WITY

WITY (980 AM) is a stand-alone radio station which began broadcasting in 1953 in Danville, Illinois, United States, owned by Illiana Media 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

Danville, Illinois United States
Frequency	980 kHz
Branding	980 WITY
Programming
Format	Adult hits, news, farm
Affiliations	ABC News Radio RFD Illinois
Ownership
Owner	Illiana Media LLC (Illiana Media LLC)
History
First air date	November 24, 1953 (1953-11-24)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	69935
Class	B
Power	1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates	40°4′41.1″N 87°38′20.1″W
Translator	99.5 W258CY (Danville)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	wityradio.com

History

November 24, 1953, saw the advent of WITY on the airwaves.^[2] 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 Brazil, Indiana, and WITZ in Jasper, Indiana; however, WITY is now independently owned and operated locally.