WERV-FM (95.9 MHz "95.9 The River") is a commercial radio station, licensed to Aurora, Illinois, and serving the western suburbs of Chicago.

[7][1] The station's call sign stood for Kane, Kendall and DuPage, which were the primary counties in its coverage area.

[12][13][14] Chicago weathercaster Tom Skilling began his career at WKKD, c. 1966, while he attended high school in Aurora.

[23][24] Throughout the 1980s, WKKD was originally used on a local access channel in Naperville throughout its AC days on Jones Intercable until the summer of 1988.

In the late 1980s, the station aired a soft AC format, as "Lite Mix",[25] with the branding changing to "K-Lite" in 1989.

[35][38] On January 25, 2001, the station became "95.9 The River", airing a classic hits format with the slogan "Rock 'N Roll Favorites for the 'Burbs".

[42] NextMedia sold WERV-FM and their 32 other radio stations to Digity, LLC at a price of $84,975,200; the transaction was consummated on February 10, 2014.