WILS
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| City | Lansing, Michigan |
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| Branding | 1320 WILS |
| Slogan | Lansing's More Compelling Talk Radio |
| Frequency | 1320 kHz |
| First air date | February 19, 1947 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 25,000 watts (Daytime) 1,900 watts (Nighttime) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 39537 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°37′19″N 84°38′38″W / 42.62194°N 84.64389°W |
| Affiliations |
Fox News Radio Michigan Radio Network |
| Owner | MacDonald Broadcasting |
| Sister stations | WHZZ, WQHH, WXLA |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1320wils.com |
WILS (1320 AM) is a news and talk radio station in Lansing, Michigan that broadcasts on 1320 kHz with 25,000 watts of power during the day and 1,900 watts at night. WILS is owned by MacDonald Broadcasting and features a local news department and a mixture of local and national talk personalities. The station is an affiliate of Fox News Radio.
WILS is home to the locally produced Morning Wakeup with Dave Akerly and the Capital City Recap with Michael Cohen. WILS focuses heavily on local issues and personalities, especially topics of political and business interests. It is the Lansing Market's home for syndicated talkers Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, Laura Ingraham, Lars Larson, and Coast to Coast AM.
Radio station WILS signed on in 1947 as a daytime only station at 1430 kHz with 500 watts of power. The transmitter for the station was located on East Mount Hope avenue, with studios located in Downtown Lansing at Saginaw and North Washington.
The exact sign on date is believed to be February 19, however transmissions from WILS could have been made as early as November of 1946 when a construction permit was granted. In 1949, the station moved to 1320 kHz and increased power to 1,000 watts with a directional antenna array located at 600 W Cavanaugh Road. In 1952, the Federal Communications Commission granted WILS to up its power once again to 5,000 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.
The station was once sisters with Lansing NBC television affiliate WILX-TV. The television station signed-on March 15, 1959 and was owned by Jackson Telecasters along with WJCO radio (AM 1510, now WJKN). The company was half-owned by Lansing Broadcasting along with WILS.
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