WITY

WITY
City Danville, Illinois
Slogan Illiana's Best Choice
Frequency 980 kHz
First air date 1953
Format Adult Standards/MOR, News, Farm
Power 1,000 watts unlimited
Class B
Facility ID 69935
Transmitter coordinates 40°4′41.00″N 87°38′20.00″W / 40.0780556°N 87.6388889°W / 40.0780556; -87.6388889
Affiliations ABC Radio , Dial Global , RFD Illinois
Owner Illiana Communications, LLC
Webcast 980 WITY
Website wityradio.com

WITY 980AM is a stand-alone radio station which began broadcasting in 1953 in Danville, Illinois, USA, owned by Illiana Communications, LLC. The format is Adult Standards with daily farm programming. Coverage approximately extends west from Danville, Illinois, to Champaign-Urbana, North to Kankakee, South to Charleston-Mattoon, and East to Crawfordsville, Indiana.

History

November 24, 1953, saw the advent of WITY on the airwaves.[1] The station was one of three sister stations owned in conjunction by Louis Metzlaff, John Axe, and Gil Metzger. The sister stations were WITE in Linton, Indiana, and WITZ in Jasper, Indiana; however, WITY is now independently owned and operated locally.

References

  1. wityradio.com

External links


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