WILN

WILN

Panama City, Florida
Broadcast area	Bay County, Florida
Frequency	105.9 MHz
Branding	Island 106
Programming
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
Affiliations	Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	Magic Broadcasting II
Sister stations	WWLY, WYOO, WYYX
History
First air date	1985-04-21 (as WLVV)
Former call signs	WLVV (1985–1987)
Former frequencies	106.3 (1985–1988)
Call sign meaning	IsLaNd 106
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	4125
Class	C2
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	117 meters
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	island106.com

WILN (105.9 FM, "Island 106") is a US commercial radio station located in Panama City, Florida. WILN airs a Top 40 (CHR) music format. The station is an affiliate of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers radio network.

WILN signed-on on April 21, 1985, at 9:20 AM with a small 6 kW signal on 106.3 MHz as WLVV "Love-FM", a Soft AC station geared toward women between 25 and 54. Due to a lack of listeners, the station was determined to be unsuccessful, and because of such, it ceased broadcast in the afternoon of October 31, 1987.

In the name of "bringing the fun back to radio", owners Jim and Bertie Broaddus decided to completely revamp the station, and "Island 106" (with a new callsign, WILN), came into being on November 2, 1987. To begin with, WILN played a Classic rock format, and went head to head with WFSY. In 1989, WILN upgraded to 50 kW and moved to the current 105.9 frequency. Over the next year, the format evolved from Classic Rock to a Rock-leaning Top 40 format, eventually shifting completely to the Mainstream Top 40/CHR format that has continued since 1990, competing against WPFM.

Since the sale of competitor WPFM to Educational Media Foundation in 2018, WILN is the Panama City area's only Top 40 radio station.

• Island 106 WILN official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 4125 (WILN) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WILN in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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