WYLL
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| City | Chicago, Illinois |
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| Broadcast area | Chicago Metropolitan Area |
| Branding | AM 1160 WYLL |
| Slogan | Hope for Your Life |
| Frequency | 1160 kHz |
| First air date | 1924 |
| Format | Christian Talk |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 28630 |
| Transmitter coordinates |
42°2′31″N 87°51′58″W / 42.04194°N 87.86611°W (day antenna) 41°34′23″N 87°59′37″W / 41.57306°N 87.99361°W (night and aux. antenna) |
| Former callsigns | WJJD (1924–1997) WSCR (1997-2000) WXRT (2000-2001) |
| Owner |
Salem Media Group (Salem Media Group, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WIND |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wyll.com |
WYLL 1160 is a "Christian Talk & Teaching" radio station located in Chicago, Illinois and owned by Salem Communications. The Studios and offices are located in Elk Grove Village with Daytime transmitter facilities and four-tower array are located in Maine Township and Nighttime Transmitter facilities and six-tower array are located in Lockport. The station runs features, preaching, and other religious programs. Ministries may also buy time for programming. WYLL additionally produces a couple hours of local call-in shows every day. WYLL is a Class B AM radio station broadcasting on the clear-channel frequency of 1160 AM.
1160 was originally started in 1924 as WJJD. The station offered general entertainment programming before going through several music format changes. Baseball great Lew Fonseca broadcast Chicago Cubs games on WJJD during the 1939 and 1940 seasons. Plough Broadcasting bought WJJD in 1953. Ed Short was the station's sports director before becoming an executive with the Chicago White Sox in 1950.
Before 1980, the station broadcast during daylight hours only, until sunset in Salt Lake City, where a 50,000 watt clear-channel station, KSL, the dominant Class A station, is located. This would keep the station on the air for about one hour after local sunset in Chicago. In 1980, 1160 in Chicago began 24-hour operations. The coverage area of WYLL is considerably smaller during the nighttime hours than during the day; a directional antenna system is used at all times, with a two-tower array daytime and a six-tower array nighttime.
From June 1956 until February 1965, WJJD was a top 40 (popular music) station. At first it had no serious competition for the teenage rock 'n' roll audience. After WLS switched to the top 40 format in 1960, WJJD couldn't compete: WLS had a 50,000 watt clear channel signal vs. WJJD's 50,000 watts with a directional signal that protected KSL in Salt Lake City; WLS was on 24 hours a day, while WJJD signed on at 4:00 a.m. and off at anywhere from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. depending on the local sunset time in Salt Lake City ; and WLS had a better position on the AM radio dial (890) than WJJD (1160).
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