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WIL-FM

WIL-FM (92.3MHz) is acommercialradio station inSt. Louis, Missouri. It airs acountry musicformat and is owned byHubbard Broadcasting.[2] The studios are on Olive Boulevard, nearInterstate 270 inCreve Coeur (with a St. Louis address).

WIL-FM
Broadcast areaGreater St. Louis
Frequency92.3MHz (HD Radio)
Branding92.3 WIL
Programming
FormatCountry
Subchannels
Ownership
Owner
KPNT,KSHE,WARH,WXOS
History
First air date
July 15, 1962; 62 years ago (1962-07-15)
Former call signs
KFMS (March 30, 1973-September 1, 1974)
Call sign meaning
carried over from the formerWIL (1430 AM)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID72390
ClassC0
ERP
HAAT300 meters (980 ft)
Translator(s)HD3: 94.3 W232CR (Alton, Illinois)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Website923wil.com

WIL-FM is aClass C station. It has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000watts, the maximum for most stations.[3] Thetransmitter is on Butler Hill Road near Keller Road in St. Louis, amid thetowers for other local FM and TV stations.[4] WIL-FM usesHD Radio technology. Its HD2subchannel playsAmericana music, known as "Second Fiddle." The HD3 subchannel playsoldies and feedsFM translatorW232CR at 94.3 MHz.

Format

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WIL-FM plays a variety of country music, concentrating on the hits from the current charts and the last 25 years.[5] WIL-FM personalities include Kasey and Marty Brooks. WIL-FM is programmed by Tommy Mattern and the music director is Marty Brooks. WIL-FM primarily competes withiHeartMedia'sKSD-FM for country listeners in St. Louis.

History

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WIL-FMsigned on the air on July 15, 1962; 62 years ago (1962-07-15), as the FMsister station toWIL (1430 AM).[6] In its first decade, it mostlysimulcast the AM station, which aired aTop 40 format, and were owned by WIL, Inc., a subsidiary of Balaban Stations. At the time, their studios were in Broadcasting House in St. Louis. WIL-FM was only powered at 30,000 watts, a fraction of its current output.

WIL-FM took thecall sign KFMS on March 30, 1973. After a year, it returned to WIL-FM, effective September 1, 1974.[7] In the 1970s, WIL had switched to a personality country format, while the FM aired a more music-intensive country format, with less chatter and fewer commercials.[8]

Over time, as more people tuned to the FM band for music listening, WIL-FM became the dominant station. Eventually, the AM station changed its call letters to KZQZ and is nowdark. WIL-FM was later acquired bySalt Lake City-basedBonneville International.

Bonneville announced its sale of WIL-FM (and 16 other stations) toHubbard Broadcasting on January 19, 2011.[9] The sale was completed on April 29, 2011.[10]

On January 30, 2017, WIL-FM re-branded as "New Country 92.3".[11] On October 6, 2020, the station dropped the "New Country 92.3" branding and returned to using its call letters in its branding as "92.3 WIL".[12]

HD Radio

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Starting in 2012, WIL-FM'sHD2digital subchannel began airingAmericana music, calling itself "Second Fiddle". Previously, WIL-FM-HD2 was branded as "Kerosene Country", and largely had the sameplaylist as WIL-FM.

On February 18, 2020, WIL-FM signed on a third subchannel, and began airing anoldies format, branded as "My Mix 94.3." The subchannel feedsFM translatorW232CR at 94.3 MHz inAlton, Illinois.[13]

References

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  1. ^"Facility Technical Data for WIL-FM".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^"WIL-FM Facility Record".United StatesFederal Communications Commission, audio division. RetrievedDecember 22, 2009.
  3. ^FCC.gov/WIL-FM
  4. ^Radio-Locator.com/WIL-FM
  5. ^"Station Information Profile".Arbitron. Summer 2009. Archived fromthe original on September 23, 2009. RetrievedDecember 22, 2009.
  6. ^Broadcasting Yearbook 1965 page B-91. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  7. ^FCC’s history cards for WIL-FM; retrieved April 28, 2021.
  8. ^Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-124. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  9. ^"$505M sale: Bonneville sells Chicago, D.C., St. Louis and Cincinnati to Hubbard".Radio-Info.com. January 19, 2011. Archived fromthe original on January 22, 2011. RetrievedJanuary 19, 2011.
  10. ^"Hubbard deal to purchase Bonneville stations closes".Radio Ink. May 2, 2011. Archived fromthe original on March 12, 2012. RetrievedMay 2, 2011.
  11. ^WIL Rebrands as New Country 92.3 Radioinsight - January 30, 2017
  12. ^WIL Rebrands Back To Its Call Letters Radioinsight - October 6, 2020
  13. ^"WBGZ Moves to 107.1; Launches Oldies My Mix 94.3".

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