WRLR-LP

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WRLR-LP
WRLR 98.3WRLR logo.jpg
City Round Lake Beach, Illinois
Frequency 98.3 MHz
Branding98.3 WRLR
Ownership
OwnerRondaradio
Technical information
Class L1
ERP 100 watts
HAAT 74 meters (243 ft)
Links
Website wrlr.fm

WRLR-LP is a low-power FM radio station that operates on the 98.3 frequency, based in Round Lake Beach, Illinois.

In 2008, the TechTalk Show was selected as one of Information Week's 100 Top Tech Finds. [1] In 2010, Paste Magazine named WRLR-LP one of the 40 best little radio stations in the United States. [2] In 2011, the Houston Press also named Subterranean, WRLR-LP's Thursday night underground rock show, "the best place to hear up and coming indie-rock in the entire world." [3]

WRLR-LP was also featured on Harry Porterfield's "Someone You Should Know" on WLS-TV, ABC's Chicago local station, broadcast March 9, 2009.

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References

  1. http://www.informationweek.com/top-tech-web-sites-2008/205919764?queryText=205919764
  2. http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2010/09/the-best-little-radio-stations-in-the-us.html
  3. "Subterranean Radio Brings Houston Music to Chicagoland - Houston Music - Rocks Off". blogs.houstonpress.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-08.

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