WFAV

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Field	Value
name	WFAV
logo	WFAV Logo.webp
city	Kankakee, Illinois
country	US
area	Kankakee, Illinois
branding	WFAV 95.1
frequency	95.1 MHz
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airdate
format	Top 40 (CHR)
subchannels	HD2: Simulcast of WIVR (country)
erp	2,300 watts
haat	112 m
class	A
licensing_authority	FCC
facility_id	42656
coordinates
callsign_meaning	"Favorite Hits"
former_callsigns
affiliations	Premiere Networks
owner	Milner Media Partners, LLC
sister_stations
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WFAV (95.1 FM) "Your FAVorites from the 2000's to NOW!" is a radio station licensed to Kankakee, Illinois. WFAV has a Contemporary hit radio format and is owned by Milner Media Partners.

History

The station was built by Dennis Baldridge and Richard Shelton, engineers at 89.7 WONU, and originally held the call sign WKVF. As the station was coming on the air, it was sold to Rollings Communications for $90,000. Its call sign was changed to WZZP by the time it began broadcasting in October 1992. 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. In 1995, the station was sold to Milner Broadcasting, headed by Tim Milner, for $425,000.

In March 1995, the station adopted an oldies format, branded "The Valley", and the station's call sign was changed to WVLI. The station was simulcast on WFAV 103.7 from the station's sign-on in 2007 until 2011. WFAV 103.7 would end the simulcast and begin airing a CHR format. In August 2012, the station began simulcasting on 92.7 WKIF.

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. 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. On February 20, 2013, the station's call sign was changed to WFAV (which moved from 103.7) and its simulcast with 103.7 ended, as 103.7 adopted a country format as WYUR, which is a simulcast of 101.7 WIVR. In 2018, Milner Broadcasting was sold to the newly formed Milner Media Partners.

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