WSOY (AM)

WSOY
City	Decatur, Illinois
Broadcast area	Macon County, Illinois
Branding	News/Talk 1340 WSOY
Slogan	The Voice of Decatur
Frequency	1340 kHz
First air date	1925^[1]
Format	News Talk
Power	1,000 watts
Class	C
Callsign meaning	"The Soy City" (Decatur's nickname)
Affiliations	Premiere Networks Westwood One Network Salem Radio Network
Owner	Neuhoff Corp. (Neuhoff Media Decatur, LLC)
Sister stations	WCZQ, WDZ, WDZQ, WSOY-FM
Website	www.wsoyam.com

WSOY (1340 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a news talk format. Licensed to Decatur, Illinois, the station is owned by Neuhoff Corp., through licensee Neuhoff Media Decatur, LLC.^[2]^[3] Neuhoff owns four other local radio stations, WCZQ, WDZ, WDZQ and WSOY-FM. Studios and offices are located on North Water Street and the transmitter is near St. Louis Bridge Road, sharing the same tower as WDZ. WSOY operates at 1000 watts, day and night.

The call letters "WSOY" refer to Decatur's nickname as "The Soy City," with soybeans a major agricultural crop in the region. The station is one of the oldest in Central Illinois, going on the air in 1925.^[4]

Programming

WSOY airs both local programming and nationally syndicated shows. Weekdays begin at 5 a.m. with America in The Morning followed by an agricultural show, R.F.D. Illinois at 5:30. At 6 a.m., it's the long-running wake-up show Byers & Company with host Brian Byers. At 9 a.m., it's Laura Ingraham, followed at 11 a.m. by Rush Limbaugh. Sean Hannity airs at 2 p.m. Mike Gallagher is broadcast at 6 p.m. followed by Jim Bohannon at 9 p.m. Overnight, WSOY carries Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.^[5]

External links

WSOY's website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WSOY

Radio-Locator Information on WSOY

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WSOY

References

↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977
↑ WSOY FCC.gov. Accessed May 10, 2010
↑ Contact Us WSOY. Accessed May 10, 2010
↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977
↑ WSOY - Programs WSOY. Accessed May 10, 2010

Radio stations in the Decatur, Illinois market
By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.9 89.5 90.5 90.9 91.3 91.9 93.1 93.5 95.1 95.5 95.9 96.5 98.1 99.3 100.1 100.9 102.3 102.9 105.1 106.7 107.3
By AM frequency	870 1050 1340 1520
By callsign	W203BD W213BI W217BB W228CK W238CH W243DF W251BN W261CQ W272CB WDCR WDKR WDZ WDZQ WEJT WEZC WHOW WILL-FM WJMU WNLD WSOY WSOY-FM WTIM WUIS WXFM WYDS WZNX WZUS
Nearby radio markets Bloomington Champaign Chicago Peoria St. Louis Springfield Terre Haute See also List of radio stations in Illinois

News/talk radio stations in the state of Illinois
All-news	WBBM – Chicago WCFS – Elmwood Park
News and talk	KFTK – East St. Louis KQQZ – Fairview Heights WAIK – Galesburg WBBA-FM – Pittsfield WBEL – South Beloit WBGZ – Alton WBIG – Aurora WBOW – Paris WCIL – Carbondale WCMY – Ottawa WCPT – Willow Springs WCRA – Effingham WCSJ – Morris WDAN – Danville WDWS – Champaign WFIW – Fairfield WGEM – Quincy WGIL – Galesburg WGN – Chicago WGNU – Granite City WHOW – Clinton WIBK – Watseka WIND – Chicago WJBC – Bloomington WJBM – Jerseyville WJIL - Jacksonville WJOL – Joliet WJPF – Herrin WKAN – Kankakee WKEI – Kewanee WKYX – Golconda WLBK – DeKalb WLMD - Bushnell WLS – Chicago WMAY – Springfield WMIX – Mount Vernon WRMN – Elgin WROK – Rockford WRPW – Colfax WSDR – Sterling WSDZ – Belleville WSOY – Decatur WTAD – Quincy WTAX – Springfield WTIM – Assumption WTRH – Ramsey WZOE – Princeton WZUS – Macon
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Illinois

Coordinates: 39°52′41″N 88°56′32″W / 39.87806°N 88.94222°W / 39.87806; -88.94222

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