WLDS

Radio station in Jacksonville, Illinois

WLDS

* Jacksonville, Illinois

Broadcast area| Springfield IL area
Frequency| 1180 kHz
Programming
Format| News/Talk and Farm information[1]
Affiliations| CBS News Radio
NBC News Radio
Westwood One
Ownership
Owner| Jacksonville Area Radio Broadcasters Inc

Sister stations

| WEAI
History

First air date

| December 9, 1941; 82 years ago (1941-12-09)[2]

Call sign meaning

| We're your Lincoln Douglas Station
Technical information[3]

Licensing authority

| FCC
Facility ID| 30969
Class| D
Power| 300 watts day
2 watts night

Transmitter coordinates

| 39°44′6.00″N 90°11′50.00″W﻿ / ﻿39.7350000°N 90.1972222°W﻿ / 39.7350000; -90.1972222
Links

Public license information

* Public file
* LMS

Webcast| Listen Live
Website| wlds.com

WLDS (1180 AM) is a radio station licensed to Jacksonville, Illinois. The station airs a Talk radio format with local news, agricultural reports and sports. It is owned by Jacksonville Area Radio Broadcasters Inc.[4]

By day, WLDS is powered at 300 watts. But because 1180 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for WHAM Rochester, New York, WLDS must reduce power at night to 2 watts to avoid interference.

WLDS signed on the air on December 9, 1941; 82 years ago (1941-12-09).

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Fall 2013 Station Information Profile (SIP) on File with Arbitron Arbitron. Accessed November 21, 2013
2. ^ The WLDS Story Accessed June 6, 2010
3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLDS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
4. ^ "WLDS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

## External links

[edit]

* Facility details for Facility ID 30969 (WLDS) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* WLDS in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

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Radio stations in the Springfield, Illinois, metropolitan area

By AM frequency|

* 970
* 1180
* 1240
* 1370
* 1410
* 1450

By FM frequency|

* 88.1
* 88.9
* 89.7
* 90.5
* 91.1
* 91.9
* 92.7
* 93.9
* 94.3
* 96.7
* 97.7
* 98.7
* 99.7
* 100.5
* 101.9
* 103.7
* 104.5
* 105.5
* 106.1

| Translators|

* 92.3
* 93.5
* 94.7
* 101.1
* 102.5
* 107.5

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NOAA Weather Radio
frequency|

* 162.400

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel|

* 103.7-1
* 103.7-2
* 103.7-3
* 103.7-4

By call sign|

* W222CG
* W228DL
* W234CC
* W266BZ
* W273DR
* W298AP
* WCVS-FM
* WDBR
* HD2
* HD3
* HD4
* WFMB
* WFMB-FM
* WIBI
* WIHM
* WJVO
* WLDS
* WLFZ
* WLLM
* WLUJ
* WLWJ
* WMAY
* WMAY-FM
* WMKR
* WNNS
* WQLZ
* WSCT
* WSMI-FM
* WTAX
* WTAX-FM
* WTTT
* WUIS
* WXAJ
* WXJ75
* WYMG

Defunct|

* WLJX-LP (107.9 FM)

Nearby regions
Bloomington
Champaign-Urbana
Decatur
Peoria
St. Louis
Quincy/Hannibal

See also
List of radio stations in Illinois

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Daytime-only radio stations in Illinois

Stations|

* WCAZ - Carthage
* WCIL - Carbondale
* WCKG - Elmhurst
* WCRA - Effingham
* WHOW - Clinton
* WIBK- Watseka
* WLDS - Jacksonville
* WLIQ - Quincy
* WPEO - Peoria
* WRIK - Brookport
* WSMI - Litchfield
* WTIM - Assumption
* WVEL - Pekin
* WWHN - Joliet
* WXES - Chicago

Defunct|

* WAIT - Crystal Lake
* WGLC - Mendota
* WLBH - Mattoon
* WPOK - Pontiac
* WQQW - Highland

* See also: Clear channel radio stations and Why AM Radio Stations Must Reduce Power, Change Operations, or Cease Operations at Night

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