WAIK

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]

DWAIK
CityGalesburg, Illinois
BrandingOldies 1590
Frequency1590 kHz
First air date1957 (1957)[1]
Last air dateJanuary 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)
FormatDefunct
Power5,000 watts day
55 watts night
ClassD
Facility ID49515
Transmitter coordinates40°57′43″N 90°18′30″W
Former call signsWQUB (1957-1959)[2]
OwnerWayne W. Whalen[3]
(WPW Broadcasting[3])
Sister stationsWMOI, WRAM

The station signed on the air as WQUB[2] in 1957[1] as a sister station to WQUA in Moline.[7] The WQUB construction permit was issued on April 3, 1957,[2] and its first full license was granted on January 9, 1958.[2][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.[1] 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. "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1979 (PDF). Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-66.
  2. FCC history cards for WAIK. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  3. Wetterling, Vanessa (2015-11-24). "FCC 323: Ownership Report for Commercial Broadcast Stations (BOA-20151125ALB)". CDBS. Washington, DC: Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  4. Loewy, Tom (January 15, 2019). "WAIK goes silent". The Register-Mail (online ed.). Galesburg, Illinois. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  5. Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  6. Venta, Lance (January 16, 2019). "WAIK Ceases Operation". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  7. Heath, Rick; Stevenson, Will. No WAIK-ing Up Anymore. Galesburg's Evening News (audio). Galesburg, Illinois: 1400 WGIL. Archived from the original on 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  8. "AM Query Results (Facility ID: 49515)". Washington, DC: Federal Communications Commission. 2019-04-05.
  9. "WAIK Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-11-16.


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