WLUV

WLUV (1520 AM) is a radio station licensed to Loves Park, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Rockford area. Originally a daytime-only station, WLUV operates with reduced power at night. The station carries a Classic country, Sports and Talk format. WLUV is currently owned by Angelo Joseph Salvi, and broadcasts CBS Radio news. A sister station, WLUV-FM operated at 96.7 MHz, but is now known as WKGL-FM and is owned by Cumulus Media.[1][2]

WLUV
Programming
City	Loves Park, Illinois
Broadcast area	Rockford metropolitan area, Illinois
Frequency	1520 kHz
Branding	Luv Radio
Format	Classic country / sports radio / talk radio
Affiliations	CBS Radio, Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Angelo Joseph Salvi
History
First air date	February 14, 1963
Call sign meaning	"W Loves Park"
Technical information
Facility ID	2255
Class	D
Power	500 watts day 13 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	42°19′48″N 89°4′58″W

1520 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency, on which WWKB in Buffalo, New York and KOKC in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma share Class A status. WLUV must drastically reduce nighttime power in order to protect the nighttime skywave signals of the Class A stations.

Translator

In addition to the main AM station, WLUV is relayed by an FM translator to provide stereo with improved sound and wider nighttime coverage; WLUV transmits with 13 watts of nighttime power.

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	ERP (W)	Height (m (ft))	Class	FCC info
W287BY	105.3	Rockford, Illinois	151837	135	90 m (300 ft)	D	FCC

References

"WLUV Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
"WLUV Station Information Profile". Arbitron.

External links

WLUV in the FCC's AM station database
WLUV on Radio-Locator
WLUV in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

Radio stations in the Rockford, Illinois market
By AM frequency	1330 1380 1440 1490 1520
By FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.5 90.5 91.1 91.7 91.9 92.1 93.3 93.7 95.3 95.7 96.7 97.5 98.5 99.3 99.9 100.5 100.9 103.1 104.9 106.3 107.3
Digital radio	90.5-1 104.9-1 104.9-2 106.3-1
NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475
By callsign	KZZ57 W220BL W263BJ WBEL WBGR-FM WFEN WFPS WGEZ WGFB WHJG-LP WILV WJVL WKGL-FM WLUV WNIE WNIJ WNIU WNTA WQFL WROK WRTB WSEY WSJY WTPB-LP WXRX WXXQ WYRB WZKL WZOK
Nearby radio markets Chicago DeKalb Dubuque Janesville–Beloit LaSalle–Peru Madison Milwaukee–Racine Quad Cities See also List of radio stations in Illinois

Country radio stations in the state of Illinois
By AM frequency	750 910 920 980 1060 1230 1240 1290 1330 1350 1360 1440 1490 1510 1520 1530 1540 1570
By FM frequency	92.1 92.1 92.7 92.9 93.7 93.7 94.1 94.3 94.3 94.9 95.1 95.3 95.5 95.7 95.9 96.3 96.5 96.9 97.3 97.3 97.5 97.7 98.3 98.3 98.5 99.1 99.3 99.5 99.5 99.9 100.1 100.3 100.3 100.5 100.9 101.3 101.7 101.7 101.9 102.1 102.1 102.3 102.3 102.3 102.5 102.7 103.7 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.5 105.9 105.9 106.1 106.5 107.3 107.7 107.9
By callsign	KSD (FM) – St. Louis, Missouri KSGM – Chester WAAG – Galesburg WAKO - Lawrenceville WALS – Oglesby WBBA-FM – Pittsfield WBWN – Le Roy WCAZ – Macomb WCCI – Savanna WCCQ – Crest Hill Canton WCOY – Quincy WCRC – Effingham WDDD-FM – Johnston City WDUK – Havana WDZQ – Decatur WEBG – Chicago WEBQ – Harrisburg WFMB-FM – Springfield WFPS – Freeport WFRL – Freeport WFYR – Elmwood WGEL – Greenville WGKC – Mahomet WGLC-FM – Mendota WHCO – Sparta WHET – West Frankfort WHPO – Hoopeston WIBH – Anna WIBK - Watseka WIBL – Fairbury WIBV – Mount Vernon WIRL – Peoria WIXY – Champaign WJBC-FM – Pontiac WJRE – Galva WJVO – South Jacksonville WKJT – Teutopolis WKRO – Cairo WLCN – Atlanta WLFZ – Springfield WLIQ – Quincy WLLR-FM – Davenport, Iowa WLUV – Loves Park WLWF – Marseilles WMCI – Mattoon WMCL – McLeansboro WMIX-FM – Mount Vernon WMKR – Pana WMOK – Metropolis WNLF - Macomb WOKZ – Fairfield WOOZ-FM – Harrisburg WRAM – Monmouth WRCV – Dixon WRIK – Brookport WRMJ – Aledo WRMS-FM – Beardstown WRUL – Carmi WRTB – Winnebago WRVY-FM – Henry WSEI – Olney WSIQ - Salem WSMI – Litchfield WSMI-FM – Litchfield WSVZ – Tower Hill WUSN – Chicago WUSW - Taylorville WXCL – Pekin WXNU – Saint Anne WXXQ – Freeport WYOT – Rochelle WYUR – Gilman WYXY – Savoy WZUS – Macon WZZT - Morrison
Defunct	WQQW - Highland (1510 AM)
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Illinois

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