WLS

clear-channel news/talk radio station in Chicago
Organization radio_station Q7952483
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WLS

Summary

WLS is a radio station[1]. WLS ranks in the top 1% of radio_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • WLS is located in Chicago[3].
  • WLS is in the country of United States[4].
  • WLS's instance of is recorded as radio station[5].
  • WLS's owned by is recorded as Cumulus Media[6].
  • WLS's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 139706802[7].
  • WLS's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n93111339[8].
  • WLS's Commons category is recorded as WLS (AM)[9].
  • WLS's radio format is recorded as talk radio[10].
  • +1924-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of WLS[11].
  • WLS's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 41.555861111111, 'longitude': -87.848388888889, 'precision': None}[12].
  • WLS's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/011x3m[13].
  • WLS's official website is recorded as http://www.wlsam.com/[14].
  • WLS's official website is recorded as http://wlsam.com[15].
  • WLS's FCC Facility ID is recorded as 73227[16].
  • WLS's licensed to broadcast to is recorded as Chicago[17].
  • WLS's X is recorded as wlsam890[18].
  • WLS's Instagram username is recorded as wlsam890[19].
  • WLS's Facebook username is recorded as 890WLSAM[20].
  • WLS's Encyclopedia of Chicago ID is recorded as 1366[21].
  • WLS's social media followers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9555'}[22].
  • WLS's social media followers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9957'}[23].
  • WLS's Muck Rack media outlet ID is recorded as wlsam[24].
  • WLS's Threads username is recorded as wlsam890[25].
  • WLS's domain name is recorded as wlsam.com[26].
  • WLS's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/fe9be3cd-b7de-4745-b478-0be913b06a7b[27].

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Founding

+1924-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of WLS[11].

Ownership

WLS's owned by is recorded as Cumulus Media[6].

Why It Matters

WLS ranks in the top 1% of radio_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Muck Rack. Retrieved . muckrack.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Muck Rack. Retrieved . muckrack.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Muck Rack. Retrieved . muckrack.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Muck Rack. Retrieved . muckrack.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . domains.wikibase.cloud. Retrieved . domains.wikibase.cloud. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). WLS. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/wls
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_wls_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{WLS}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/wls}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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