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The programme, which lasted one hour and a half, broadcast opera, chamber and classical music along with a weather report and news about the stock exchange.. On 27 November 1924, the government gave URI private company the exclusive licences of radio broadcasting for six years (extendable to other four), accordingly to an agreement signed on 27 November 1924 [9] and the Royal Decree n. 2191 of ...
WEDC was an AM radio station that operated on 1240 kHz in the Chicago market.It shared this frequency with WCRW and WSBC.The three stations operated as "shared-time stations" for most of their existence, a not uncommon arrangement in the early days of radio, but very rare in later years. [1]
Chicago: Illinois Institute of Technology: Variety WIJR: 880 AM: Highland: Birach Broadcasting Corporation: Regional Mexican WIKK: 103.5 FM: Newton: V.L.N. Broadcasting, Inc. Classic rock WILL: 580 AM: Urbana: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: News/Talk; Public radio WILL-FM: 90.9 FM: Urbana: The Board of Trustees of the ...
The station was first licensed on May 27, 1925, [2] as WJBI, to Harold M. Couch at 104 Summitt Street in Peoria, for 100 watts on 1400 kHz. [5] Later that year, the station was sold to the parent company of the Boston Store (a Joliet-based store unrelated to the Wisconsin Boston Stores), which changed the call sign to WCLS, standing for "Will County's Largest Store".
WSBC (1240 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois. It broadcasts brokered programming, mostly ethnic and religious. It is owned by Hearland Signal LLC. [4] [5] WSBC transmits with 1,000 watts. Its transmitter site is on North Milwaukee Avenue at West Catalpa Avenue in Chicago. [6] It shares its tower with sister station WCPT ...
The paper maintains bureaus in Chicago city hall and the city's federal courts building. Like its larger counterparts, the newspaper also entered into the broadcasting business in 1925 with a license to operate radio station WBCN. WBCN started broadcasting on 1130 kHz from the paper's offices at 65th and Halsted.
The station began broadcasting October 7, 1950. [1] The station's call sign was originally WEBS, but before going on the air the call sign was changed to WOPA to reflect the location of its studios. [2] The studios and antenna were in the former Oak Park Arms Hotel, now a retirement community. [2] Pervis Spann began his radio career on WOPA in ...
WCPT operates on 820 AM in the Chicago area. Newsweb purchased AM 850 WAIT in 2004. Newsweb also owns WSBC 1240 AM and WNDZ 750 AM, WCPY 92.7 FM and formerly owned WCFJ 1470 AM, until surrendering the station's license to the Federal Communications Commission on November 9, 2015. In May 2018, Newsweb sold WCPQ to Bible Broadcasting Network for ...