WLS-AM
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| City | Chicago, Illinois |
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| Broadcast area | Chicago market / Northern Illinois |
| Branding | 89 WLS |
| Slogan | Chicago's Talk Leader |
| Frequency | 890 kHz C-QUAM AM Stereo |
| Repeater(s) | 94.7 MHz WLS-FM-HD2 |
| First air date | April 12, 1924 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Language(s) | English |
| Audience share | 1.6 (Holiday 2016, Nielsen Audio[3]) |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Class | A (clear-channel) |
| Facility ID | 73227 |
| Transmitter coordinates |
41°33′21″N 87°50′54″W / 41.55583°N 87.84833°W (NAD27) (main tower) 41°33′26″N 87°50′58″W / 41.55722°N 87.84944°W (NAD27) (auxiliary tower) |
| Callsign meaning | World's Largest Store (original owner Sears) |
| Former callsigns | WES (April 9–11, 1924) |
| Former frequencies | 870 kHz ("345 meters" or "344.6 meters", 1924–1941) 670 kHz ("448 meters", pre-April 12, 1924) |
| Affiliations | Westwood One News, NBC News, The Weather Channel, Premiere Networks |
| Owner |
Cumulus Media (Radio License Holdings LLC) |
| Sister stations | WKQX, WLS-FM, WLUP-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live (via iHeartRadio) |
| Website | www.wlsam.com |
WLS (890 kHz, "89 WLS") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois. Owned by Cumulus Media, WLS has its studios in the NBC Tower on North Columbus Drive in the city's Streeterville neighborhood, 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 C-QUAM AM Stereo. The station's daytime groundwave service contour covers portions of five states while at night its signal routinely reaches 38 states via skywave. 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 WLS-FM. Despite different owners and affiliations, 89 WLS, ABC owned-and-operated ABC 7 Chicago and ESPN Radio owned-and-operated ESPN Chicago maintain a strong partnership.
WLS has a talk radio format, with its weekday programming consisting of local hosts and nationally syndicated shows such as Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, "Red Eye Radio" and "First Light." Limbaugh is syndicated by Premiere Networks and the rest are from Westwood One, a subsidiary of Cumulus Media. Local hosts include "Big" John Howell and veteran Chicago radio personality Steve Dahl hosts afternoons. Weekends feature programs on money, real estate, auto repair and brokered programming. Syndicated weekend shows include Kim Komando, Bob Brinker, John Batchelor, Ric Edelman and Larry Kudlow.
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