WALS

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WALS
City of license Oglesby, Illinois
Broadcast area LaSalle-Peru
Branding Wall Country Walls 102
Frequency 102.1 MHz
Format Country music
ERP 2,250 watts
HAAT 166.0 meters
Class A
Facility ID 17316
Former callsigns WZLC (1993-1995)
Affiliations Jones Radio Network
Owner Laco Radio
Sister stations WBZG, WGLC-FM, WIVQ, WSPL, WSTQ, WYYS
Website Official website

WALS (102.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Oglesby, Illinois, USA, the station serves the LaSalle-Peru area. The station is currently owned by Laco Radio and featured programing 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 letetrs WZLC on 1993-02-26. 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 1995-02-01, the station changed its call sign to the current WALS.[3] and started carrying separate country music programming.

References

  1. ^ "WALS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WALS. 
  2. ^ "WALS Station Information Profile". Arbitron. http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WALS. 
  3. ^ "WALS Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=17316&Callsign=WALS. 

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Radio stations in the LaSalle-Peru, Illinois market
Local stations:
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 • 104.7 • 106.1
By AM frequency
1220 • 1250 • 1430 • 1490
By callsign
WAJK • WALS • WBZG • WCFL • WCMY • WGLC-FM • WIVQ • WJDK-FM • WLPO • WLWF • WMKB (FM) • WNIW • WPRC • WRKX • WRVY-FM • WSOG • WSPL • WSTQ (FM) • WWGN • WYYS • WZOE (AM) • WZOE-FM
Chicago AM clears
670 WSCR • 720 WGN (AM) • 780 WBBM (AM) • 890 WLS (AM) • 1000 WMVP
Illinois Radio Markets: Bloomington · Champaign · Chicago · Decatur · LaSalle-Peru · Marion-Carbondale · Peoria · Quad Cities (Rock Island-Moline) · Rockford · St. Louis, MO ·
Other Illinois Radio Regions: Quincy/Hannibal · Springfield
See also: List of radio stations in Illinois