WIIL (95.1 WIIL Rock) is a radio station in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It plays classic rock as well as new rock. The call letters stand for Wisconsin and Illinois rock, as Pleasant Prairie (The station's transmitter location) is right on the border of the two states. The morning show of Tom and Lisa is the most listened to program on the station. WIIL began in 1962 as WLIP-FM a simmulcast of its parent sister station WLIP 1050 AM. The station eventually seperated from a simmulcast and began running its own music programming from 6AM to Midnight. In the early 80s it became WJZQ with a Top-40 format as "Rock 95" In 1990 it became Dance CHR as "95 WJZQ" later "Power 95" and gradually returned to Mainstream Top-40 by 1991-1992. In September 1992 it became 95 WIIL ROCK with a classic based rock format. By the mid-late 90s it evolved into a Mainstream Rock (Classic & Current) format. In 2004 it took a more active rock direction while continuing to be a mainstream rock format. It is owned and operated by NextMedia and operates at 50,000 watts of power. A radio station is a sound broadcasting service. ... Kenosha is a city located in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. ... Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station broadcasting format which evolved from the album oriented rock (AOR) format in the mid-1980s. ... State nickname: Badger State Other U.S. States Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Governor Jim Doyle (D) Senators Herb Kohl (D) Russ Feingold (D) Official language(s) None Area 169,790 km² (23rd)  - Land 140,787 km²  - Water 28,006 km² (17%) Population (2000)  - Population 5,453,896 (18th)  - Density... State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) Senators Richard Durbin (D) Barack Obama (D) Official language(s) English Area 149,998 km² (25th)  - Land 143,968 km²  - Water 6,030 km² (4. ... The word morning referred originally to the sunrise, but has been extended to mean the whole early part of the day, from dawn to noon. ...

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