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1500 WAKE (On Air)

Posted by AM Radio Fan <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=AM+Radio+Fan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 3, 2024, 9:37 pm

I don't get much out of Indiana. I was listening to the SDR, based in St. John. I noticed 1370 was off the air, but the FM and stream online were active. 1500 was playing gospel music. So, does anyone down there know what is going on with 1370 and 1500?

Re: 1500 WAKE (On Air)

Posted by John from Wisconsin <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=John+from+Wisconsin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 3, 2024, 10:38 pm, in reply to "1500 WAKE (On Air)"

Was just thinking about this today.
It's about a year since they went off.

New COL: Hobart from Valparaiso
Daytime Power 250 Watts/days, 11 watts/nights

Gospel? Wondering if it was Sun morning programming. Thought it was (MeTV-FM) oldies last year.

If Gospel, that would be a certain format chanhe.
Too, they are on 97.5FM.

Thanks for the update!

Re: 1500 WAKE (On Air)

Posted by AM Radio Fan <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=AM+Radio+Fan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 4, 2024, 8:54 pm, in reply to "Re: 1500 WAKE (On Air)"

Thanks for the reply. I was eating dinner and going thru the NWI SDR. I live in SE DuPage County (Willowbrook area). I wanted to call them and confirm that they're on the air, with a gospel format. Knowing it's 2024, I understand. I wish I knew about WAKE long ago.

We lost almost all the good, small, music stations. WWHN recently became a mix of R&B and gospel, laying off the all-gospel format. The best way to distinguish them from WBGX, miles east; mostly music, with talk segments. Makes for great listening.

Re: 1500 WAKE (On Air)

Posted by John from Wisconsin <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=John+from+Wisconsin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 5, 2024, 10:42 am, in reply to "Re: 1500 WAKE (On Air)"

In some correspondence with a Chicagoan, 1500 WAKE
on March 4thm was running Urban AC mx, tho noted with "WLTH 1370 AM 95.5 FM" and as you noted, earlier, 1370-WLTH was off the air.

Too, I used "preview" to curb my mistakes in previous posts. IE:
"If Gospel, that would be a certain format change."

Re: 1500 WAKE (On Air)

Posted by JJSPC1372 <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=JJSPC1372' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 5, 2024, 1:04 pm, in reply to "Re: 1500 WAKE (On Air)"

Looks like they're currently at 62.5 watts during the day pending some further engineering.

https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/amDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076ff38df1fd42018df54873e6005c&id=25076ff38df1fd42018df54873e6005c&goBack=N

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