WAIT (AM)

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WAIT
City of license Crystal Lake, Illinois
Branding Access Radio Chicago
Frequency 850 kHz
Format News/CNN
Power 2,500 watts
Class D
Facility ID 53504
Transmitter Coordinates 42°15′30.00″N 88°21′48.00″W / 42.2583333, -88.3633333
Former callsigns WCPT (2005-1986)
Owner Newsweb Corporation
Website accessradiochicago.com


WAIT (850 AM) is a radio station located near Crystal Lake, Illinois. It broadcasts CNN radio.

The station is licensed by the FCC as a Class D station and only broadcasts during daytime hours. The station signs off from sunset to sunrise to protect 850 KOA in Denver.

[edit] History

Until November 25, 2007, the station was part of the Relevant Radio Christian network. Before the switch this station played Adult Standards. On May 5, 2005, AM 850 launched progressive talk with the new call letters WCPT. The WAIT call letters were moved to 820 AM and was purchased by Starboard Broadcasting. The station's motto was, "The World's Most Beautiful Music".

On November 26, 2007, the WAIT call sign returned to 850 AM, as WCPT moved to 820 AM. [1]

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