1. History
    WGSB  WFXW  WSPY 

2. References

3. External links

  image            = |  name             = WSPY|  city             = Geneva, Illinois|  area             = Kane County / Fox Valley|  branding         = America's Best Music|  slogan           = |  frequency        = 1480 kHz|  airdate          = November 11, 1961[1]|  format           = Adult standards|  power            = 1,000 watts day
500 watts night|  class            = B|  facility_id      = 69700|  callsign_meaning = |  former_callsigns = WGSB (1961-1980)
WFXW (1980-2002)[2]|  owner            = Nelson Multimedia Inc.|  sister_stations  = WSPY-FM, WSQR|  webcast          = |  website          = |

WSPY (1480 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult standards format. Licensed to Geneva, Illinois, the station is owned by Nelson Multimedia Inc. The station's programming comes from Dial Global's America's Best Music package.

History

WGSB

The station began broadcasting on November 11, 1961, and held the call sign WGSB.^[1][3] The call letters stood for Geneva, St. Charles, Batavia, or "Where Good Sounds Begin".^[3] The station was originally owned by the Fox Valley Broadcasting Corporation.^[3] Nelda Brickhouse, wife of WGN-TV sportscaster Jack Brickhouse, bought into the station 1966, purchasing controlling interest in 1970.^[3][4] For many years the station was known as the "Voice of the Fox River Valley".^[3][10][5]

The station primarily aired easy listening music, but in 1964 the station began carrying Dick Biondi's syndicated program from the Mutual Broadcasting System.^[3][6] The station also carried the Jim Ameche Show,^[7] along with community programming including high school sports and local call in program "Party Line".^[3] Bill Blough hosted an overnight country music program on the station from 1967 to 1970,^[8][9] and again in the late 1970s.^[10] The station otherwise aired a MOR format throughout the 1970s.^[1][11][12]

WFXW

In 1980, the station was purchased by Howard Miller, a former disc jockey and talk show host on 560 WIND.^[3][13] In December 1980, Miller changed the station's call sign to WFXW, after being unable to obtain the call letters WFOX.^[2][3][13] In 1983, the station was sold to Gamel Broadcasting for $580,000.^[14] In 1988, Louis Pignatelli purchased a controlling interest in the station.^[3][15]

WFXW aired a full service format, with local talk programs and a strong emphasis on local affairs, along with adult contemporary music.^{[3][16][17][18][19]} The station also aired big band and oldies programs, as well as farm reports, Paul Harvey, and Pacific Garden Mission's radio drama Unshackled!.^[17][20][21] By 1998, the station had adopted a classic hits format.^[22] In 2001, the station was taken off the air, and its transmitter site was sold for residential development.^[23] The station was sold to Nelson Multimedia later that year.^[24]

WSPY

The station's call sign was changed to WSPY in 2002, and the station returned to the air under special temporary authority (STA), running 125 watts, using a long wire antenna in Batavia, Illinois.^[25][2] The station aired an adult standards format, and was branded "Timeless Favorites", carrying Timeless network programming from Citadel Broadcasting until the network's shutdown in February 2010.^[26][27][28] The station then adopted a classic hits format,^[29] with programming from Cumulus Broadcasting's (formerly Citadel Media) Classic Hits network. In late summer of 2011, the station switched back to an adult standards format, with programming from Dial Global's America's Best Music.^[30] As of 2018, the station continues to operate under the aforementioned STA.^[31]

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