WAIT (AM)
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| Broadcast area | Chicago metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 850 kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Defunct |
| History | |
First air date | October 1, 1965 |
Last air date | August 27, 2019 |
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| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 53504 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 2,500 watts (daytime only) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°15′30.1″N 88°21′48.3″W / 42.258361°N 88.363417°W |
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Public license information | |
WAIT (850 kHz) was an AM radio station licensed to Crystal Lake, Illinois, and serving the Chicago metropolitan area. It was licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as a Class D station and broadcast only during daytime hours, signing off at sunset to protect KOA in Denver, the clear-channel station on 850 kHz.
The station had a highly directional pattern, with nulls to the northeast and southwest, to protect WGVS in Muskegon, Michigan, and KFUO in Clayton, Missouri. Because of its northwest suburban location and directional pattern, WAIT could be heard in Rockford, Illinois, and Janesville, Wisconsin, in addition to the Chicago media market.