WITY

Radio station in Danville, Illinois
  • Danville, Illinois
Frequency980 kHzBranding980 WITYProgrammingFormatAdult hits, News, FarmAffiliationsABC News Radio
RFD IllinoisOwnershipOwner
  • Randy Richmond
  • (Randy Richmond Services LLC)
History
First air date
November 24, 1953Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCCFacility ID69935ClassBPower1,000 watts unlimitedTranslator(s)99.5 W258CY (Danville)Links
Public license information
  • Public file
  • LMS
WebcastListen LiveWebsitewityradio.com

WITY (980 AM) is a stand-alone radio station which began broadcasting in 1953 in Danville, Illinois, United States, owned by Randy Richmond, through licensee Randy Richmond Services LLC. The format is adult hits with daily farm programming. Coverage 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.[2] 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

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WITY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ wityradio.com
  • Facility details for Facility ID 69935 (WITY) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  • WITY in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
  • Facility details for Facility ID 140811 (W258CY) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  • W258CY at FCCdata.org
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