WAIK
Radio station in Galesburg, Illinois, United States
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WAIK (AM 1590) was a radio station licensed to Galesburg, Illinois, with studios in Monmouth, Illinois.[4] It went silent in January 2019 and its license was cancelled in June 2019.[4][5] At the time it closed, it was operating a full service format with oldies.[6]
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| Frequency | 1590 kHz |
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| Branding | Oldies 1590 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Defunct |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | |
| WMOI, WRAM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1957[2] |
Last air date | January 14, 2019 |
Former call signs | WQUB (1957–1959)[3] |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 49515 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 5,000 watts day 55 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°57′43″N 90°18′30″W |
The station signed on the air as WQUB[3] in 1957[2] as a sister station to WQUA in Moline.[7] The WQUB construction permit was issued on April 3, 1957,[3] and its first full license was granted on January 9, 1958.[3][8] It was bought by Creative Broadcasting Ltd. in 1975 and had the call sign WAIK by 1979 with a middle of the road music format.[2] WAIK broadcast Chicago White Sox Baseball, Chicago Bulls basketball, and featured programming from ABC Radio and Sporting News Radio.[9]
In October 2018, owner WPW sold WAIK's sister stations, 1330 WRAM and 97.7 WMOI, both licensed for Monmouth, to Robbins-Treat Resources, but didn't include WAIK in the sale,[6] instead taking WAIK off the air on January 14, 2019.[6] The station's license was surrendered to the Federal Communications Commission on February 5, 2019, but it was not cancelled until June 19, 2019.[5]
