WLS-AM/890 will be the official Chicago station of the NASCAR Cup Series. The series will be featured on the radio station, which is owned by Cumulus Media, as part of a three-year deal. The deal ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Val Warner and Ryan Chiaverini launched "Windy City Weekend" Friday morning with a Host Chat guest: WLS 890 AM radio host Ray Stevens. Stevens is the morning man on the "Big 89," ...

Cumulus Media Chicago’s WLS-AM 890 marked its 100th anniversary this month. Launched on April 12, 1924, as “The Sears-Roebuck Station,” WLS-AM has transitioned from a farming station to a rock ‘n’ ...

Chicago’s WLS-AM 890 is bringing back the voices that helped define Top 40 radio in the Midwest with a special two-hour program this Saturday, July 26. WLS Unwound: Personalities of the MusicRadio ...

When Steve Cochran opens the mic on WLS 890-AM at the crack of dawn today, he'll become the fifth morning host in 10 years at the Cumulus Media news/talk station. And he'll have nowhere to go but up. ...

After 10 years as a producer at WLS 890-AM, Mallory Vor Broker has been named political reporter for the Cumulus Media news/talk station. She succeeds Bill Cameron, who retired August 20 as dean of ...

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Jim Johnson was a news anchor and reporter at WLS-AM 890 in Chicago for 45 years during which he became known for providing wit and levity in programs hosted by well-known radio personalities. Johnson ...

Fire up your AM transistor radio and get ready to travel back in time Friday night to the heyday of the Top 40, when WLS-AM 890 and WCFL-AM 1000 battled it out for supremacy on the Chicago airwaves.

When Steve Cochran opens the mic on WLS 890-AM at the crack of dawn today, he’ll become the fifth morning host in 10 years at the Cumulus Media news/talk station. And he’ll have nowhere to go but up. ...