WFAV

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WFAV
Broadcast area Kankakee, Illinois
Frequency 95.1 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingWFAV 95.1
Programming
Format Top 40 (CHR)
Subchannels HD2: Simulcast of WIVR (country)
Affiliations American Top 40
Ownership
OwnerMilner Media Partners, LLC
WVLI, WYUR, WIVR
History
First air date
October 1992 (1992-10) [1] [2]
Former call signs
  • WKVF (1990–1992) [3]
  • WZZP (1992–1995) [3]
  • WVLI (1995–2012) [3]
  • WKIF (2012–2013) [3]
Call sign meaning
"Favorite Hits"
Technical information [4]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 42656
Class A
ERP 2,300 watts
HAAT 112 meters (367 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 41°04′41″N87°45′22″W / 41.078°N 87.756°W / 41.078; -87.756
Translator(s) HD2: 96.1 W241BS (Bourbonnais)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.wfav951.com

WFAV (95.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Kankakee, Illinois. WFAV has a Contemporary hit radio format and is owned by Milner Media Partners. [5]

Contents

History

The station was built by Dennis Baldridge and Richard Shelton, engineers at 89.7 WONU, and originally held the call sign WKVF. [2] [3] As the station was coming on the air, it was sold to Rollings Communications for $90,000. [6] Its call sign was changed to WZZP by the time it began broadcasting in October 1992. [2] [1] [7] The station aired a classic rock format, and was part of a simulcast with 95.3 WZNF in Rantoul, Illinois and 107.9 WZNX in Arcola, Illinois. [2] [1] [7] In 1995, the station was sold to Milner Broadcasting, headed by Tim Milner, for $425,000. [8]

In March 1995, the station adopted an oldies format, branded "The Valley", and the station's call sign was changed to WVLI. [9] [3] The station was simulcast on WFAV 103.7 from the station's sign-on in 2007 until 2011. [10] [11] [12] [13] WFAV 103.7 would end the simulcast and begin airing a CHR format. [14] In August 2012, the station began simulcasting on 92.7 WKIF. [15]

On December 27, 2012, 95.1 began simulcasting the CHR format of 103.7, and "The Valley" oldies format was moved to 92.7. The two stations became known as 95.1 & 103.7 Hit Radio for the Kankakee River Valley. [16] On December 29, 2012, the WKIF calls moved from 92.7 to 95.1 and the WVLI calls moved from 95.1 to 92.7. [3] [17] On February 20, 2013, the station's call sign was changed to WFAV (which moved from 103.7) [3] and its simulcast with 103.7 ended, as 103.7 adopted a country format as WYUR, which is a simulcast of 101.7 WIVR. [18] In 2018, Milner Broadcasting was sold to the newly formed Milner Media Partners. [19]

Translator

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
W241BS96.1 FM Bourbonnais, Illinois 14088825066.4  m (218  ft)D 41°9′39.1″N87°52′30.2″W / 41.160861°N 87.875056°W / 41.160861; -87.875056 (W241BS) LMS

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References

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  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
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  7. 1 2 "Format Changes", The M Street Journal. Vol. 9, No. 43. October 28, 1992. p. 1. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
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  18. ↑ "Format and Slogan Changes", VHF-UHF Digest. March 2013. p. 10. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
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