WYUR (103.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to

Gilman, Illinois Gilman is a city in Douglas Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,738 at the 2020 census. Geography Gilman is located in the western part of the county at the intersection of three major highways: Interstate ...

, and serving

Iroquois The Iroquois ( or ), officially the Haudenosaunee ( meaning "people of the longhouse"), are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of First Nations peoples in northeast North America/ Turtle Island. They were known during the colonial years to ...

. Kankakee, and Ford Counties. WYUR has 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, ...

format and is owned by Milner Media Partners, LLC.

History

WFAV

The station began broadcasting in 2007, holding the call sign WFAV. The station was originally owned by Milner Broadcasting, and its transmitter was located south of

Crescent City, Illinois Crescent City is a village in Iroquois and Crescent townships, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. The population was 615 at the 2010 census. Geography Crescent City is located in central Iroquois County at (40.770448, -87.857823). U.S. ...

. The station originally had an

oldies Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music (broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock) from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as we ...

format, simulcasting the programming of 95.1

WVLI WVLI (92.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. The station is licensed to Kankakee, Illinois, United States. During its days as WKIF, it also broadcast Chicago White Sox, Chicago Bulls, Notre Dame Football and other sporting ...

"The Valley" until 2011. The station then adopted a CHR format, as "Your New FAVorite Hit Radio Station". In 2011, the station's transmitter was moved to northwest of

Ashkum, Illinois Ashkum is a village in Ashkum Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. The population was 761 at the 2010 census. Origin of name The name originated from Chief Ashkum of the Potawatomi people. Geography Ashkum is located in northwe ...

WYUR

On February 20, 2013, the station's call sign was changed to WYUR, and its format from CHR to

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 ...

, branded as "Classic Rock 103.7". Later in 2013, WYUR's format was changed to country, and the station was branded "River Country", simulcasting 101.7

WIVR WIVR (101.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Kentland, Indiana, and serving Newton County, Benton County, and Jasper County in Indiana, and Iroquois County, and Kankakee County in Illinois. WIVR has a country music format and is owned by Mi ...

. In 2018, Milner Broadcasting was sold to the newly formed Milner Media Partners.Provost, Lee.
New ownership for WVLI, WFAV
, '' Daily Journal'', April 21, 2018. Retrieved August 10, 2018.

References

External links

* {{Country Radio Stations in Illinois YUR Country radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 2007 2007 establishments in Illinois