About: WLS (AM)

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WLS (890 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois. Owned by Cumulus Media, through licensee Radio License Holdings LLC, the station airs a talk radio format. WLS has its radio studios in the NBC Tower on North Columbus Drive in the city's Streeterville neighborhood. Its non-directional broadcast tower is located on the southern edge of Tinley Park, Illinois.

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  • WLS ist eine kommerzielle Talkradio-Station aus Chicago, Illinois. Das konservative Talk-News-Format der Clear-Channel-Station kann im gesamten Nordosten der USA und im Süden Kanadas empfangen werden. WLS gehört heute Cumulus Media. Die Historie des Senders geht bis in das Jahr 1924 zurück. WLS war einer der ersten Stationen im Westen der USA und ist eine der wenigen, die heute noch senden. Die WLS Studios befinden sich im NBC Tower am North Columbus Drive in Chicago. Die non-directionale Sendeantenne in Form eines selbststrahlenden Sendeturms steht in Tinley Park, Illinois. WLS sendet als noch eine der wenigen US-Stationen in C-QUAM-AM-Stereo. Das Programm von WLS-AM wird auch als Simulcast auf dem HD2-Subchannel von WLS-FM ausgestrahlt. (de)
  • WLS (890 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois. Owned by Cumulus Media, through licensee Radio License Holdings LLC, the station airs a talk radio format. WLS has its radio studios in the NBC Tower on North Columbus Drive in the city's Streeterville neighborhood. Its non-directional broadcast tower is located on the southern edge of Tinley Park, Illinois. WLS is a Class A station broadcasting on the clear-channel frequency of 890 kHz with 50,000 watts using a Harris DX-50 transmitter. The station's daytime groundwave service contour covers portions of five states. At night, its signal routinely reaches 38 states via skywave. WLS participates in the Emergency Alert System's primary entry point network, serving that function for northern Illinois and western Indiana. The station's programming is also available to listeners in the Chicago metropolitan area with an HD Radio receiver via a simulcast on the HD2 digital subchannel of sister station WLS-FM. (en)
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  • 89 WLS (en)
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  • WLS ist eine kommerzielle Talkradio-Station aus Chicago, Illinois. Das konservative Talk-News-Format der Clear-Channel-Station kann im gesamten Nordosten der USA und im Süden Kanadas empfangen werden. WLS gehört heute Cumulus Media. Die Historie des Senders geht bis in das Jahr 1924 zurück. WLS war einer der ersten Stationen im Westen der USA und ist eine der wenigen, die heute noch senden. Die WLS Studios befinden sich im NBC Tower am North Columbus Drive in Chicago. Die non-directionale Sendeantenne in Form eines selbststrahlenden Sendeturms steht in Tinley Park, Illinois. (de)
  • WLS (890 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois. Owned by Cumulus Media, through licensee Radio License Holdings LLC, the station airs a talk radio format. WLS has its radio studios in the NBC Tower on North Columbus Drive in the city's Streeterville neighborhood. Its non-directional broadcast tower is located on the southern edge of Tinley Park, Illinois. (en)
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  • WLS (AM) (en)
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