WITY
| City of license | Danville, Illinois |
|---|---|
| Slogan | Illiana's Best Choice |
| Frequency | 980 kHz |
| First air date | 1953 |
| Format | Adult Standards/MOR, News, Farm |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 69935 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°4′41.00″N 87°38′20.00″W / 40.0780556°N 87.6388889°W |
| Affiliations | ABC Radio , Dial Global , RFD Illinois |
| Owner | Illiana Communications, LLC |
| Webcast | 980 WITY |
| Website | wityradio.com |
WITY 980AM is a stand-alone radio station which began broadcasting 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.
History
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 Linton, Indiana, and WITZ in Jasper, Indiana; however, WITY is now independently owned and operated locally.
References
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WITY
- Radio-Locator Information on WITY
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WITY