WIL-FM
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WIL-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
. Its transmitter is located in St. Louis
. 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 1155 miles (1,859 km) from St. Louis, Missouri.
was incarnated on January 31, 1925, during radio's infancy. Radio was starting to become more common, as the St. Louis Post Dispatch, St. Louis University, Stix, Baer & Fuller and Concordia Seminary all owned radio stations in the city.
The St. Louis Star, which is no longer in print, wanted to own a radio station. They struck some kind of deal with WIL's original owner, Benson Broadcasting. While no details of the agreement have been found to date, copies of the Star from that time period refer to WIL as "The St. Louis Star Station." Its center of operations was the Star Building at 12th and Locust. The call letters had just been changed from the original WEB, and the owners, the Benson family, used their relationship with the Star to gain a lot of promotional print.
Bonneville International
announced the sale of WIL-FM, as well as 16 other stations, to Hubbard Broadcasting on January 19, 2011. The sale was completed on April 29, 2011.
Radio station
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in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
. The station serves the St. Louis metropolitan area. Hubbard Broadcasting is the station licensee, authorized by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
. Its transmitter is located in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
. WIL-FM was heard in Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...
via a radio phenomenon known as sporadic E-skip
Sporadic E propagation
Sporadic E or Es is an unusual form of radio propagation using characteristics of the Earth's ionosphere. Whereas most forms of skywave propagation use the normal and cyclic ionization properties of the ionosphere's F region to refract radio signals back toward the Earth's surface, sporadic E...
. The E-skip event occurred June 16, 2009 and a station ID was recorded. Salt Lake City is roughly 1155 miles (1,859 km) from St. Louis, Missouri.
Format
WIL-FM plays a variety of country music in St. Louis. WIL-FM personalities include Cornbread and Pat James, Bo Matthews, and Derrick Keith. It is the top rated Country station in St. Louis and was nominated for a CMA Award in the Fall of 2006. WIL-FM is programmed by Greg Mozingo. Danny Montana is the Music Director.History
WIL radioRadio
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was incarnated on January 31, 1925, during radio's infancy. Radio was starting to become more common, as the St. Louis Post Dispatch, St. Louis University, Stix, Baer & Fuller and Concordia Seminary all owned radio stations in the city.
The St. Louis Star, which is no longer in print, wanted to own a radio station. They struck some kind of deal with WIL's original owner, Benson Broadcasting. While no details of the agreement have been found to date, copies of the Star from that time period refer to WIL as "The St. Louis Star Station." Its center of operations was the Star Building at 12th and Locust. The call letters had just been changed from the original WEB, and the owners, the Benson family, used their relationship with the Star to gain a lot of promotional print.
Bonneville International
Bonneville International
Bonneville International Corporation is a broadcasting company wholly owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through its for-profit arm, Deseret Management Corporation...
announced the sale of WIL-FM, as well as 16 other stations, to Hubbard Broadcasting on January 19, 2011. The sale was completed on April 29, 2011.
External links
- WIL official website
- STLRadio.com - Historic information about St. Louis radio broadcasting