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WYHI
WYHI (99.9 MHz) is a non-commercial FM radio station licensed to Park Forest, Illinois, serving the Southland suburbs of Chicago. It is owned and operated by the Bible Broadcasting Network and it carries a Christian talk and teaching radio format. National religious leaders heard on WYHI include Chuck Swindoll, Joni Eareckson Tada, Adrian Rogers and J. Vernon McGee. The station is listener-supported and seeks donations on the air.
WYHI has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts, the maximum for most Illinois stations. The transmitter is on West County Line Road in Peotone, near Interstate 57.
The station signed on the air on January 5, 1962. From its launch until 1975, the station had the call sign WKAK. It was originally owned by Kenneth Baker, Willis Maltby, and Claude Baker. WKAK was originally licensed to Kankakee, Illinois, with its call letters representing its city of license. The transmitter was located 2.9 miles north of the city limits, and it had an effective radiated power (ERP) of 6,600 watts at a height above average terrain (HAAT) of 210 feet. It was Kankakee's first FM station.
In the 1960s, the station aired a beautiful music format, with mostly instrumental cover versions of popular adult songs. In 1969, it began adding some soft vocals in the evening. By 1972, the majority of the station's playlist was popular music, with standards comprising a quarter of the station's playlist. In June 1972, the station's format was changed to country music. In late 1974, Claude Baker and Luella Feller sold the station to Harry Fitzgerald, Howard Dybedock, and Benedict Cerven, Sr. for $132,315.
On April 7, 1975, the station's call sign was changed to WBYG. The station's branding called it "The Big One". As WBYG, the station began airing an adult contemporary format. In 1979, the station's transmitter was moved to Peotone, Illinois, along the Kankakee County/Will County border, and its ERP and HAAT were increased to 50kw and 500 feet respectively.
By 1979, WBYG began airing an album-oriented rock format. In early 1984, Harry Fitzgerald, Howard Dybedock, and Ben Cerven sold the station to Gene Milner Broadcasting for $1.2 million.
On February 15, 1985, the station's call sign was changed to WBSW. It was branded as "The Bus". The Bus continued WBYG's album rock format. Shortly after the station's launch, a 20 foot long bus shaped balloon used to advertise the station broke loose from its tethers and floated away, prompting the FAA to issue a warning to pilots.
Soon thereafter, the Bus flipped to a CHR/Top 40 format. The station's call sign was changed to WBUS on April 1, 1987. The station aired Casey's Top 40 on Sunday mornings. It also played dance mixes at night. The Bus lasted until 1996, when Milner Broadcasting sold the station to Z-Spanish Network for $7 million. "The Bus" branding would return to a CHR station in the area in 1998, on 100.7 WBVS in Coal City, Illinois.
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WYHI
WYHI (99.9 MHz) is a non-commercial FM radio station licensed to Park Forest, Illinois, serving the Southland suburbs of Chicago. It is owned and operated by the Bible Broadcasting Network and it carries a Christian talk and teaching radio format. National religious leaders heard on WYHI include Chuck Swindoll, Joni Eareckson Tada, Adrian Rogers and J. Vernon McGee. The station is listener-supported and seeks donations on the air.
WYHI has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts, the maximum for most Illinois stations. The transmitter is on West County Line Road in Peotone, near Interstate 57.
The station signed on the air on January 5, 1962. From its launch until 1975, the station had the call sign WKAK. It was originally owned by Kenneth Baker, Willis Maltby, and Claude Baker. WKAK was originally licensed to Kankakee, Illinois, with its call letters representing its city of license. The transmitter was located 2.9 miles north of the city limits, and it had an effective radiated power (ERP) of 6,600 watts at a height above average terrain (HAAT) of 210 feet. It was Kankakee's first FM station.
In the 1960s, the station aired a beautiful music format, with mostly instrumental cover versions of popular adult songs. In 1969, it began adding some soft vocals in the evening. By 1972, the majority of the station's playlist was popular music, with standards comprising a quarter of the station's playlist. In June 1972, the station's format was changed to country music. In late 1974, Claude Baker and Luella Feller sold the station to Harry Fitzgerald, Howard Dybedock, and Benedict Cerven, Sr. for $132,315.
On April 7, 1975, the station's call sign was changed to WBYG. The station's branding called it "The Big One". As WBYG, the station began airing an adult contemporary format. In 1979, the station's transmitter was moved to Peotone, Illinois, along the Kankakee County/Will County border, and its ERP and HAAT were increased to 50kw and 500 feet respectively.
By 1979, WBYG began airing an album-oriented rock format. In early 1984, Harry Fitzgerald, Howard Dybedock, and Ben Cerven sold the station to Gene Milner Broadcasting for $1.2 million.
On February 15, 1985, the station's call sign was changed to WBSW. It was branded as "The Bus". The Bus continued WBYG's album rock format. Shortly after the station's launch, a 20 foot long bus shaped balloon used to advertise the station broke loose from its tethers and floated away, prompting the FAA to issue a warning to pilots.
Soon thereafter, the Bus flipped to a CHR/Top 40 format. The station's call sign was changed to WBUS on April 1, 1987. The station aired Casey's Top 40 on Sunday mornings. It also played dance mixes at night. The Bus lasted until 1996, when Milner Broadcasting sold the station to Z-Spanish Network for $7 million. "The Bus" branding would return to a CHR station in the area in 1998, on 100.7 WBVS in Coal City, Illinois.