WDWS

Infobox Radio station
name = WDWS


city = Champaign, Illinois
area = Champaign
slogan =
branding = "Newstalk 1400"
frequency = 1400 kHz
repeater =
airdate =
share = 10.3
share as of = Fa'04
share source = R&Rcite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Champaign Market Ratings | date= | url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DefaultSearch.aspx?MarketName=Champaign&MarketRank=%20 | work =Radio & Records | pages = | date = | language = ]
format = News Talk Information
power =
erp = 1,000 watts unlimited
haat =
class = C
facility_id = 14961
coordinates = coord|40|5|4.00|N|88|14|53.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning = David W. Stevick [ cite web|url=http://www.oldradio.com/archives/nelson/origins.call-list.html |title=Call Letter Origins |work=Radio History on the Web ]
former_callsigns =
owner = D.W.S., Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast =
website = [http://www.wdws.com wdws.com]
affiliations = ABC Radio , Fox Sports Radio, Premiere Radio Networks

WDWS (1400 kHz AM) is a News-Talk radio station in Champaign, Illinois. The station operates at 1 kW of power, and is owned by the News-Gazette, the primary newspaper in the Champaign-Urbana Metropolitan Area. The station provides news and information for the city, and agricultural information for surrounding farmland. The station broadcasts several syndicated talk shows. Jim Bohannon, Paul Harvey, Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity.

History

The station signed on for the first time on January 24, 1937 as the area's first commercial radio station. David W. Stevick, publisher of the News-Gazette, had applied for a license in 1935, and his wife Helen and daughter Marajen continued the project. They named the station WDWS in his honor. WDWS has been the east central Illinois affiliate for St. Louis Cardinals baseball since it signed on. Although the station broadcasts at only 1,000 watts, the signal is easily received throughout much of east-central Illinois . In Fall 2002, WDWS was the top-ranked station in the Champaign-Urbana radio market.

WHMS-FM, which also broadcasts from Champaign, is the sister station to WDWS, and was known as WDWS-FM for many years. The two stations are the flagships for Illinois Fighting Illini football and basketball games; a role that WDWS has held throughout its history.

References

External links

*AM station data|WDWS