WLOI is an AM radio station broadcasting on the frequency of 1540 kHz and licensed to the city of

La Porte, Indiana La Porte (French for "The Door") is a city in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States, of which it is the county seat. Its population was estimated to be 21,341 in 2022. It is one of the two principal cities of the Michigan City-La Porte, India ...

. WLOI broadcasts during

daylight hours Daylight is the combination of all direct and indirect sunlight during the daytime. This includes direct sunlight, diffuse sky radiation, and (often) both of these reflected by Earth and terrestrial objects, like landforms and buildings. Sunligh ...

only; 1540 AM is a United States

clear-channel A clear-channel station is an AM radio station in North America that has the highest protection from interference from other stations, particularly concerning night-time skywave propagation. The system exists to ensure the viability of cross-cou ...

frequency. KXEL is the dominant Class A station on this frequency. WLOI is owned by Spoon River Media, LLC and broadcasts a

classic rock Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, primar ...

format. On May 8, 2019, WLOI changed their format from adult standards to classic rock, to be branded as "Rock 106.5" in anticipation of signing on FM translator W293DR 106.5 FM La Porte.WLOI Goes Into Classic Rock Preview Mode
Radioinsight - May 8, 2019

FM Translator

WLOI relays programming to an

FM translator A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater (two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or tran ...

; this allows the format to broadcast 24 hours per day, in addition to giving the listener high fidelity

stereophonic Stereophonic sound, or more commonly stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that recreates a multi-directional, 3-dimensional audible perspective. This is usually achieved by using two independent audio channels through a configuration ...

sound. Geographically, the translator is located between WXNU in St. Anne, Illinois and

WVFM WVFM, known simply as 106.5 Jack FM and formerly WQLR, is an adult hits outlet serving the Kalamazoo, Michigan radio market. The station's frequency is 106.5 MHz on the FM dial with an ERP of 33 kW. They are owned by Midwest Communicati ...

Kalamazoo, Michigan Kalamazoo ( ) is a city in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County. At the 2010 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 74,262. Kalamazoo is the major city of the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolit ...

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* * LOI Classic rock radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1948 1948 establishments in Indiana {{Indiana-radio-station-stub