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WAIK
Galesburg, Illinois;
Frequency	1590 kHz
Branding	Oldies 1590
Programming
Format	Defunct
Ownership
Owner	Wayne W. Whalen; (WPW Broadcasting);
Sister stations	WMOI, WRAM
History
First air date	1957
Last air date	January 14, 2019
Former call signs	WQUB (1957–1959)
Technical information
Facility ID	49515
Class	D
Power	5,000 watts day; 55 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	40°57′43″N 90°18′30″W / 40.96194°N 90.30833°W

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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]

The station signed on the air as WQUB^[3] in 1957^[2] as a sister station to WQUA in Moline.^[7] The WQUB construction permit was issued on April 3, 1957,^[3] and its first full license was granted on January 9, 1958.^[3]^[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.^[2] 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

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1979 (PDF). Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-66.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d FCC history cards for WAIK. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
^ ^a ^b Loewy, Tom (January 15, 2019). "WAIK goes silent". The Register-Mail (online ed.). Galesburg, Illinois. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
^ ^a ^b Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Venta, Lance (January 16, 2019). "WAIK Ceases Operation". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
^ 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.
^ "AM Query Results (Facility ID: 49515)". Washington, DC: Federal Communications Commission. 2019-04-05.
^ "WAIK Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-11-16.

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[BOA-20151125ALB-1] 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.

[bc79-2] "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1979 (PDF). Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-66.

[fcc-histcard-46675-3] FCC history cards for WAIK. Retrieved 2019-04-05.

[rm-goes-4] Loewy, Tom (January 15, 2019). "WAIK goes silent". The Register-Mail (online ed.). Galesburg, Illinois. Retrieved 2019-04-05.

[CallSign-5] Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved June 29, 2019.

[ri-ceases-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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