

WIIT was an AM radio station through the 1960s, using the name WIIT Radio 64.^[3] It was simulcasting on AM 640 and stereo FM 88.9 by the end of January 1972.^[4]

The station was forced to change its callsign to WOUI in 1972 because WIIT was similar to WAIT (AM).^[5] After the WAIT callsign was dropped,^[5] the IIT station eventually returned to its original call letters, WIIT, on February 23, 2001.^[1]

The station moved to a newly constructed studio in the McCormick Tribune Campus Center in 2004 following a significant alumni donation, and that new studio was renovated once again in 2013.

Shows broadcast by the station as of 2016 include a mix of student and community DJs, covering a wide range of musical genres from alternative rock to R&B to experimental noise, and talk topics from contemporary politics to senior citizen advocacy to university history.^[6]

References

1 2 "Call Sign History". Washington, D.C.: Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
↑ "Welcome". Chicago: Illinois Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
↑ Bellinger, Steve. "Your Memories". Chicago: Illinois Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2015-05-16. One of my favorite memories was hosting my own program on WIIT Radio 64. I was there when it went FM...
↑ "Announcements" (PDF). Technology News 91 (2) (Chicago: Illinois Institute of Technology). January 28, 1972. p. 4. Retrieved 2015-05-16. Tune in 7-12pm WIIT 640 AM, 88.9 FM (stereo).
1 2 Gannavarapu, Bhargava (April 2, 2001). "Where Has WOUI Gone?" (PDF). TechNews 150 (9) (Chicago: Illinois Institute of Technology). pp. 1, 3. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
↑ "Current Schedule". WIIT. Retrieved 2016-03-11.

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Radio stations in the Chicago market

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By FM frequency	87.7² 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.3 88.3 88.3 88.3 88.5 88.5 88.7 88.7 88.7 88.7 88.9 88.9 89.1 89.1 89.3 89.3 89.5 89.7 90.1 90.5 90.7 90.7 90.9 91.5 91.7 91.9 92.3 92.5 92.7 93.1 93.5 93.9 94.3 94.7 95.1 95.5 95.9 95.9 96.3 96.7 96.7 96.9 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 98.3 98.7 99.5 99.9 99.9 100.3 100.7 100.7 101.1 101.9 102.3 102.3 102.7 103.1 103.1 103.5 103.9 103.9 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.5 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.1 107.5 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 162.425 162.500 162.550

Digital radio	780 1300 1390 1690 89.3-1 89.3-2 89.5-1 89.5-2 90.1-1 90.1-2 90.1-3 90.7-1 90.7-1 90.9-1 90.9-2 90.9-3 91.5-1 91.5-2 92.3-1 92.3-2 93.1-1 93.1-2 93.1-3 93.9-1 93.9-2 94.7-1 94.7-2 95.5-1 95.5-2 95.9-1 95.9-2 96.3-1 96.3-2 96.7-1 97.1-1 97.1-2 97.9-1 97.9-2 97.9-3 98.7-1 99.5-1 99.5-2 100.3-1 100.3-2 101.1-1 101.1-2 101.9-1 101.9-2 102.3-1 102.7-1 102.7-2 103.5-1 103.5-2 104.3-1 104.3-2 105.1-1 105.1-2 105.1-3 105.5-1 105.9-1 105.9-2 106.3-1 106.7-1 106.7-2 107.5-1 107.5-2

By callsign	KWO39 KXI41 KXI58 KZZ81 W219CD W244BQ W248BB W264BF W280EM WAES WAIT WAKE WBBM¹ WBBM-FM WBEQ WBEW WBEZ WBGX WBMF WCCQ WCEV WCFJ WCFL WCFS-FM WCGO WCKG WCLR WCPT WCPT-FM WCPQ WCPY WCRX WCSJ-FM WDCB WDGC-FM WDRV WEDC WEEF WEFM WEBG WERV-FM WETN WFEL-LP WFMT WFXF WGCI-FM WGEN-FM WGN¹ WGRB WGVE-FM WRME-LP² WHFH WHPK WHSD WIIL WIIT WIMS WIND WJCH WJKL WJMK WJOB WJOL WKBM WKKC WKQX WKRS WKSC-FM WKTA WLEY-FM WLIT-FM WLJE WLPR-FM WLS¹ WLS-FM WLTH WLTL WLRA WLIP WLUP-FM WLUW WMBI WMBI-FM WMVP¹ WNDZ WNTD WNUR-FM WNVR WNWI WOJO WONC WONU WPJX WPNA WPPN WPWX WRDZ WRLL WRMN WRLR-LP WRSE WRTE WRTW WRTO WRXQ WSBC WSCR¹ WSHE-FM WSPY-FM WSRB WSRI WSSR WTMX WTZI WUSN WVAZ WVIV-FM WVIX WVON WWCA WWDV WWHN WWTG WXAV WXLC WXRD WXRT WYCA WYLL WZRD WZSR WZVN

Internet stations	WGN Plus WGN.FM Q101 Chicago

Defunct stations	WCFJ WCFL WCGO WCRW WEDC WENR WKKD WMAQ WMCW WNIB WRLL

Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 217 Sirius Channel 151 Nearby radio markets Benton Harbor-St. Joseph Kankakee LaSalle–Peru Milwaukee-Racine Rockford South Bend See also List of radio stations in Illinois List of radio stations in Indiana ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage ² = Audio signal of WRME-LP (oldies audio, with video of traffic conditions)

Illinois college radio stations

WCBU Bradley University WCRX Columbia College Chicago WCSF University of St. Francis WDCB College of DuPage WEIU Eastern Illinois University WESN Illinois Wesleyan University WETN Wheaton College WGLT Illinois State University WHPK University of Chicago WIIT Illinois Institute of Technology WJMU Millikin University WKKC Kennedy–King College WLCA Lewis and Clark Community College WLKL Lake Land College WLNX Lincoln College WLRA Lewis University WLUW Loyola University Chicago WMXM Lake Forest College WNUR-FM Northwestern University WONC North Central College WONU Olivet Nazarene University WPCD Parkland College WQUB Quincy University WRSE Elmhurst College WSIE Southern Illinois University Edwardsville WSIU Southern Illinois University WUIS University of Illinois at Springfield WVIK Augustana College WVJC Wabash Valley College WVKC Knox College WXAV Saint Xavier University WZND-LP Illinois State University WZRD Northeastern Illinois University Northern Illinois University WNIE WNIJ WNIQ WNIU WNIW University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign WILL WPGU Western Illinois University WIUM WIUS WIUW

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Illinois Institute of Technology

Academic Programs and Institutes	Center for Sustainable Enterprise Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions Chicago-Kent College of Law (Oyez Project) Gas Technology Institute IIT Institute of Design IIT Physics Department IIT Research Institute IIT Stuart School of Business Institute for Food Safety and Health Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future VanderCook College of Music

Buildings	Academic Campus S. R. Crown Hall McCormick Tribune Campus Center Rice Campus State Street Village

People	Alumni Faculty

Presidents	Frank W. Gunsaulus (1892–1921) Howard M. Raymond (1922–1932) Willard E. Hotchkiss (1933–1937) George N. Carman (1896–1936) Dugald C. Jackson, Jr. (1936–1938) Fred A. Rogers (1938–1940) Clarence L. Clarke (1938–1940) Henry Townley Heald (1937–1952) John T. Rettaliata (1952–1973) Maynard P. Venema (1973–1974) Thomas Lyle Martin, Jr. (1974–1987) Meyer Feldberg (1987–1989) Henry R. Linden (1989–1990) Lewis Collens (1990–2007) John L. Anderson (2007–2015) Alan W. Cramb (2015–present)

Student life	Pi Nu Epsilon Student groups WIIT

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