WAIK

Last updated
WAIK
WAIK 1590AMOldies logo.png
Frequency 1590 kHz
BrandingOldies 1590
Programming
Format Defunct
Ownership
Owner
  • Wayne W. Whalen [1]
  • (WPW Broadcasting [1] )
WMOI, WRAM
History
First air date
1957 (1957) [2]
Last air date
January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)
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″N90°18′30″W / 40.96194°N 90.30833°W / 40.96194; -90.30833 Coordinates: 40°57′43″N90°18′30″W / 40.96194°N 90.30833°W / 40.96194; -90.30833

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Wetterling, Vanessa (2015-11-24). "FCC 323: Ownership Report for Commercial Broadcast Stations (BOA-20151125ALB)". CDBS. Washington, DC: Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  2. 1 2 3 "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1979 (PDF). Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-66.
  3. 1 2 3 4 FCC history cards for WAIK. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  4. 1 2 Loewy, Tom (January 15, 2019). "WAIK goes silent". The Register-Mail (online ed.). Galesburg, Illinois. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  5. 1 2 Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 Venta, Lance (January 16, 2019). "WAIK Ceases Operation". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  7. ↑ Heath, Rick; Stevenson, Will. No WAIK-ing Up Anymore. Galesburg's Evening News (audio). Galesburg, Illinois: 1400 WGIL. Archived from the original on 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  8. ↑ "AM Query Results (Facility ID: 49515)". Washington, DC: Federal Communications Commission. 2019-04-05.
  9. ↑ "WAIK Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-11-16.


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