WALS

WALS

City	Oglesby, Illinois
Broadcast area	LaSalle-Peru
Branding	WALLS 102
Slogan	Wall to Wall Country
Frequency	102.1 MHz
Format	Country
ERP	2,250 watts
HAAT	166.0 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	17316
Transmitter coordinates	41°16′30.00″N 88°57′56.00″W / 41.2750000°N 88.9655556°W / 41.2750000; -88.9655556
Former callsigns	WZLC (1993-1995)
Affiliations	Jones Radio Network
Owner	Studstill Media
Sister stations	WBZG, WGLC-FM, WIVQ, WSPL, WSTQ, WYYS
Website	Official website

WALS (102.1 FM) is an American radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Oglesby, Illinois, United States, the station serves the LaSalle-Peru area. The station is currently owned by Laco Radio and featured programming from Jones Radio Network until February 2007, when Jones programming was dropped in favor of local talent.^[1]^[2]

History

The station was assigned the call sign WZLC on February 26, 1993. At first, it simulcast the country music format of co-owned WGLC (Mendota, Illinois). WZLC was put on the air to give WGLC coverage in the southern part of the La Salle/Peru area. On February 1, 1995, the station changed its call sign to the current WALS^[3] and started carrying separate country music programming.

References

↑ "WALS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WALS Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "WALS Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WALS

Radio-Locator information on WALS

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WALS

Radio stations in the LaSalle–Peru, Illinois market
By AM frequency	1220 1250 1430 1490
By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.9 91.3 95.3 95.7 96.5 97.7 98.1 99.3 100.1 100.5 100.9 102.1 102.9 103.3 103.9 104.7 106.1
NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425
By callsign	W280EG WAJK WALS WBZG WCFL WCMY WGLC-FM WIVQ WJDK-FM WLPO WLWF WMKB WNIW WRKX WRVY-FM WSOG WSPL WSTQ WUNT WWGN WYYS WXL22 WZOE WZOE-FM
Defunct stations	WGLC (1090 AM)
Nearby radio markets Bloomington Chicago Kankakee Peoria Quad Cities Rockford See also List of radio stations in Illinois

Country radio stations in the state of Illinois
By AM frequency	750 910 920 980 1060 1230 1240 1290 1330 1350 1360 1440 1490 1510 1510 1520 1530 1540 1570
By FM frequency	92.1 92.1 92.7 92.9 93.7 93.7 94.1 94.3 94.3 94.9 95.1 95.3 95.5 95.7 95.9 96.3 96.5 96.9 97.3 97.3 97.5 97.7 98.3 98.3 98.5 99.1 99.3 99.5 99.5 99.9 100.1 100.3 100.3 100.5 100.9 101.3 101.7 101.7 101.9 102.1 102.1 102.3 102.3 102.3 102.5 102.7 103.7 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.5 105.9 105.9 106.1 106.5 107.3 107.7 107.9
By callsign	KSD (FM) – St. Louis, Missouri KSGM – Chester WAAG – Galesburg WAKO - Lawrenceville WALS – Oglesby WBBA-FM – Pittsfield WBWN – Le Roy WCAZ – Macomb WCCI – Savanna WCCQ – Crest Hill Canton WCOY – Quincy WCRC – Effingham WDDD-FM – Johnston City WDUK – Havana WDZQ – Decatur WEBG – Chicago WEBQ – Harrisburg WFMB-FM – Springfield WFPS – Freeport WFRL – Freeport WFYR – Elmwood WGEL – Greenville WGKC – Mahomet WGLC-FM – Mendota WHCO – Sparta WHET – West Frankfort WHPO – Hoopeston WIBH – Anna WIBK - Watseka WIBL – Fairbury WIBV – Mount Vernon WIRL – Peoria WIXY – Champaign WJBC-FM – Pontiac WJRE – Galva WJVO – South Jacksonville WKJT – Teutopolis WKRO – Cairo WLCN – Atlanta WLFZ – Springfield WLIQ – Quincy WLLR-FM – Davenport, Iowa WLUV – Loves Park WLWF – Marseilles WMCI – Neoga WMCL – McLeansboro WMIX-FM – Mount Vernon WMKR – Pana WMOK – Metropolis WNLF - Macomb WOKZ – Fairfield WOOZ-FM – Harrisburg WQQW - Highland WRAM – Monmouth WRCV – Dixon WRIK – Brookport WRMJ – Aledo WRMS-FM – Beardstown WRUL – Carmi WRTB – Winnebago WRVY-FM – Henry WSEI – Olney WSIQ - Salem WSMI – Litchfield WSMI-FM – Litchfield WSVZ – Tower Hill WUSN – Chicago WUSW - Taylorville WXCL – Pekin WXNU – Saint Anne WXXQ – Freeport WYOT – Rochelle WYUR – Gilman WYXY – Savoy WZUS – Macon WZZT - Morrison
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