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For the radio station in Lansing, Michigan, formerly known as WILS-FM, see <a href="/wiki/WHZZ" title="WHZZ">WHZZ</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Radio station in Michigan, United States</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) 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class="ib-radio-station-logo" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WILS_1320_Logo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/WILS_1320_Logo.jpg/250px-WILS_1320_Logo.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e0/WILS_1320_Logo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lansing,_Michigan" title="Lansing, Michigan">Lansing, Michigan</a></li><li>United States</li></ul></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Broadcast area</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Lansing-East_Lansing_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Lansing-East Lansing metropolitan area">Lansing-East Lansing metropolitan area</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Frequency" title="Frequency">Frequency</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1320 <a href="/wiki/Hertz" title="Hertz">kHz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branding</th><td class="infobox-data">1320 WILS</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Programming</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Radio_format" title="Radio format">Format</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Talk_radio" title="Talk radio">Talk radio</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fox_News_Radio" title="Fox News Radio">Fox News Radio</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><link 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title="Sister station">Sister stations</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/WHZZ" title="WHZZ">WHZZ</a>, <a href="/wiki/WQHH" title="WQHH">WQHH</a>, <a href="/wiki/WXLA" title="WXLA">WXLA</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">First air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">February 19, 1947<span class="noprint">; 78 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1947-02-19</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Call_sign" title="Call sign">Call sign</a> meaning</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ingham_County,_Michigan" title="Ingham County, Michigan">Ingham County</a>, Lansing</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Technical information<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Licensing authority</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">FCC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Facility_ID" title="Facility ID">Facility ID</a></th><td class="infobox-data">39537</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_American_broadcast_station_classes" title="List of North American broadcast station classes">Class</a></th><td class="infobox-data category">B</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Transmitter_power_output" title="Transmitter power output">Power</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>25,000 watts day</li><li>1,900 watts night</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Transmitter coordinates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=WILS&params=42_37_19_N_84_38_38_W_type:landmark"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°37′19″N</span> <span class="longitude">84°38′38″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.62194°N 84.64389°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.62194; -84.64389</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Links</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Public license information </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/am-profile/WILS">Public file</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=39537">LMS</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Webcast" title="Webcast">Webcast</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mainstreamnetwork.com/listen/player.asp?station=wils-am">Listen live</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.1320wils.com/">www<wbr />.1320wils<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>WILS</b> (1320 <a href="/wiki/AM_broadcasting" title="AM broadcasting">AM</a>) is a <a href="/wiki/Commercial_radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Commercial radio">commercial</a> radio station in <a href="/wiki/Lansing,_Michigan" title="Lansing, Michigan">Lansing, Michigan</a>. It is owned by <a href="/wiki/MacDonald_Broadcasting" title="MacDonald Broadcasting">MacDonald Broadcasting</a> and airs a <a href="/wiki/Talk_radio" title="Talk radio">talk radio</a> <a href="/wiki/Radio_format" title="Radio format">format</a>. It features a local news department and a mixture of local and national talk personalities. The studios and offices are on West Cavanaugh Street in Lansing. </p><p>WILS is powered at 25,000 watts by day. To protect other stations on <a href="/wiki/AM_1320" class="mw-redirect" title="AM 1320">AM 1320</a>, it reduces power to 1,900 watts at night. It uses a <a href="/wiki/Directional_antenna" title="Directional antenna">directional antenna</a> day and night. The <a href="/wiki/Transmitter" title="Transmitter">transmitter</a> is located off North Green Road in <a href="/wiki/Dimondale,_Michigan" title="Dimondale, Michigan">Dimondale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Programming">Programming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WILS&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WILS is home to the locally produced "Morning Wakeup with Mike Austin". It is heard weekdays, focusing on local issues and politics. The program was formerly hosted by Dave Akerly. <a href="/wiki/Radio_syndication" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio syndication">Syndicated</a> talk shows round out the rest of the weekday schedule: <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Beck" title="Glenn Beck">Glenn Beck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sean_Hannity" title="Sean Hannity">Sean Hannity</a>, Rick Valdes, <a href="/wiki/Lars_Larson" title="Lars Larson">Lars Larson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Prager" title="Dennis Prager">Dennis Prager</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Coast_to_Coast_AM" title="Coast to Coast AM">Coast to Coast AM</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/America_in_the_Morning" class="mw-redirect" title="America in the Morning">America in the Morning</a></i>. Weekends include shows on money, health, real estate and technology. Syndicated programs include <i><a href="/wiki/The_Kim_Komando_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="The Kim Komando Show">The Kim Komando Show</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tech_Guy" title="The Tech Guy">Rich DeMuro on Tech</a></i>. Some weekend hours are paid <a href="/wiki/Brokered_programming" title="Brokered programming">brokered programming</a>. Most hours begin with world and national news from <a href="/wiki/Fox_News_Radio" title="Fox News Radio">Fox News Radio</a>. </p><p>WILS's talk radio rival is <a href="/wiki/Townsquare_Media" title="Townsquare Media">Townsquare Media</a>'s <a href="/wiki/WJIM_(AM)" title="WJIM (AM)">WJIM</a> (1240 AM), also <a href="/wiki/City_of_license" title="City of license">licensed</a> to Lansing. WJIM was WILS's main competitor when both were <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_hit_radio" title="Contemporary hit radio">Top 40</a> stations in the 1960s and 1970s. Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck aired on WJIM prior to 2013, with both shows now on the WILS schedule. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WILS&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WILS&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WILS <a href="/wiki/Sign-on" class="mw-redirect" title="Sign-on">signed on</a> the air on February 19, 1947. It was a <a href="/wiki/Daytimer" class="mw-redirect" title="Daytimer">daytimer</a> at 1430 kHz with 500 watts of power, and required to go off the air at night.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The transmitter for the station was on East Mount Hope Avenue, with studios in downtown Lansing at Saginaw and North Washington.<sup id="cite_ref-hc_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 1950, the station moved to <a href="/wiki/1320_AM" title="1320 AM">1320 AM</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It increased power to 1,000 watts with a directional antenna array located at 600 W. Cavanaugh Road. In 1952, the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a> granted WILS another increase in its power, this time to 5,000 watts daytime and 1,000 watts nighttime, using separate directional arrays. In 1966, the studios were moved from downtown to the Cavanaugh Road site, where they remain today.<sup id="cite_ref-hc_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="TV_stations">TV stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WILS&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: TV stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Lansing Broadcasting Company, original owners of WILS, made two attempts to enter the world of television. The first was an unsuccessful UHF station, WILS-TV, which began broadcasts in 1953. A year later, the company leased it to another group, under which it operated as <a href="/wiki/WTOM-TV_(Lansing,_Michigan)" title="WTOM-TV (Lansing, Michigan)">WTOM-TV</a> until its 1956 demise. By that time, WILS was chasing a VHF allotment to <a href="/wiki/Parma,_Michigan" title="Parma, Michigan">Parma</a> and <a href="/wiki/Onondaga,_Michigan" title="Onondaga, Michigan">Onondaga</a>, proposing to share time with a station to be run by <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University" title="Michigan State University">Michigan State University</a>. </p><p>WILS's second and more successful station, <a href="/wiki/WILX-TV" title="WILX-TV">WILX-TV</a> channel 10, went on the air March 15, 1959. It was owned by Jackson Telecasters,<sup id="cite_ref-mg_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a company in which Lansing Broadcasting owned a 50 percent stake, along with WJCO radio (AM 1510, now <a href="/wiki/KTGG" title="KTGG">WJKN</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Top_40_era">Top 40 era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WILS&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Top 40 era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WILS was a popular <a href="/wiki/Top_40" title="Top 40">Top 40</a> music station in Lansing during the 1960s and 1970s. One noted WILS personality during the 1960s Top 40 era was <a href="/wiki/John_Landecker" class="mw-redirect" title="John Landecker">John Records Landecker</a>, who later went on to great success at <a href="/wiki/WLS_(AM)" title="WLS (AM)">WLS</a> in Chicago, <a href="/wiki/WENZ" title="WENZ">WPHR</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a> and <a href="/wiki/CFTR_(AM)" title="CFTR (AM)">CFTR</a> in Toronto. Timmy O' Toole, another popular Chicago radio personality, worked at WILS from 1969 to 1971 before he joined <a href="/wiki/WCKL_(FM)" title="WCKL (FM)">WLUP</a> in 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later was heard weekends on <a href="/wiki/WLS-FM" title="WLS-FM">WLS-FM</a> in Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WILS was a fully-staffed live radio station until January 17, 1984, when the station switched to mostly <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_automation" title="Broadcast automation">automated programming</a> and was known as <i>Hometown Radio 1320</i>. </p><p>The WILS <a href="/wiki/Call_sign" title="Call sign">call sign</a> was also shared with a <a href="/wiki/Sister_station" title="Sister station">sister station</a> at 101.7 FM, WILS-FM (now <a href="/wiki/WHZZ" title="WHZZ">WHZZ</a>). From 1967 to 1972, WILS-AM-FM <a href="/wiki/Simulcast" title="Simulcast">simulcast</a> a popular Top 40 format. In 1972, WILS-FM flipped to <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a>. However Jerry Marshall's morning show, which originated on WILS, continued to be heard on WILS-FM as well. Three years later, in 1975, WILS-FM returned to a twelve hour simulcast of the AM station in the daytime, followed by six hours of <a href="/wiki/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock">progressive rock</a> in the evenings and <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> overnight. The rock format was so popular that WILS-FM completely broke away from the AM station in 1978. The station was dubbed <i>Rockradio WILS 101 FM</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sentry_Insurance_and_Northstar_Broadcasting">Sentry Insurance and Northstar Broadcasting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WILS&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sentry Insurance and Northstar Broadcasting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WILS and WILS-FM were purchased by Sentry Broadcasting, a subsidiary of the <a href="/wiki/Sentry_Insurance" title="Sentry Insurance">Sentry Insurance</a> Company, in August 1983, signaling format changes for both stations. WILS abandoned its live full-service <a href="/wiki/Adult_contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Adult contemporary">adult contemporary</a> format in favor of <a href="/wiki/Drake-Chenault" title="Drake-Chenault">Drake-Chenault</a>'s "Hitparade" soft hits format in January 1984. (The <i><a href="/wiki/Larry_King_Show" title="Larry King Show">Larry King Show</a></i> continued to air overnight). WILS-FM dropped its <a href="/wiki/Album_rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Album rock">album rock</a> format as <i>101-ILS</i> in April 1984, switching to a <a href="/wiki/Soft_adult_contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Soft adult contemporary">soft adult contemporary</a> format branded as <i>Love Songs LS-102</i>. The Hitparade format on WILS was dropped in the fall of 1984 with the switch to Drake Chenault's "Lite Hits" automated format, closely matching the sound of WILS-FM. Morning drive and weekend dayparts were simulcast with live personalities on the FM side. </p><p>Sentry Insurance made the decision to divest their radio properties in 1986, leading to the sale of WILS and WILS-FM to Lansing-based Northstar Broadcasting in the fall of that year. WILS switched to an <a href="/wiki/Urban_contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban contemporary">urban contemporary</a> format in September 1987, once again utilizing a Drake-Chenault format called "Urban One", with the station branded as <i>1320 Jams</i>. Morning drive was hosted by local air personality Michael McFadden, who also served as the station's program director. </p><p>WILS became the first 24-hour urban contemporary station in the Lansing market as then-competitor <a href="/wiki/WXLA" title="WXLA">WXLA</a> was limited to daytime-only operation. The urban format proved to be a success and continued until 1992, shortly after WXLA launched a sister FM station, <a href="/wiki/WQHH" title="WQHH">WQHH</a>, with a competing urban contemporary format. WQHH proved to be a significant competitor with its FM stereo signal, leading to the eventual end of the urban format on WILS. (WXLA and WQHH would later become sister stations of WILS.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MacDonald_Broadcasting">MacDonald Broadcasting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WILS&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: MacDonald Broadcasting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WILS was purchased by <a href="/wiki/MacDonald_Broadcasting" title="MacDonald Broadcasting">MacDonald Broadcasting</a>, owner of several other stations in the Saginaw and Traverse City markets. The station switched briefly to a <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> format (simulcast with WILS-FM) in 1992, and then flipped to <a href="/wiki/Adult_standards" title="Adult standards">adult standards</a> in 1993. It was known as <i>Unforgettable 1320</i> and was an affiliate of <a href="/wiki/Citadel_Media" class="mw-redirect" title="Citadel Media">ABC Radio</a>'s satellite-delivered adult standards/<a href="/wiki/Middle_of_the_road_(music)" title="Middle of the road (music)">MOR</a> music package known as "<a href="/wiki/Timeless_(radio_network)" title="Timeless (radio network)">Timeless Classics</a>" (formerly "Stardust"). </p><p>The station had had this format since the early 1990s and was quite successful in the ratings with it. The Timeless Favorites format moved to sister WXLA after that station was purchased by MacDonald Broadcasting. WILS and WXLA essentially simulcast their programming with separate IDs and imaging until 2006. WILS changed its format to <a href="/wiki/Talk_radio" title="Talk radio">all-talk</a>. It used the slogan <i>More Stimulating Talk Radio</i> airing personalities such as <a href="/wiki/Laura_Ingraham" title="Laura Ingraham">Laura Ingraham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clark_Howard" title="Clark Howard">Clark Howard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Miller" title="Dennis Miller">Dennis Miller</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Savage" title="Michael Savage">Michael Savage</a>. Local personalities included then morning show host Walt Sorg, followed by Chris Holman, Tony Conley and former <a href="/wiki/WLNS-TV" title="WLNS-TV">WLNS-TV</a> news anchor Dave Akerly, heard in <a href="/wiki/Drive_time" title="Drive time">morning drive</a>. Sports talk show host Jack Ebling was an afternoon fixture on WILS before moving to <a href="/wiki/WQTX" title="WQTX">WQTX</a>. In 2010, the station changed its slogan to the current <i>More Compelling Talk Radio</i> moniker. </p><p>On January 25, 2008, WILS turned on a new Windsor Township transmitter and became the most powerful AM station in Lansing. The 25,000-watt daytime signal covers much of <a href="/wiki/Mid-Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid-Michigan">Mid-Michigan</a>, and be easily received as far away as Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Mt. Pleasant, and Jackson. The directional pattern of WILS is limited to the east to avoid adjacent channel interference with <a href="/wiki/WTRX" title="WTRX">WTRX</a> (1330 AM) in Flint. The station switches to a 1,900-watt signal at night. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WILS&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1947/1947-03-03-BC.pdf">"WILS Lansing Takes Air With 500 W on 1430 Kc"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Broadcasting</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 4,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Broadcasting&rft.atitle=WILS+Lansing+Takes+Air+With+500+W+on+1430+Kc&rft.pages=36&rft.date=1947-03-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fworldradiohistory.com%2FArchive-BC%2FBC-1947%2F1947-03-03-BC.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWILS" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hc-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-hc_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hc_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=60822">"History Cards for WILS"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=History+Cards+for+WILS&rft.pub=Federal+Communications+Commission&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcdbs.recnet.com%2Fcorres%2F%3Fdoc%3D60822&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWILS" class="Z3988"></span> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Radio_Stations/History_Cards" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Radio Stations/History Cards">Guide to reading History Cards</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77062177/">"New Frequency Marks Fourth Year For WILS"</a>. <i>The State Journal</i>. 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title="Michigan">Michigan</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By <a href="/wiki/AM_broadcasting" title="AM broadcasting">AM frequency</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WVFN" title="WVFN">730</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKAR_(AM)" title="WKAR (AM)">870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUFN" title="WUFN">1110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXLA" title="WXLA">1180</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJIM_(AM)" title="WJIM (AM)">1240</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1320</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLCM" title="WLCM">1390</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTGG" title="KTGG">1540</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWSJ" title="WWSJ">1580</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By <a href="/wiki/FM_broadcasting" title="FM broadcasting">FM frequency</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KTGG" title="KTGG">KTGG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W215CH" class="mw-redirect" title="W215CH">W215CH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W227DO" class="mw-redirect" title="W227DO">W227DO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W237BY" class="mw-redirect" title="W237BY">W237BY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W240CG" class="mw-redirect" title="W240CG">W240CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W252CN" class="mw-redirect" title="W252CN">W252CN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W260BX" class="mw-redirect" title="W260BX">W260BX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W262BD" class="mw-redirect" title="W262BD">W262BD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W272EM" class="mw-redirect" title="W272EM">W272EM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W284AH" class="mw-redirect" title="W284AH">W284AH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W295BP" class="mw-redirect" title="W295BP">W295BP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDBM" title="WDBM">WDBM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFMK" title="WFMK">WFMK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHZZ" title="WHZZ">WHZZ</a></li> 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title="Template:South Central Michigan Radio">South Central Michigan</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Thumb_Radio" title="Template:Thumb Radio">Thumb of Michigan</a></dd></dl> </div> <dl><dt>Other nearby regions</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Ann_Arbor_Radio" title="Template:Ann Arbor Radio">Ann Arbor</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Battle_Creek_Radio" title="Template:Battle Creek Radio">Battle Creek</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Detroit_Radio" title="Template:Detroit Radio">Detroit</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Grand_Rapids_Radio" title="Template:Grand Rapids Radio">Grand Rapids</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Kalamazoo_Radio" title="Template:Kalamazoo Radio">Kalamazoo</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Michigan" title="List of radio stations in Michigan">List of radio stations in Michigan</a></dd></dl></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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