WJVL (99.9 FM) is a

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

-formatted

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licensed to

Janesville, Wisconsin Janesville is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. It is the county seat and largest city in the county. It is a principal municipality of the Janesville, Wisconsin, Metropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Madison–Jane ...

, and serving the areas of Janesville and

Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the county seat of Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 80th-lar ...

and

Rockford, Illinois Rockford is a city in Winnebago County, Illinois, located in the far northern part of the state. Situated on the banks of the Rock River, Rockford is the county seat of Winnebago County (a small portion of the city is located in Ogle County). ...

. The station is owned by Benjamin Thompson and describes itself as playing "Top 40 country mixed with country golds."WJVL
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History

In 1947, WCLO-FM went on the air as the sister station to

WCLO WCLO (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news–talk format. Licensed to Janesville, Wisconsin, United States, the station serves the Janesville area. The station is currently owned by Benjamin Thompson and features programming from CBS ...

. WCLO-FM was Wisconsin's first network FM station. It later became WJVL. After some years as "Music of your Life", WJVL changed to a country format in 1982. WJVL's tower is located on N. Roherty Road between Janesville and

Evansville, Wisconsin Evansville is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,703 at the 2020 census. History Evansville was first settled in the 1830s by New Englanders who were attracted to the area by its pristine wooded landscape an ...

. WJVL & WCLO are owned and operated by Benjamin Thompson.

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