WAIT (AM)
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| City | Crystal Lake, Illinois |
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| Broadcast area | Chicago metropolitan area |
| Branding | "The Promise" or "La Promisa" |
| Frequency | 850 kHz |
| First air date | October 1, 1965 |
| Format | Spanish language Brokered Religious |
| Power | 2,500 watts (day only) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 53504 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°15′30.00″N 88°21′48.00″W / 42.2583333°N 88.3633333°W |
| Former callsigns | WCPT, WAIT, WIVS, WCLR |
| Owner | Newsweb Corporation |
WAIT (850 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Crystal Lake, Illinois and serving the Chicago metropolitan area. It was purchased by Newsweb Corporation in 2003. WAIT airs a Spanish language Christian radio format. All hours are paid Brokered programming.
WAIT is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as a Class D station and broadcasts only during daytime hours. The station is off the air from sunset to sunrise to protect KOA in Denver, the Clear-channel station on 850 kHz.
Because of its northwest suburban location and directional pattern, WAIT can be heard in Rockford, Illinois and Janesville, Wisconsin in addition to the Chicago Media market.
The station first came on the air on October 1, 1965 using the call letters WCLR, which stood for Crystal Lake, its city of license. In 1969, the station was purchased by Mal Bellairs, a WBBM personality, who changed the station's call letters to WIVS, standing for wives. As WIVS, the station aired MOR/Easy listening music as well as local talk and community programming. The station's talk shows and music were targeted to the women Bellairs targeted when he worked for WBBM. Bellairs owned the station until 1981.
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