WILM-AM

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WILM-AM is a News/Talk-formatted radio station broadcasting at 1450 kHz in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. Often mistakenly called "the birthplace of talk radio", WILM is best known as the station where radio and television personality Joe Pyne honed his skills in the 1950s and developed the confrontational style that would make him famous. Another well-known WILM personality was Tom Mees (ESPN) who worked at the station in the 1970s.

In the 1950s and 1960s WILM, under the ownership of Ewing Hawkins, experimented with various music formats, including Top-40 and MOR (middle-of-the-road). In the early 1970s WILM adopted an Adult contemporary music format and featured an all-night block of rhythm and blues music geared to the city's African-American community.

In January of 1976 WILM switched to an all-news format, using the ill-fated NIS (News and Information Service), operated by NBC. Eventually the station modified its format and affiliated with the CBS radio news network. Despite its relatively weak AM broadcasting signal, WILM competed closely with rival WDEL in the Arbitron rating service.

In 2004, owner Sally V. Hawkins sold WILM to Clear Channel Communications for $4 Million. On July 28, 2006, WILM-AM dropped the national newscasts from CBS Radio News and now is broadcasting newscasts from Fox News Radio