WLIP
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WLIP is a fulltime radio station at AM 1050 kilohertz located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA and serving the Chicago-Milwaukee metropolitan region along the west shore of Lake Michigan with 250 watts effective radiated power both day and night. It is owned and operated by Colorado based NextMedia Group and has been since 2000.
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[edit] History
At 8:00 AM on Sunday, May 18, 1947, WLIP signed on the air from the basement of the Kenosha National Bank Building in downtown Kenosha, licensed as a daytime-only station. In 1975, WLIP built and opened its new studios at 8500 Green Bay Road.
In the 1980s, the Federal Communications Commission granted WLIP permission to broadcast on a 24-hour-a-day basis.
[edit] Programming
Currently, WLIP is an affiliate of the ABC Radio Network; former network affiliations have included the Mutual Broadcasting System, AP (mid 90s), Wisconsin Radio Network and CNN (2000-2003).
Programming today features a mixture of oldies music and talk shows. Most of the programming is from ABC Oldies Radio with a local morning show (The Wakeup Call with Bill Lawrence) running from 5AM-8AM and a local oldies show (Rock & Roll Never Forgets with Terry Havel) Saturday evenings. The longtime Music Of The Stars with Lou Rugani airs Sunday Mornings at 7AM to 11AM.
Talk programming includes The Lenny Palmer Show which airs weekday mornings from 8-11, and Stateline Spotlight with Tim Allen airing from 12:30PM-1PM most weekdays. Various local talk shows air Saturday mornings (see schedule below)
Irene Buri-Nelson, of the show Around Town with Irene Buri-Nelson died in a car accident on Friday July 7, 2006. She had worked at the station for 60 years since its beginning in 1947.
Late in 2006, WLIP added a new Saturday morning show to match the Wake-up Call with Bill Lawernce, the Weekend Wake-up call with Pete Swizzle.
[edit] Schedule
Weekdays:
- 12AM-5AM: Oldies Radio
- 5AM-8AM: The Wakeup Call with Bill Lawrence
- 8AM-11AM: The Lenny Palmer Show with Lenny Palmer (on WLIP since 1998)
- 11AM-12PM: Music Programming with Tim Allen
- 12PM-12:30PM: The Midday Report with Lisa Tyler
- 12:30PM-5PM: Stateline Spotlight with Tim Allen
- 1PM-5PM: Oldies Radio
- 5PM-6PM: The K-Town Report with Lars Christiansen & Sara Vargas
- 6PM-5AM: Oldies Radio
Saturdays:
- 12AM-5:00AM: Oldies Radio
- 5AM-7AM The Weekend Wake-up Call with Pete Swizzle
- 7AM-8AM Paid Programming
- 8AM-9AM: Plant Chatter with Dick Lesko
- 9AM-9:30: The Doctor Of Design with Kathy Redlin (on WLIP since 1992)
- 9:30AM-10AM: On With The Show with Bill & Sue Lawrence
- 10AM-11AM: Where To Play Golf
- 11AM-2PM: Instant Replay
- 12PM-12:15 Weekend Report w/Karrie B
- 2PM-6PM: Oldies Coast To Coast with Johnathan Apple
- 6PM-11PM: Rock & Roll Never Forgets with Terry Havel
Sundays:
- 12AM-5AM: Oldies Radio
- 5AM-7AM: Health Talk, with Dr. Ronald Hoffman
- 7AM-11AM: The Music Of The Stars with Lou Rugani (on WLIP since 1992)
- 11AM-12PM: Kenosha Bible Church Live Broadcast (on WLIP since 1949)
- 12 Noon: The Sunday Midday Report with Lou Rugani
- 12:30PM-12AM: Oldies Radio
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