WNLF

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WNLF
Broadcast areaWestern Illinois
Frequency 95.9 MHz
BrandingHog Country 95.9
Programming
Format Country
Ownership
Owner
WKAI, WJEQ, WMQZ, WLMD
History
First air date
2001 (2001) [1]
Call sign meaning
Nancy L. Foster (Previous Owner)
Technical information
Facility ID 84197
Class A
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 100 meters (330 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
40°25′3.0″N90°36′51.0″W / 40.417500°N 90.614167°W / 40.417500; -90.614167 (NAD83)
Links
Website regionalmedia.live

WNLF (95.9 FM) is a commercial radio station in Macomb, Illinois. WNLF airs a country music format branded as "Hog Country 95.9".

Formerly part of the husband-and-wife Prestige Communications radio group, [2] WNLF obtained its license on March 16, 2001, and had been owned by Nancy L. Foster via Colchester Radio, Inc. since its inception. [1] Effective November 30, 2015, WNLF and five sister stations were sold to Fletcher Ford's Virden Broadcasting Corp. at a purchase price of $725,000.

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On August 26, 2015, WNLF changed their format from modern rock to country, branded as "Backroad Country 95.9". [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Application Search Details (FCC File No. BLH-20001108AAC)". Federal Communications Commission. March 16, 2001. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
  2. Colchester Radio, Inc. (February 4, 2009). "FCC 323: OWNERSHIP REPORT FOR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATIONS (file no. BOS-20090209ADM)". Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved July 25, 2009.
  3. Viden to Shuffle Newly Acquired Macomb, IL Cluster