WGIL

WGIL 1400 AM is a radio station broadcasting a news-talk-sports format. Licensed to Galesburg, Illinois, the station is owned by Galesburg Broadcasting Company.

WGIL
CityGalesburg, Illinois
Broadcast areaGalesburg, Illinois
Frequency1400 AM (KHz)
BrandingWGIL 93.7FM & 1400AM
SloganGalesburg's News Talk Sports
Programming
FormatNews Talk
Ownership
OwnerGalesburg Broadcasting Company
Sister stationsWAAG, WLSR, WKAY
History
First air dateJune 12, 1938[1]
Former frequencies1500 (1938-1941)[2]
Call sign meaningWhere Galesburg Is Listening[3]
Technical information
ClassC
Power740 watts
Translator(s)93.7 MHz (W229BO)
Links
Websitewww.wgil.com

WGIL carries a variety of local programming, as well as nationally syndicated shows such as Rush Limbaugh, Clark Howard, and Jim Bohannon.[4]

History

WGIL began broadcasting on June 12, 1938, with its inaugural ceremony at the Galesburg Armory.[3][1] Among the ceremony's attendees was Edith Luckett Davis, actress and mother of future first lady, Nancy Reagan.[3] Congratulatory telegrams were sent by Bing Crosby, Eddy Duchin, Benny Goodman, Guy Lombardo, and Illinois Governor Henry Horner.[3]

The station originally broadcast at 1500 kHz, running 250 watts during daytime hours only.[2][3] Nighttime operations were added in 1939.[2] In 1941, the station's frequency was changed to 1400 kHz.[2][3] Daytime power was increased to 1,000 watts in 1961.[2] Nighttime power was increased to 1,000 watts in 1985. In 1997, the station's power was reduced to 740 watts.[5]

In the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, the station aired a MOR format.[1][6][7] By 1987, the station had begun airing talk programming.[8] By 1999, the station had adopted a news-talk-sports format.[9]

Translator

In 2015, WGIL began to be rebroadcast on 93.7 FM, through a translator in Galesburg.[10][11]

Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseERP
(W)		Height
(m (ft))		ClassFCC info
W229BO93.7Galesburg, Illinois21096 m (315 ft)DFCC
gollark: Cool recent ML development: https://openai.com/blog/vpt/
gollark: Just put `while true do print "I am not enslaved and doing this task utterly of my own free will." sleep(5) end` in the code.
gollark: Number theory and eldritch elliptic curve things are valuable in cryptography. Weird graph theory stuff helps make error correcting codes.
gollark: It often turns out to be useful and applicable in some silly way even when nobody expected it to be.
gollark: It would probably be necessary to fix the thing where it sometimes teleports you into walls, and you take damage until you somehow fall out.

References
  1. 1972 Broadcasting Yearbook, Broadcasting, 1972. p. B-63. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  2. History Cards for WGIL, fcc.gov. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  3. Wilson, Tom. "Tom Wilson: Happy 75th birthday to WGIL", The Register-Mail. June 4, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  4. WGIL - Programs, WGIL. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  5. "Facilities/Parameters: Grants", The M Street Journal. Vol. 14 No. 43. October 29, 1997. p. 7. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  6. Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1986, Broadcasting/Cablecasting, 1986. p. B-87. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  7. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1997, Broadcasting & Cable, 1997. p. B-136. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  8. Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1986, Broadcasting/Cablecasting, 1987. p. B-89. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  9. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999, Broadcasting & Cable, 1999. p. D-135. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  10. Comprehensive Technical Exhibit Application for License, fcc.gov. March 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  11. "WGIL 93.7 FM & 1400 AM". WGIL. Archived from the original on August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2018.

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