| City of license | Danville, Illinois |
|---|---|
| Slogan | Illiana's Best Choice |
| Frequency | 980 kHz |
| First air date | 1953 |
| Format | Adult Standards/MOR |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 69935 |
| Affiliations | ABC Radio , Westwood One , RFD Illinois |
| Owner | Illiana Communications, LLC |
| Webcast | no |
| Website | wityradio.com |
WITY 980AM is a stand-alone radio station began in 1953 in Danville, Illinois, USA, owned by Illiana Communications, LLC The format is Adult Standards with daily farm programming. Coverage approximately extends west from Danville, Illinois, to Champaign-Urbana, North to Kankakee, South to Charleston-Mattoon, and East to Crawfordsville, Indiana.
November 24, 1953, saw the advent of WITY on the airwaves.[1] The station was one of three sister stations owned in conjunction by Louis Metzlaff, John Axe, and Gil Metzger. The sister stations were WITE in Linten, Indiana, and WITZ in Brazil, Indiana; however, WITY is now independently owned and operated locally.