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- WFPS abstract "WFPS is a FM radio station in Freeport, Illinois, operating on an assigned frequency of 92.1 megahertz as authorized by the Federal Communications Commission.WFPS signed on the air on November 1, 1970 under the caller letters of WACI with an effective radiated power of 3,000 watts. The station was started by Ruth and F.X. Mahoney. The studios were in a double wide trailer custom designed for a radio station located on highway 20, five miles west of Freeport, IL. Its format was easy listening music. The staff consisted of Ruth Mahoney, Dick Carroll, Al Newman, Lee Newman, Lee Jackson, Mike Dierdorf, Barb Cremer, John Shepler, Jim Runkle, Helen Hawkins, Bob Spencer, John Byers and Sherwin Williams (not the paint guy).In the summer of 1972 WACI was sold to Bob Barry and Bill James from Milwaukee. Bob was the morning DJ on WOKY. When the sale of the station was approved the format changed to a top 40 format. The station sounded very much like WOKY. Among the DJ's were Joe Benson, Scott Bell, Jay Allan Reese, John Q, Mike Raub, Chris O'Brian and others.Joe Benson went on to bigger and better jobs as a DJ after leaving WACI in the summer of 1974. He worked at several stations in the Milwaukee, WI market and eventually ended up in Los Angeles and is currently the afternoon DJ on 95.5 KLOS and is the host of the national syndicated show "Off The Record".When Bill James died in 1973 the station was sold to P.J. Broderick with another silent partner. The station continued with its Top 40 format until the station was sold to Dick Weis in December 1981. Dick Weis did not like the connotation "WACKY" so the caller letters were changed to WFPS and the format changed to an Adult Contemporary format in the fall of 1982. WFPS changed its format to an oldies format in May 1987. Milwaukee radio legend Pat Shanahan worked at the station in the 80's. Dick Weis owned the station until he became the mayor of Freeport, Illinois.In the spring of 1989 the station was again sold to a group of 4 investors (Friends Communications). The four investors included Chuck Brooks, a radio sales representative from Chicago; his brother, Mick Brooks, a dentist from Youngstown, Ohio, Bob Elliot, a radio consultant from Atlanta, and Robert Guererro, a real estate developer from New Jersey. Despite having no previous experience in the radio industry, Mick Brooks served as the station's General manager. The format switched back to Adult Contemporary with the change of ownership. The move backfired as Brooks struggled with staffing issues and financial problems and alienated many of the locals.On the 25th anniversary of the station (November 1, 1995) the station was again sold to Chuck Mills, an investor from Wisconsin. He held on to the station for 6 months before an offer was presented to him which he could not turn down. The station was again sold in the summer of 1996 to Mike Weckerly. Shortly after Mike Weckerly purchased WFPS, he moved the station out of the trailer it had been broadcasting from for 26 years into a real building that also housed WFRL on Tower Road. It was in August 1996 when WFPS got its first taste of digital automation using Scott Studios.Mike sold the stations in May 1998 to a corporate group from Rockford, IL (Radio Works). The station switched from its Adult Contemporary format to Country Legends in May 2001. In 2005 Radio Works sold its stations in Rockford and Freeport to Maverick Media.On June 1, 2006 the FCC approved the sale of WFPS (and WFRL) from Maverick Media to Green County Broadcasting which also owns WQLF (Lena, IL) and WEKZ AM & FM (Monroe, WI). The current format of WFPS is new Country.".
- WFPS broadcastStationClass "A".
- WFPS city Freeport,_Illinois.
- WFPS city Illinois.
- WFPS facilityId "22647".
- WFPS firstAirDate "1970-11-01".
- WFPS formerCallsign "WACI".
- WFPS frequency "0.0921".
- WFPS programmeFormat Country_music.
- WFPS sisterStation WEKZ-FM.
- WFPS sisterStation WEKZ_(AM).
- WFPS sisterStation WFRL.
- WFPS sisterStation WQLF.
- WFPS slogan ""Kickin' Country K92"".
- WFPS wikiPageExternalLink www.bigradio.fm.
- WFPS wikiPageID "17404672".
- WFPS wikiPageLength "4713".
- WFPS wikiPageOutDegree "26".
- WFPS wikiPageRevisionID "604205923".
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink Adult_Contemporary.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink Adult_contemporary_music.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink Category:Radio_stations_in_Illinois.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink Country_Legends.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink Country_music.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink Effective_radiated_power.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink Federal_Communications_Commission.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink File:WFPS921.png.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink Freeport,_IL.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink Freeport,_Illinois.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink Hertz.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink Illinois.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink Joe_Benson.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink KLOS.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink Los_Angeles.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink Maverick_Media.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink Megahertz.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink Milwaukee.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink Radio_Works.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink Radio_station.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink WEKZ-FM.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink WEKZ_(AM).
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink WFRL.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink WQLF.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLink Watt.
- WFPS wikiPageWikiLinkText "WFPS".
- WFPS airdate "1970-11-01".
- WFPS area "Northwest Illinois".
- WFPS city Freeport,_IL.
- WFPS city Freeport,_Illinois.
- WFPS city Illinois.
- WFPS class "A".
- WFPS erp "3600".
- WFPS facilityId "22647".
- WFPS format Country_music.
- WFPS formerCallsigns "WACI".
- WFPS frequency "92.1".
- WFPS haat "129".
- WFPS hasPhotoCollection WFPS.
- WFPS name "WFPS".
- WFPS owner "Big Radio".
- WFPS sisterStations WEKZ-FM.
- WFPS sisterStations WEKZ_(AM).
- WFPS sisterStations WFRL.
- WFPS sisterStations WQLF.
- WFPS slogan "92.0".
- WFPS website www.bigradio.fm.
- WFPS wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:FM_station_data.
- WFPS wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_Radio_station.
- WFPS subject Category:Radio_stations_in_Illinois.
- WFPS hypernym Station.
- WFPS point "42.32805555555556 -89.725".
- WFPS type Agent.
- WFPS type Broadcaster.
- WFPS type Organisation.
- WFPS type RadioStation.
- WFPS type Station.
- WFPS type Station.
- WFPS type Organization.
- WFPS type RadioStation.
- WFPS type Agent.
- WFPS type SocialPerson.
- WFPS type Thing.
- WFPS type SpatialThing.
- WFPS type Q15265344.
- WFPS type Q43229.
- WFPS comment "WFPS is a FM radio station in Freeport, Illinois, operating on an assigned frequency of 92.1 megahertz as authorized by the Federal Communications Commission.WFPS signed on the air on November 1, 1970 under the caller letters of WACI with an effective radiated power of 3,000 watts. The station was started by Ruth and F.X. Mahoney. The studios were in a double wide trailer custom designed for a radio station located on highway 20, five miles west of Freeport, IL.".
- WFPS label "WFPS".
- WFPS sameAs m.047d_9f.
- WFPS sameAs 4915045.
- WFPS sameAs Q7949460.
- WFPS sameAs Q7949460.
- WFPS lat "42.32805555555556".
- WFPS long "-89.725".
- WFPS wasDerivedFrom WFPS?oldid=604205923.
- WFPS homepage www.bigradio.fm.
- WFPS isPrimaryTopicOf WFPS.
- WFPS name "WFPS".