- WIL-FM
Infobox Radio Station
name = WIL-FM
airdate =
frequency = 92.3 (MHz) HD Radio
area =Missouri /Illinois
format = Country
owner =Bonneville International
erp = 99,000Watt s
branding = "New Country"
slogan = "#1 for Today's Country Music"
callsign_meaning = Watch It Lead
class = C
website = http://www.wil92.comWIL-FM (92.3 FM) is a 99 kilowatt
radio station inSt. Louis, Missouri . The station serves the St. Louis metropolitan area.Bonneville International is the station licensee, authorized by theFederal Communications Commission . Its transmitter is located in St. Louis.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
radio was incarnated onJanuary 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.
External links
* [http://www.wil92.com/ WIL official website]
*FMQ|WIL
*FML|WIL
* [http://www.stlradio.com/ STLRadio.com] - Historic information about St. Louis radio broadcasting
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