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:''This article is about the radio station. Wils is also the abbreviation for the orchid genus Wilsonara. For the radio station in Lansing, Michigan, formerly known as WILS-FM, see WHZZ.'' WILS (1320 AM) is a news and talk radio station in Lansing, Michigan that broadcasts on AM 1320 with 25,000 watts. WILS is owned by MacDonald Broadcasting and features a local news department and a mixture of local and national talk personalities. WILS is home to the locally produced Morning Wakeup with Dave Akerly and the Capital City Recap with Michael Cohen. WILS focuses heavily on local issues and personalities, including business, culture, entertainment, sports, education and politics. Syndicated talkers Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham also can be heard on WILS. The station is an affiliate of Fox News Radio and the Michigan Radio Network. ==History== WILS was a popular Top 40 music station in Lansing during the 1960s and 1970s, becoming an adult contemporary station in the '80s, and enjoying success as an Urban Contemporary station in the late 80's and early 90's. The station switched briefly to a Country music format (simulcast with WILS-FM) in 1992, and then flipped to Adult Standards in 1993. One popular WILS personality during the '60s Top 40 era was John Records Landecker, who later went on to great popularity at WLS in Chicago and CFTR in Toronto. http://www.tomotoole.com Tom O'Toole], another popular Chicago radio personality, worked at WILS from 1969-1971. He left Lansing for 101 (WRIF ), Detroit, and later (WLUP ), 97.9 "The Loop" in Chicago. He currently does Weekends on True Oldies 94.7 (WLS FM ) in Chicago. WILS-AM was a fully staffed live radio station until January 17, 1984, when the station switched to mostly automation (the original automated format was Drake-Chenault's "Hitparade", a Big Band/Nostalgia format). WILS later became an affiliate of ABC Radio's satellite-delivered adult standards/MOR music package known as "Timeless Classics" (formerly "Stardust"). The station had had this format since the early 1990s and was quite successful in the ratings with it. The Timeless Favorites format moved to sister WXLA 1180 AM after that station was purchased by MacDonald Broadcasting; WILS and WXLA essentially simulcast each other with separate IDs and imaging until WILS changed to its current "More Compelling Talk Radio" format. On January 25, 2008, WILS turned on their new Windsor Township transmitter and became the most powerful AM station in Lansing. The new daytime signal covers all of mid-Michigan including Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Mt. Pleasant, and Jackson, and can be heard as far south as Bryan, Ohio. The new night power and footprint provides improved coverage in the Lansing area. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WILS」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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