WIND (AM)
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WIND (560 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, and broadcasting a conservative talk radio format. It is owned by the Salem Media Group with studios on NW Point Boulevard in Elk Grove Village.
Broadcast area | Chicago metropolitan area |
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Frequency | 560 kHz |
Branding | AM 560 The Answer |
Programming | |
Format | Conservative talk |
Affiliations | Fox News Radio Salem Radio Network Townhall News Premiere Networks Northern Illinois Huskies (NCAA Division I) |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WYLL | |
History | |
First air date | August 16, 1927; 96 years ago (1927-08-16)[1] |
Former call signs | WJKS (1927–1933)[2] |
Call sign meaning | W - INDiana (originally licensed to Gary, Indiana)[3] The WINDy City |
Technical information[4] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 67068 |
Class | B |
Power | 5,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°33′54″N 87°25′11″W |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | 560theanswer.com |
WIND transmits with 5,000 watts, using a directional antenna with a four-tower array, in Griffith, Indiana, near the Little Calumet River. Due to its location near the bottom of the AM dial, transmitter power, and the surrounding region's flat land, WIND's daytime signal covers much of Northeast Illinois, Northwest Indiana and Southeastern Wisconsin.[5] Its nighttime pattern concentrates its signal in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas.[6]