WIL-FM

WIL-FM

City	St. Louis, Missouri
Broadcast area	Greater St. Louis
Branding	92.3 WIL
Slogan	Get Your Country On!
Frequency	92.3 MHz FM (also on HD Radio) 92.3-2 FM "Kerosene Country"
First air date	1962
Format	Country
ERP	99,000 watts
HAAT	300 meters
Class	C0
Facility ID	72390
Callsign meaning	Watch It Lead
Owner	Hubbard Broadcasting (St. Louis FCC License Sub, LLC)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wil92.com

WIL-FM (92.3 FM) is a 99 kilowatt radio station in St. Louis, Missouri. The station serves the St. Louis metropolitan area. Hubbard Broadcasting is the station licensee, authorized by the Federal Communications Commission.^[1] Its transmitter is located in St. Louis, and its studios are in Creve Coeur (with a St. Louis address). WIL-FM was heard in Salt Lake City, Utah via a radio phenomenon known as sporadic E-skip. The E-skip event occurred June 16, 2009 and a station ID was recorded. Salt Lake City is roughly 1,155 miles (1,859 km) from St. Louis, Missouri.^[2]

Format

WIL-FM plays a variety of country music in St. Louis.^[3] WIL-FM personalities include Bud and Broadway Judi Diamond, Bo Matthews, and Derrick Keith. WIL-FM is programmed by Greg Mozingo. Danny Montana is the Music Director.

History

WIL radio began January 31, 1925 -- but originally broadcasting at the 1430 AM frequency, and with the call letters WEB. By the early-1970s, WIL switched to an FM signal, and was programming a country music format by mid-decade.

Bonneville International announced its sale of WIL-FM (and 16 other stations) to Hubbard Broadcasting on January 19, 2011.^[4] The sale was completed on April 29, 2011.^[5]

References

↑ "WIL-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2009-12-22.
↑ SLC Tropo/Eskip/Etc. Logs - Ubstudios DXers
↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-22.
↑ "$505M sale: Bonneville sells Chicago, D.C., St. Louis and Cincinnati to Hubbard". Radio-Info.com. January 19, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
↑ "Hubbard deal to purchase Bonneville stations closes". Radio Ink. May 2, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2011.

External links

WIL official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WIL

Radio-Locator information on WIL

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WIL
STLRadio.com - Historic information about St. Louis radio broadcasting

Radio stations in the St. Louis market

by AM frequency	550 590 630 690 730 770 850 880 920 1010 1080 1120 1190 1260 1280 1320 1350 1380 1400 1430 1460 1490 1570 1600

by FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.1 89.5 89.5 89.7 89.7 89.9 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.5 92.3 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.7 95.5 96.3 97.1 97.7 98.1 98.5 99.1 99.9 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.7 101.9 102.5 103.3 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.7 106.5 107.3 107.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.450 162.550

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Defunct, now internet-only	KFUO-FM

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Country radio stations in the state of Missouri

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Defunct	KESM – Eldorado Springs

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Missouri

Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.

Key people	Stanley S. Hubbard

Radio stations	KAZG KBHP KBLB KBUN KBUN-FM KDKB KDUS KIKV-FM KIXI KKNW KKWS KKZY KLIZ KLIZ-FM KLLZ-FM KNSP KQMV KRWM KSLX-FM KSTP KSTP-FM KTMY KUAL-FM KULO KUPD KVBR KVRQ KWAD WARH WBQH WDRV WFED WIL-FM WJJY-FM WKRQ WREW WSHE-FM WTMX WTOP-FM / WTLP / WWWT-FM WUBE-FM WWDV WWFD WXOS WYGY

ABC network affiliates	KAAL KSTP-TV / KSAX-TV / KRWF-TV WDIO-TV / WIRT

NBC network affiliates	KOB / KOBF-TV KOBR WHEC-TV WNYT

Other stations	K42DJ (Azteca)¹ KSTC-TV (Independent) WNYA (MyNetworkTV)

Cable television channels	Ovation Reelz

Acquisitions	Omni Broadcasting

¹Owned by Hubbard and operated by News-Press & Gazette Company in a LMA.

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