WAIK

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WAIK

Galesburg, Illinois
Frequency	1590 kHz
Branding	Oldies 1590
Programming
Format	Defunct
Ownership
Owner	Wayne W. Whalen[1] (WPW Broadcasting[1])
Sister stations	WMOI, WRAM
History
First air date	1957 (1957)[2]
Last air date	January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)
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

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]

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]

References

1. Wetterling, Vanessa (November 24, 2015). "FCC 323: Ownership Report for Commercial Broadcast Stations (BOA-20151125ALB)". CDBS. Washington, DC: Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved April 5, 2019.^[dead link‍]
2. "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1979 (PDF). Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-66.
3. FCC history cards for WAIK. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
4. Loewy, Tom (January 15, 2019). "WAIK goes silent". The Register-Mail (online ed.). Galesburg, Illinois. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
5. Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
6. Venta, Lance (January 16, 2019). "WAIK Ceases Operation". RadioInsight. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
7. Heath, Rick; Stevenson, Will. No WAIK-ing Up Anymore. Galesburg's Evening News (audio). Galesburg, Illinois: 1400 WGIL. Archived from the original on January 16, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
8. "AM Query Results (Facility ID: 49515)". Washington, DC: Federal Communications Commission. April 5, 2019.
9. "WAIK Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2008.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 49515 (WAIK) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• FCC History Cards for WAIK (covering 1956-1981 as WQUB / WAIK)