WILS

:"This article is about the radio station. Wils is also the abbreviation for the orchid genus Wilsonara. For the radio station in Lansing, Michigan, formerly known as WILS-FM, see WHZZ."Infobox Radio station
name = WILS


city = Lansing, Michigan
area = [http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WILS&service=AM&status=L&hours=D] (Daytime)
[http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WILS&service=AM&status=L&hours=N] (Nighttime)
branding =
slogan =
airdate =
frequency = 1320 kHz
format = News-Talk
power = 25,000 watts (Daytime)
1,900 watts (Nighttime)
class = B
facility_id = 39537
coordinates = coord|42|37|19|N|84|38|38|W|type:landmark
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
owner = MacDonald Broadcasting
sister_stations = WHZZ, WQHH, WXLA
webcast =
website = [http://www.1320wils.com/ http://www.1320wils.com/]
affiliations =

WILS (1320 AM) is a radio station located in Lansing, Michigan broadcasting a news-talk format.

Until October 2006, WILS aired ABC Radio's satellite-delivered adult standards/MOR music package known as "Timeless Classics" (formerly "Stardust"). The station had had this format since the early 1990s and was quite successful in the ratings with it. The Timeless Favorites format moved to sister WXLA 1180 AM after that station was purchased by MacDonald Broadcasting; WILS and WXLA essentially simulcast each other with separate IDs and imaging until WILS changed to its current "More Compelling Talk Radio" format (a nod to Los Angeles' successful KFI).

On January 25, 2008, WILS turned on their new Windsor Township transmitter and became the most powerful AM station in Lansing. The new daytime signal covers all of mid-Michigan including Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Mt. Pleasant, and Jackson. The new night power and footprint provides improved coverage in the Lansing area.

The station originates two weekday local news/talk programs: "AM Lansing with Walt Sorg" and "Ebling & You" with Jack Ebling. Both hosts have lived and worked in the Lansing area for more than 40 years. Jack Ebling is a noted Michigan State University graduate, a former longtime writer for the Lansing area newspaper, the Lansing State Journal, and an author.

The local programming focuses on local issues and personalities, including business, culture/entertainment, sports, education and politics/government. Politically the programs match the community's generally progressive electoral history.

Ebling also co-hosts a three-hour sports talk program on Saturdays, "The Jack and Tom Show", with Tom Crawford. Ebling and Crawford formerly co-hosted a morning drive show together at the now defunct Sports Talk station, 92.7 "The Ticket" called "The Sports Page."

Other talk programs on the station are nationally syndicated, hosted by Laura Ingraham, Neal Boortz, Dennis Miller, Lars Larson and Jerry Doyle.

WILS was a popular Top 40 music station in Lansing during the 1960s and 1970s.

Sources

* [http://www.michiguide.com/dials/rad-g/wils.html Michiguide.com - WILS History]

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