WFAV
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| Broadcast area | Kankakee, Illinois |
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| Frequency | 95.1 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | WFAV 95.1 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
| Subchannels | HD2: Simulcast of WIVR (country) |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Milner Media Partners, LLC |
| History | |
First air date | October 1992[1][2] |
Former call signs | |
Call sign meaning | "Favorite Hits" |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 42656 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 2,300 watts |
| HAAT | 112 meters (367 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°04′41″N 87°45′22″W / 41.078°N 87.756°W |
| Translator | HD2: 96.1 W241BS (Bourbonnais) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WFAV (95.1 FM) "Your FAVorites from the 2000's [sic] to NOW!" is a radio station licensed to Kankakee, Illinois. WFAV has a Contemporary hit radio format and is owned by Milner Media Partners.[5]
The station was built by Dennis Baldridge and Richard Shelton, engineers at 89.7 WONU, and originally held the call sign WKVF.[2][3] As the station was coming on the air, it was sold to Rollings Communications for $90,000.[6] Its call sign was changed to WZZP by the time it began broadcasting in October 1992.[2][1][7] The station aired a classic rock format, and was part of a simulcast with 95.3 WZNF in Rantoul, Illinois and 107.9 WZNX in Arcola, Illinois.[2][1][7] In 1995, the station was sold to Milner Broadcasting, headed by Tim Milner, for $425,000.[8]
In March 1995, the station adopted an oldies format, branded "The Valley", and the station's call sign was changed to WVLI.[9][3] The station was simulcast on WFAV 103.7 from the station's sign-on in 2007 until 2011.[10][11][12][13] WFAV 103.7 would end the simulcast and begin airing a CHR format.[14] In August 2012, the station began simulcasting on 92.7 WKIF.[15]
On December 27, 2012, 95.1 began simulcasting the CHR format of 103.7, and "The Valley" oldies format was moved to 92.7. The two stations became known as 95.1 & 103.7 Hit Radio for the Kankakee River Valley.[16] On December 29, 2012, the WKIF calls moved from 92.7 to 95.1 and the WVLI calls moved from 95.1 to 92.7.[3][17] On February 20, 2013, the station's call sign was changed to WFAV (which moved from 103.7)[3] and its simulcast with 103.7 ended, as 103.7 adopted a country format as WYUR, which is a simulcast of 101.7 WIVR.[18] In 2018, Milner Broadcasting was sold to the newly formed Milner Media Partners.[19]