Frequency | 1590 kHz |
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Branding | Oldies 1590 |
Programming | |
Format | Defunct |
Ownership | |
Owner | |
WMOI, WRAM | |
History | |
First air date | 1957[2] |
Last air date | January 14, 2019 |
Former call signs | WQUB (1957–1959) [3] |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 49515 |
Class | D |
Power | 5,000
watts day 55 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°57′43″N 90°18′30″W / 40.96194°N 90.30833°W |
WAIK ( AM 1590) was a radio station licensed to Galesburg, Illinois, with studios in Monmouth, Illinois. [4] It went silent in January 2019 and its license was cancelled in June 2019. [4] [5] At the time it closed, it was operating a full service format with oldies. [6]
The station signed on the air as WQUB [3] in 1957 [2] as a sister station to WQUA in Moline. [7] The WQUB construction permit was issued on April 3, 1957, [3] and its first full license was granted on January 9, 1958. [3] [8] It was bought by Creative Broadcasting Ltd. in 1975 and had the call sign WAIK by 1979 with a middle of the road music format. [2] WAIK broadcast Chicago White Sox Baseball, Chicago Bulls basketball, and featured programming from ABC Radio and Sporting News Radio. [9]
In October 2018, owner WPW sold WAIK's sister stations, 1330 WRAM and 97.7 WMOI, both licensed for Monmouth, to Robbins-Treat Resources, but didn't include WAIK in the sale, [6] instead taking WAIK off the air on January 14, 2019. [6] The station's license was surrendered to the Federal Communications Commission on February 5, 2019, but it was not cancelled until June 19, 2019. [5]