WNTD
| City of license | Chicago, Illinois |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Chicago market |
| Branding | Relevant Radio (5A-6P); Avenue 950 (6P-5A) |
| Frequency | 950 kHz |
| Format | Catholic Teaching (5A-6P); Jazz/Adult Standards (6P-5A) |
| Power | 1,000 watts (day) 5,000 watts (night) |
| Class | B |
| Owner | M&S WNTD, LLC |
WNTD is an AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois. It is owned by Sovereign City Radio Services LLC. Its frequency is 950 AM and has separate day-time (1000 watts; non-directional) and night-time (5000 watts; directional) transmitter locations. It is currently one of three stations in the Chicago market that airs Relevant Radio, a Catholic talk format, 24 hours a day.[1] Prior to this from August 7, 2009 until Aug 14th, 2010, WNTD carried "Avenue 950" an eclectic mix of Jazz, Blues, standards and Adult Contemporary from 6:00 PM to 5:00 AM. The Avenue format is programmed by Sovereign City Radio Services and airs on most of their stations. Local programs such as This is Chicago Jazz with Mike Jeffers, Live from The Green Mill with Alan Gresik and the Swing Shift Orchestra and The Skinny and Houli Show with James “Skinny" Sheahan and Mike “Houli” Houlihan are produced by Sovereign City Radio Services specifically for the Chicago market. During the 2009-2010 season WNTD airs Loyola Ramblers men's basketball games. WNTD also airs Radio Vida Independiente, hosted by Horacio Esparza, the nation's only Spanish language program that deals with issues for persons with disabilities.
WNTD was the original affiliate of Air America Radio in Chicago. Program hosts included Al Franken, Randi Rhodes, and Janeane Garofalo. The new network launched on March 31, 2004. However, these programs ended after two weeks, on April 14, due to a payment dispute between Multicultural Radio Broadcasting (the previous owner of WNTD) and Air America Radio.
Before its brief run as a progressive talk radio station, WNTD was a One-on-One Sports (now Sporting News Radio) affiliate, at first as WZDB but soon changed to WIDB. One-On-One was headquartered in suburban Northbrook. The Sporting News affiliation has now passed to WSCR.
Earlier incarnations of this station include WGRT ("W-GREAT"), owned by Ralph Atlass, founder of WBBM, and one-time owner of WIND; WJPC, owned by Johnson Publishing Company, which was an all-rap station for a time; and WEJM ("Jammin'").
Prior to WGRT, for 20 years the call letters were WAAF, a daytime only station with an all jazz format. It featured Marty Faye in the early morning, Daddy-O Daylie[2][3][4][5] in the late morning, Olympic great Jesse Owens playing jazz from noon-3, and Dick Buckley and Jerry Leighton from 3 til sunset.
WNTD traces its history all the way back to 1922 when it was one of the first fifty radio stations licensed by the FCC. It was owned by the Chicago Daily Drover's Journal, with the transmitter at the Union Stock Yard.
[edit] References
- ^ "WNTD 950 AM Chicago is broadcasting Relevant Radio programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week". Relevant Radio. 2010-08-15. http://www.relevantradio.com/NETCOMMUNITY/Document.Doc?&id=459. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ^ Barlow, William, ed. (1998), Voice Over: The Making of Black Radio, Temple University Press, pp. 334, ISBN 1566396670, http://books.google.com/books?id=gJuIHrKBONMC&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=Holmes+%22Daddy-O%22+Daylie&source=bl&ots=3S_jvGBNb6&sig=IQ4RfJeThLYcUmPpTWnjizHJV4E&hl=en&ei=lJjUS6G0OcL98Abv1qmvDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAcQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=Holmes%20%22Daddy-O%22%20Daylie&f=false, retrieved 2010-04-25
- ^ WMAQ Holmes "Daddy-O" Daylie
- ^ Daddy-O Daylie Biography
- ^ Chicago Tribune February 14, 2003-Daddy-O Daylie obituary
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WNTD
- Radio-Locator Information on WNTD
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WNTD
- http://www.avenue950.com Avenue 950
