Licensed to Somonauk, Illinois, it serves DeKalb County and the Fox Valley, suburbs west of Chicago.
It is owned by Nelson Multimedia Inc., with programming coming from Westwood One's "America's Best Music" service.
[6] Bill Blough hosted an overnight country music program on the station from 1967 to 1970,[11][12] and again in the late 1970s.
[5][14][15] In 1980, the station was purchased by Howard Miller, a former disc jockey and talk show host on 560 WIND.
[6][19][20][21][22] The station also aired big band and oldies programs, as well as farm reports, Paul Harvey, and Pacific Garden Mission's radio drama Unshackled!.
In late summer of 2011, the station switched back to an adult standards format, with programming from Dial Global's America's Best Music.