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89 WLS – WLS 890 AM
WLS 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.
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WLS (890 kHz, “89 WLS”) 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 studios in the NBC Tower on North Columbus Drive in the city’s Streeterville neighbourhood, and 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 of power using a Harris DX-50 transmitter. The station’s daytime groundwave service contour covers portions of five states while 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 subchannel of sister station
89 WLS – WLS is a broadcast radio station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, providing News, Talk and Information.
