WNWI

WNWI

Oak Lawn, Illinois United States
Broadcast area	Chicago, Illinois
Frequency	1080 kHz
Programming
Language(s)	Polish & others
Format	Ethnic radio
Affiliations	AP Radio
Ownership
Owner	Birach Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	WMFN
History
First air date	December 31, 1965
Call sign meaning	Northwest Indiana (region of original city of license, Valparaiso)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	49785
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts (day) 2,600 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates	41°38′34.12″N 87°38′44.17″W / 41.6428111°N 87.6456028°W / 41.6428111; -87.6456028
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.birach.com/wnwi.html

WNWI (1080 AM) is a time brokered radio station broadcasting an ethnic radio format. Licensed to Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States, it serves the Chicago area. The station is currently owned by the Birach Broadcasting Corporation. WNWI operates on a clear-channel frequency, with WTIC in Hartford, Connecticut; and KRLD in Dallas, Texas, the dominant Class A stations.

WNWI's calls stand for "Northwestern Indiana", a reference to the station's former city of license of Valparaiso, Indiana. The station broadcast a full-service adult contemporary music format from Valparaiso from its sign-on in 1965 until the spring of 1998, when it officially moved into the Chicago market by changing its city of license to Oak Lawn and relocating its transmitter to Riverdale.

The bulk of WNWI's programming is Polish language music, news, and talk programming. Other weekday programming includes Serbian Radio Chicago, a one-hour radio show hosted by Milorad Ravasi which incorporates news, music, and interviews from Serbian culture. On weekends, programming blocks variously target the German, Macedonian, Polish, and Serbian communities.