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WDWS
WDWS (1400 kHz AM) is a news-talk radio station in Champaign, Illinois. The station operates at 1 kW of power, and is owned by The News-Gazette, the primary newspaper in the Champaign-Urbana Metropolitan Area. The station provides news and information for the city, and agricultural information for surrounding farmland. The station broadcasts Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Dave Ramsey, Kim Komando, Jim Bohannon and Bill Cunningham.
History.
The station signed on for the first
is the sister station to WDWS, and was known as WDWS-FM for many years.
The two stations are the flagships for Illinois Fighting Illini football and basketball games; a role that WDWS has held throughout its history. Longtime sports director Jim Turpin also doubled as the radio voice of the Illini from 1960 until 2002. WDWS also airs the Illini women's basketball, volleyball, and baseball games exclusively. WDWS broadcast the Chicago Cubs in 2011, however Cubs games moved to WGKC in 2012. WDWS was the east