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Overview
WLS is a talk radio station on 890 AM, licensed to Chicago, Illinois. It brands itself as “The Big 89 WLS.” It began broadcasting in 1924.
License and signal
- Call sign
- WLS
- Frequency
- 890 AM
- Format
- Talk radio
- On-air name
- The Big 89 WLS
- City of license
- Chicago, IL
- Market
- Chicago, IL
- Licensee
- Radio License Holdings LLC
- Station class
- A
- First on air
- 1924
- FCC facility ID
- 73227
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Wikipedia
- Read the article
Radio License Holdings LLC holds the station’s FCC license.
Chicago is in the Chicago, IL market, where local newspapers include Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune. Sister stations include WKQX and WLS-FM.
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WLS at a glance
- Frequency
- 890 AM
- On air as
- The Big 89 WLS
- Format
- Talk radio
- Licensed to
- Chicago, IL
- Market
- Chicago, IL
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