WLIP

WLIP
Broadcast areaKenosha, Wisconsin
Frequency1050 kHz
BrandingAM 1050 WLIP
Programming
FormatTalk, full service
NetworkFox News Radio
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WIIL
History
First air date
May 18, 1947; 77 years ago (1947-05-18)
Call sign meaning
William Lippman, the station's founder[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID28478
ClassB
Power250 watts
Transmitter coordinates
42°33′10.1″N 87°53′38.3″W / 42.552806°N 87.893972°W / 42.552806; -87.893972
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.wlip.com

WLIP (1050 AM) is a commercial radio station in Kenosha, Wisconsin, serving parts of the Chicago and Milwaukee metropolitan areas, along the west shore of Lake Michigan. The station airs a talk radio format and is owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC. The radio studios are in the north end of the Gurnee Mills Mall in Gurnee, Illinois.

WLIP broadcasts with 250 watts, using a non-directional antenna. It is limited in its power because 1050 AM is a Mexican clear channel frequency and WLIP must avoid interference with Class A station XEG in Monterrey, as well as 50,000-watt CHUM in Toronto. WLIP's transmitter (on land which formerly contained its studios) is off Green Bay Road (Wisconsin Highway 31) in Pleasant Prairie.[3]

  1. ^ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLIP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WLIP