WILC

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WILC

City of license	Laurel, Maryland
Broadcast area	Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
Branding	"900 AM WILC"
Slogan	"Where Liberty Has a Voice"
Frequency	900 AM kHz
Format	Conservative Talk
Power	1,900 Watts daytime 500 Watts nighttime
Class	B
Facility ID	28279
Transmitter coordinates	39°4′57.0″N 76°50′19.0″W / 39.082500°N 76.838611°W / 39.082500; -76.838611
Former callsigns	WLMD
Affiliations	Fox News Radio
Owner	ZGS Communications Operated by Wallis Communications (ZGS Radio, Inc.)
Sister stations	WZDC-CD
Webcast	WILC Webstream
Website	WILC Online

WILC is a Conservative Talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Laurel, Maryland, serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.^[1] WILC is owned by ZGS Communications, though operated by Wallis Communications.^[2]^[3]

History

From 1965^[4] to the early 1980s, the station (then WLMD^[5]) broadcast a succession of formats in English; several radio personalities began their careers with the station.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Before 1969, WLMD was a MOR (Middle Of The Road) formatted radio station and held to the model created by WMAL and WBAL in Washington and Baltimore, respectively. Unfortunately, its lack of power, poor coverage area and day-time only FCC license severely limited its success. On March 14, 2011, WILC flipped to a Spanish Adult Contemporary format as Romantica 900 AM.

On February 3, 2014, the station changed formats to Conservative Talk.^[11] On the same date, Wallis Communications began operating the station under a Local Marketing Agreement.^[3]

References

↑ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
↑ "WILC Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Monday, February 3, 2014". Talk Media, Inc. February 3, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
↑ "Radio and Television Stations". Archives of Maryland Online. Volume 178. page 474. Maryland Manual, 1977–1978. Retrieved on August 25, 2008.
↑ White, Thomas H. "Washington, D.C. AM Station History". Retrieved on May 19, 2007.
↑ "Ken Merson". ultimateoldiesradio.com. Ultimate Oldies Radio. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
↑ "Ty Ford". ultimateoldiesradio.com. Ultimate Oldies Radio. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
↑ "Resume". stevethatdjguy.com. Steve Willett. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
↑ Chambers, Steve. "Jobs, Jobs, & More Jobs". stevec.us. Steve Chambers. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
↑ "98 Rock's Lopez Dies of Lung Cancer". WTOP-FM. Hubbard Broadcasting. May, 23, 2005. Retrieved February 4, 2014. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ Venta, Lance (February 2, 2014). "WILC Shifts to Talk". RadioInsight. Retrieved February 3, 2014.

External Links

900 AM WILC Online

Query the FCC's AM station database for WILC

Radio-Locator Information on WILC

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WILC

v t e Radio stations in the Washington, D.C. market

By AM frequency	Washington DC Washington DC 630 980 1120 1260 1340 1450 1500 Maryland 540 570 900 950 1030 1050 1160 1540 1560 1580 1600 Northern Virginia 730 780 920 1190 1220 1250 1310 1390 1460 1480

By FM frequency	Washington DC 88.5 89.3 90.1 90.9 93.9 96.3 97.1 98.7 99.5 100.3 101.1 103.5 107.3 Maryland 88.1 91.9 92.7 94.7 95.5 99.1 99.9 102.3 104.1 107.9 Northern Virginia 87.7 89.9 94.3 104.3 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.7

NOAA Weather Radio	162.45 162.55

By callsign	KHB36 WACA WAMU WASH WAVA WAVA-FM WBIG-FM WBQH WCRW WCSP WCTN WDCN-LP WDCT WETA WFAX WFED WFRE WGOP WGTS WHUR-FM WIAD WIHT WILC WJFK WJFK-FM WKDL WKDV WKIK WKIK-FM WKYS WLXE WLZL WMAL WMAL-FM WMET WMMJ WMUC WMZQ-FM WNEW-FM WNG736 WOL WPER WPFW WPGC-FM WPRS-FM WPWC WRQX WSPZ WTEM WTNT WTOP-FM WURA WUST WWDC WWGB WWRC WWWT-FM WWXT WWXX WYCB WZHF

Defunct Stations	WCAP WGMS WTWP WWZZ WHFS (FM)

Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 214 Sirius Channel 152 Washington DC metro markets Frederick, MD Fredericksburg, VA Baltimore See also List of radio stations in Washington, D.C. List of radio stations in Virginia List of radio stations in Maryland

v t e News/Talk Radio Stations in the state of Maryland

News & Talk:	WAMS-FM - Snow Hill WARK - Hagerstown WBAL - Baltimore WCBC - Cumberland WCBM - Baltimore WCTR - Chestertown WFMD - Frederick WFRB - Frostburg WICO - Salisbury WICO-FM - Salisbury WILC - Laurel WJSS - Havre de Grace WOLB - Baltimore WPTX - Lexington Park WTNT - Bethesda WWFD - Frederick

All News	WNEW - Bowie WTLP - Braddock Heights

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Maryland

v t e ZGS Communications

Radio Stations	WAMA WGES WILC¹

Telemundo Network Affiliates	KNSO² KTDO KVDA² WDMR-LP³ WNEU/WTMU-LP² WRDM-CD³ WRIW-CD WRMD-CD WTMO-CD WWDT-CD WZTD-LD WZDC-CD

Other stations:	WZGS-CD (silent)

¹ Operated under a local marketing agreement by Wallis Communications. ² The station is owned by NBCUniversal, but is controlled by ZGS. ³ The station airs the Jewelry Television Shopping network during the overnight hours.

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