WDWS

WDWS
	Champaign, Illinois; United States;
Broadcast area	Champaign–Urbana
Frequency	1400 kHz
Branding	News Talk 1400 & 93.9 DWS
Programming
Format	News-talk
Network	CBS News Radio
Affiliations	Bloomberg Radio; Fox Sports Radio; NBC News Radio; Compass Media Networks; Premiere Networks; Westwood One; Chicago White Sox Radio Network; Illinois Fighting Illini Radio Network (flagship station);
Ownership
Owner	Community Media Group, Inc.; (Champaign Multimedia Group, LLC);
Sister stations	WDWS-FM; WHMS-FM; WKIO;
History
First air date	January 24, 1937
Call sign meaning	David W. Stevick (publisher of News-Gazette)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	14961
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates	40°5′4.1″N 88°14′53.2″W / 40.084472°N 88.248111°W
Translator	93.9 W230CW (Champaign)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.wdws.com

WDWS (1400 AM) is a commercial radio station in Champaign, Illinois, calling itself "Newstalk 1400 & 93.9FM DWS." It airs a news/talk radio format and is owned by The News-Gazette, the primary daily newspaper in the Champaign-Urbana Metropolitan Area. The radio studios and offices are at the newspaper's headquarters on Fox Drive in Champaign.

WDWS is powered at 1,000 watts around the clock using a non-directional antenna. The transmitter is on South Neil Street (U.S. Route 45) at West Windsor Road. WDWS provides at least secondary coverage to much of east-central Illinois, as far west as Decatur and Bloomington-Normal, due to the area's excellent ground conductivity. Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W230CW at 93.9 MHz.