WVIL (101.3 FM) is an American

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licensed to serve the

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Virginia, Illinois Virginia is a city and the county seat in Cass County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,514 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Virginia has a total area of , of which (or 94.96%) is land and ...

, since 1998. The station's

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is held by Larry Bostwick's LB Sports Productions LLC.

Programming

WVIL broadcasts a

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as an affiliate of the

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and

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networks since July 2004. , weekday programming includes '' The Steve Czaban Show'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''The Loose Cannons'' with Pat O'Brien,

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, and Vic "The Brick" Jacobs, plus ''Into the Night'' with

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, and ''The J.T. the Brick Show'' with J.T. the Brick and Tomm Looney. Sports broadcasts on WVIL include

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baseball,

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football,

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basketball, plus both

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and

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stock car racing.

History

In February 1995, Mark J. Langston applied to the

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(FCC) for a

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for a new broadcast radio station. The FCC granted this permit on August 8, 1995, with a scheduled expiration date of February 8, 1997. The new station was assigned

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"WAOG" on August 8, 1995. The call sign was changed to "WVIL" on November 2, 1995. After several modifications, construction and testing were completed in February 1998 and the station was granted its

on May 8, 1998. In December 2008, Mark J. Langston reached a deal to sell WVIL to Larry Bostwick through his LB Sports Productions LLC holding company for $180,000. Bostwick had already been operating the station for several years under a

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. The FCC approved the deal on February 3, 2009, and the transaction was completed on February 6, 2009.

References

External links

WVIL official websiteLB Sports Productions
* {{Sports Radio Stations in Illinois

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Sports radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1998 Cass County, Illinois Infinity Sports Network stations