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WYYS
WYYS (106.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Streator, Illinois, the station covers LaSalle, Ottawa, and vicinity and is owned by Shaw Media, through Shaw Local Radio Co., after previously being owned by Studstill Media/Mendota Broadcasting Inc. until April 2023. History WYYS began as a simulcast of co owned WSTQ 97.7 in 1995, airing a country music format. The station was owned by Kleven-Rodriguez Partners. In 2000, the station was bought by Mendota Broadcasting. In January 2000, WYYS began simulcasting the talk radio format of sister station WIZZ AM 1250. In 2002, the station adopted a soft AC format. On December 26, 2004, the station flipped to its current classic hits format. On January 24, 2023, it was announced that Studstill Media had sold WYYS, along with its sister stations, to Shaw Media in Crystal Lake, Illinois Crystal Lake is a city in McHenry County in the U.S. state of Illinois. Named after a lake southwest of the city's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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WYYS (106.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Streator, Illinois, the station covers LaSalle, Ottawa, and vicinity and is owned by Shaw Media, through Shaw Local Radio Co., after previously being owned by Studstill Media/Mendota Broadcasting Inc. until April 2023. History WYYS began as a simulcast of co owned WSTQ 97.7 in 1995, airing a country music format. The station was owned by Kleven-Rodriguez Partners. In 2000, the station was bought by Mendota Broadcasting. In January 2000, WYYS began simulcasting the talk radio format of sister station WIZZ AM 1250. In 2002, the station adopted a soft AC format. On December 26, 2004, the station flipped to its current classic hits format. On January 24, 2023, it was announced that Studstill Media had sold WYYS, along with its sister stations, to Shaw Media in Crystal Lake, Illinois Crystal Lake is a city in McHenry County in the U.S. state of Illinois. Named after a lake southwest of the city's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSTQ (FM)
WSTQ (97.7 MHz) is an FM radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format. Licensed to Streator, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Ottawa, Illinois, area. The station is owned by Shaw Media, through licensee Shaw Local Radio Co., after previously being owned by Studstill Media/Mendota Broadcasting Inc. until April 2023. History In 1965, the FCC licensed WIZZ-FM to Streator Broadcasting Company, owners of WIZZ (1250 AM; later WSPL). The station became beautiful music WLAX in 1974. In 1984, WLAX became WSTQ and made the switch from beautiful music to a satellite-fed hot AC format. This lasted until the late 1980s, when the station switched to country music. In 1993, WYYS (106.1 FM), also licensed to Streator, joined WSTQ; they simulcast the country format until the two stations were sold along with co-owned WIZZ to Mendota Broadcasting. On January 3, 2000, the simulcast with WYYS was split, and WSTQ ran announcements that a format change would be coming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSPL
WSPL (1250 AM broadcasting, AM) was an American radio station licensed to serve the city of license, community of Streator, Illinois. The station is owned by Shaw Media (United States), Shaw Media, through licensee Shaw Local Radio Co., after previously being owned by Studstill Media/Mendota Broadcasting, Inc. until April 2023. The station, established in 1953 as WIZZ, was assigned the call sign WSPL by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on January 25, 2001 in radio, 2001. Programming WSPL aired an oldies format; it previously broadcast a news radio, news/talk radio format. Local programming on WSPL included a morning drive show, and sports with Illinois Hall of Fame Broadcaster "Big Al" Hauessler, along with a tradio show called ''The Swap Shop''. Sports broadcasts included Streator Township High School football and, up until recently, simulcasts of Chicago White Sox baseball and Chicago Bulls basketball. On January 24, 2023, it was announced that Studstill Media had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |