WYLL

WYLL

City	Chicago, Illinois
Broadcast area	Chicago Metropolitan Area
Branding	AM 1160 WYLL
Slogan	Chicago's Christian Talk
Frequency	1160 kHz
First air date	1924
Format	Christian Talk
Power	50,000 watts
Class	B
Facility ID	28630
Transmitter coordinates	42°2′31″N 87°51′58″W / 42.04194°N 87.86611°W / 42.04194; -87.86611 (day antenna) 41°34′23″N 87°59′37″W / 41.57306°N 87.99361°W / 41.57306; -87.99361 (night and aux. antenna)
Former callsigns	WJJD (1924–1997) WSCR (1997-2000) WXRT (2000-2001)
Owner	Salem Media Group (Salem Media Group, LLC)
Sister stations	WIND
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wyll.com

WYLL 1160 is a "Christian Talk & Teaching" radio station located in Chicago, Illinois and owned by Salem Communications. The Studios and offices are located in Elk Grove Village with Daytime transmitter facilities and four-tower array are located in Maine Township and Nighttime Transmitter facilities and six-tower array are located in Lockport. The station runs features, preaching, and other religious programs. Ministries may also buy time for programming. WYLL additionally produces a couple hours of local call-in shows every day. WYLL is a Class B AM radio station broadcasting on the clear-channel frequency of 1160 AM.

History

Secular broadcasts

1160 was originally started in 1924 as WJJD. The station offered general entertainment programming before going through several music format changes. Baseball great Lew Fonseca broadcast Chicago Cubs games on WJJD during the 1939 and 1940 seasons. Plough Broadcasting bought WJJD in 1953. Ed Short was the station's sports director before becoming an executive with the Chicago White Sox in 1950.

Before 1980, the station broadcast during daylight hours only, until sunset in Salt Lake City, where a 50,000 watt clear-channel station, KSL, the dominant Class A station, is located. This would keep the station on the air for about one hour after local sunset in Chicago. In 1980, 1160 in Chicago began 24-hour operations. The coverage area of WYLL is considerably smaller during the nighttime hours than during the day; a directional antenna system is used at all times, with a two-tower array daytime and a six-tower array nighttime.

From June 1956 until February 1965, WJJD was a top 40 (popular music) station. At first it had no serious competition for the teenage rock 'n' roll audience. After WLS switched to the top 40 format in 1960, WJJD couldn't compete: WLS had a 50,000 watt clear channel signal vs. WJJD's 50,000 watts with a directional signal that protected KSL in Salt Lake City; WLS was on 24 hours a day, while WJJD signed on at 4:00 a.m. and off at anywhere from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. depending on the local sunset time in Salt Lake City ; and WLS had a better position on the AM radio dial (890) than WJJD (1160).

Starting February 15, 1965, WJJD became a country music station, which had competed against WMAQ. WJJD's co-owned FM station WJEZ also played the same country music format. This musical genre continued until WJJD dropped the country music format in 1982 and adopted a syndicated adult standards format known as "Music Of Your Life". This format featured artists like Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey, Patti Page, The Four Aces, Mills Brothers, Perry Como, Glenn Miller, Sammy Davis Jr., Pat Boone, Jack Jones, The McGuire Sisters, Nat King Cole, and Artie Shaw. The format also featured a few songs by baby boomer artists like Elvis Presley, The Carpenters, Tony Orlando, etc.

In 1984, WJJD and WJEZ were sold to Infinity. WJEZ became Magic 104.3 and played oldies as WJMK. WJJD remained standards/easy listening, and in the late 1980s added some evening sports programming. The station also began to mix in more soft adult contemporary cuts into the format. In 1993, WJJD added syndicated talk shows on late nights. The station also cut back on music during the day. On November 22, 1994, WJJD dropped easy listening altogether for full-time talk and sports format.^[1] WJJD added Howard Stern in October 1995 (who would move to WCKG in July 1996). Ed Vrdolyak and Ty Wansley moved from mornings to replace Don and Mike in the afternoon.^[2] On July 29, 1996, WJJD would return back to easy listening, though it would retain shows from G. Gordon Liddy and Tom Leykis.^[3]

In 1997, Infinity would merge with CBS, now giving CBS adult rock 93.1 WXRT, CHR/rhythmic WBBM-FM 96.3, Country WUSN 99.5, oldies 104.3 WJMK (owned by Infinity), talk/rock 105.9 WCKG, 70s oldies WYSY 107.9, talk WMAQ 670, all-news WBBM 780, sports WSCR 820, and talk/sports WJJD 1160.

CBS/Infinity was forced to sell 2 stations due to ownership limitations of no more than 5 of an AM or FM station, totally no more than 8. CBS sold their underperforming FM station WYSY to Spanish Broadcasting System (which flipped 107.9 to WLEY, "La Ley", in July 1997). WJJD kept evening sports programming, but dropped the talk shows and easy listening format to simulcast WJMK in January 1997. AM 820 was sold to Douglas Broadcasting (Personal Achievement Radio) and flipped to ABC's Personal Achievement Radio with some time-brokered motivational/inspirational programming (e.g., Les Brown) on weekends. CBS/Infinity kept 1160, but dropped the WJJD call letters in April. They moved the intellectual unit of WSCR—which was also put on sale—to AM 1160.

When Viacom and CBS merged in 1999, the company needed to sell one station in Chicago; WSCR 1160 was chosen. Although it was initially believed that WSCR's play-by-play teams and some sports shows would move to WMAQ 670, the new company instead decided to relocate the entire format. So, on August 1, 2000, the intellectual property of WSCR moved to AM 670, the dial position of WMAQ, and eliminated WMAQ's all news format in the process (thereby leaving co-owned WBBM 780 as the only all-news formatted station in Chicago) . After a short period of simulcasting 93.1 WXRT as WXRT-AM 1160, Salem Communications acquired the frequency.

Christian format

In February 2001, Salem relocated the intellectual property of WYLL 106.7 (now WPPN) to the 1160 frequency. Moving the format to 1160 cleared the Des Plaines-licensed 106.7 for a new format, and Salem chose to utilize their successful contemporary Christian music "Fish" format, creating WZFS 106.7 "The Fish".^[4]

References

↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1994/RR-1994-11-25.pdf
↑ "Vox Jox". Billboard 107 (41): 79. Oct 14, 1995.
↑ https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4348599.html
↑ Chicago Media Headlines - February DJHeadlines.com February 5, 2001. Accessed December 27, 2013

External links

WYLL Official Site

Query the FCC's AM station database for WYLL

Radio-Locator Information on WYLL

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WYLL

Radio stations in the Chicago market

By AM frequency	560 670¹ 720¹ 750 780¹ 820 850 890¹ 930 950 1000¹ 1030 1050 1080 1110 1160 1200 1220 1230 1240 1270 1300 1330 1340 1370 1390 1410 1420 1430 1450 1450 1490 1500 1500 1510 1530 1570 1590 1690

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)

Salem Media Group

AM radio stations	KBJD KCBQ KCRO KDIZ KDMT KDOW KDZR KEXB KFAX KFIA KGNW KGU KHCM KHNR KKOL KKMS KKNT KLFE KLUP KNTH KNTS KNUS KOTK KPDQ KPRZ KPXQ KRDY KRKS KRLA KSKY KSLR KTEK KTIE KTKZ KTNO KXXT KYCR KZNT WAFS WAVA WBIX WBZW WDTK WDWD WDYZ WEZE WFIA WFIL WGKA WGTK WGUL WHIM WHK WHKW WHKZ WIND WKAT WLCC WLQV WLSS WLTA WMCA WNIV WNTP WNYM WOCN WORL WPGP WPIT WRCW WRFD WROL WSDZ WTBN WTLN WTWD WWDJ WWMI WWRC WWTC WYLL WZAB¹

FM radio stations	KAIM-FM KBIQ KDAR KDIS-FM KFIS KFSH-FM KGBI-FM KGFT KGU-FM KHCM-FM KHTE-FM KKHT-FM KKFS KKLA-FM KKOL-FM KKSP KLTY KPDQ-FM KRKS-FM KRYP KSAC-FM KWRD-FM WAVA-FM WBOZ WFFH WFFI WFHM-FM WFIA-FM WFSH-FM WGTK-FM WLTE WORD-FM WRTH WTOH

Salem Radio Network	FamilyTalk Solid Gospel The Word In Praise Today's Christian Music

Salem Publishing	Eagle Financial Publications Eagle Wellness FaithTalk Homecoming Magazine Preaching Magazine Regnery Publishing Singing News Townhall Xulon Press YouthWorker Journal

Salem Web Network	CCMmagazine.com Christianity.com Crosswalk.com Godtube Hot Air Human Events Oneplace.com RedState Townhall.com

¹ = Co-owned with Florida City Radio under LMA. AaBbCc = Station owned by Crain Media Group and operated by Salem under LMA.

Religious radio stations in the state of Illinois

Stations	WAIT – Crystal Lake WAPO – Mount Vernon WAWF – Kankakee WAWJ – Marion WBEL-FM – Cairo WBJW – Albion WBMF – Crete WBNH – Pekin WBVN – Carrier Mills WCBW-FM – East Saint Louis WDLM – East Moline WDLM-FM – East Moline WDQN-FM – Du Quoin WEFI – Effingham WEGN – Kankakee WFEN – Rockford WGEN-FM – Monee WGNJ – Saint Joseph WGNN – Fisher WGNX – Colchester WHJG – Rockford WHRD – Freeport WIHM – Taylorville WILV – Loves Park WJAF – Centralia WJCH – Joliet WJCZ – Milford WJHV-LP – Fairbury WJLY – Ramsey WJWR – Bloomington WKBM – Sandwich WKZI – Casey WLHW – Casey WLLM – Lincoln WLMM-LP – Channahon WLSE – Canton WLUJ – Springfield WLWJ – Petersburg WMBI – Chicago WMBI-FM – Chicago WOLG – Carlinville WPEO – Peoria WPTH – Olney WQIN – Quincy WRLJ – White Hall WRTK – Paxton WRYT – Edwardsville WSLE – Salem WSOG – Spring Valley WSWS – Smithboro WTIM – Shelbyville WTSG – Carlinville WTZI – Rosemont WTZY – Wonder Lake WUNT – Princeton WVCL – Galesburg WVEL – Pekin WWGN – Ottawa WWKJ – Peoria WWQC – Clifton WWTG – Carpentersville WXAN – Ava WYCA – Crete WYLL – Chicago

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Illinois See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

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