WITY

WITY (980 AM) is a stand-alone radio station which began broadcasting in 1953 in Danville, Illinois, United States, owned by Randy Richmond, through licensee Randy Richmond Services LLC. The format is adult hits with daily farm programming. Coverage extends west from Danville, Illinois, to Champaign-Urbana, North to Kankakee, South to Charleston-Mattoon, and East to Crawfordsville, Indiana.

WITY
Frequency980 kHz
Branding980 WITY
Programming
FormatAdult hits, News, Farm
AffiliationsABC Radio
RFD Illinois
Ownership
Owner
  • Randy Richmond
  • (Randy Richmond Services LLC)
History
First air date
November 24, 1953
Technical information
Facility ID69935
ClassB
Power1,000 watts unlimited
Translator(s)99.5 W258CY (Danville)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitewityradio.com

History

November 24, 1953, saw the advent of WITY on the airwaves.[1] The station was one of three sister stations owned in conjunction by Louis Metzlaff, John Axe, and Gil Metzger. The sister stations were WITE in Linton, Indiana, and WITZ in Jasper, Indiana; however, WITY is now independently owned and operated locally.

References

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