City Freeport, Illinois Frequency 1570 kHz | Branding The Big Easy First air date October 28, 1947 | |
Broadcast area Stephenson County, Illinois Slogan The Biggest Hits Of All Time | ||
WFRL 1570 AM is a radio station licensed to Freeport, Illinois. WFRL airs a 1960s and '70s Oldies format and is owned by Big Radio. Its studios and transmitter are at 834 North Tower Road, northeast of Freeport.
The station features local and Westwood One news, plus farm and local high school sports programming. Special weekend programs include The Charlie Tuna '70s show (Saturday 6am to Noon), American Top 40-The '70s (Saturday Noon to 3pm), and Dick Clark's Rock, Roll & Remember (Sunday 6am to 10am). WFRL operates 24 hours a day, but at one time was licensed as a daytime only station.
History
WFRL began broadcasting October 28, 1947, on 1570 kHz with 1 KW power (daytime only). The station was licensed to Freeport Broadcasting Company, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Vincent S. Barker; Sold to Triad Radio in 1959; Bradford-Ross Associates in 1977; Illinois Broadcasting in 1981 and several others.