WILN

Radio station in Panama City, Florida

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.

## History

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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.

## External links

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* 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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Radio stations in Panama City, Florida (Bay County)

By AM frequency|

* 1000
* 1290
* 1430

By FM frequency|

* 89.1
* 89.9
* 90.7
* 91.7
* 92.5
* 94.5
* 95.1
* 95.9
* 97.7
* 98.5
* 99.3
* 100.1
* 100.5
* 101.1
* 102.7
* 103.5
* 104.3
* 105.1
* 105.5
* 105.9
* 107.9

| LPFM|

* 97.3

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Translators|

* 91.1
* 93.1
* 96.3
* 96.7
* 98.1
* 101.7
* 106.1

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel|

* 90.7-1
* 90.7-2
* 98.5-1

By call sign|

* W216BT
* W226CJ
* W242BF
* W244BM
* W251BM
* W269DR
* W291AD
* WASJ
* WBPC
* WDBW-LP
* WEBZ
* WFCT
* WFCX
* WFFL
* WFLF-FM
* WFSW
* WFSY
* WGSX
* WILN
* WJTF
* WKGC-FM
* WKNK
* WLTG
* WPAP
* WPCF
* WPFM
* WPHK
* WRBA
* WWLY
* WYBT
* WYOO
* WYYX

Defunct|

* WDIZ (590 AM)
* WKGC (1480 AM)
* WPCU-LP (106.9 FM)
* WTKP (93.5 FM)

Radio stations in the Florida panhandle
Fort Walton Beach
Panama City
Pensacola
Tallahassee

Other nearby region
Dothan

See also
List of radio stations in Florida

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CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of Florida

* Brandon
* WYPW-LP
* Cape Coral
* WXKB
* Daytona Beach
* WVYB
* Fort Walton Beach
* WZNS
* Gainesville
* WERF-LP
* WUFT-FM-HD3
* WYKS
* Homosassa Springs
* WXCV
* Jacksonville
* WAPE-FM
* WKSL
* Key West
* WEOW
* Madison
* WXHT
* Melbourne
* WAOA-FM
* WFKS
* Miami/Fort Lauderdale
* WHYI-FM
* Ocala
* WMFQ
* Orlando
* WXXL
* Panama City
* WILN
* Sanibel
* WHEL
* St. Petersburg/Tampa
* WFLZ-FM
* Tallahassee
* WHTF
* West Palm Beach
* WLDI
* WRMF-HD4

See also
adult contemporary
classic hits
college
country
news/talk
NPR
oldies
religious
rock
sports
top 40
urban
other radio stations in Florida

See also
Contemporary Hit Radio
Rhythmic
KISS-FM
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