WNLF

WNLF
City Macomb, Illinois
Branding Backroad Country 95.9
Frequency 95.9 MHz
First air date 2001[1]
Format Country
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 100 meters (330 ft)
Class A
Facility ID 84197
Transmitter coordinates 40°25′3.0″N 90°36′51.0″W / 40.417500°N 90.614167°W / 40.417500; -90.614167Coordinates: 40°25′3.0″N 90°36′51.0″W / 40.417500°N 90.614167°W / 40.417500; -90.614167 (NAD83)
Callsign meaning Nancy L. Foster
Owner Fletcher Ford
(Virden Broadcasting Corp.)
Sister stations WJEQ, WKAI, WLMD, WMQZ
Website regionalmedia.info/stations/backroad-country-95-9

WNLF is a commercial radio station in Macomb, Illinois, broadcasting on 95.9 MHz FM. WNLF airs a country music format branded as "Backroad Country 95.9".

Formerly part of the husband-and-wife Prestige Communications radio group,[2] WNLF obtained its license on 16 March 2001 and had been owned by Nancy L. Foster via Colchester Radio, Inc. since its inception.[1] Effective November 30, 2015, WNLF and five sister stations were sold to Fletcher Ford's Virden Broadcasting Corp. at a purchase price of $725,000.

On August 26, 2015, WNLF changed their format from modern rock to country, branded as "Backroad Country 95.9".[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Application Search Details (FCC File No. BLH-20001108AAC)". Federal Communications Commission. 2001-03-16. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
  2. Colchester Radio, Inc. (2009-02-04). "FCC 323: OWNERSHIP REPORT FOR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATIONS (file no. BOS-20090209ADM)". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
  3. Viden to Shuffle Newly Acquired Macomb, IL Cluster


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