WNIL AM 1290 Niles 
Slogan/Positioner: Hometown 1290; The Voice of Niles-Buchanan
Format: Talk
Web site: www.1290wnil.com
E-Mail: visit web site
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Class: D
Daytime Power / # of Towers: 500 watts / 1 / omnidirectional
Nighttime Power / # of Towers: 44 watts / 1 / omnidirectional
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Call Sign History: WNIL
Call Sign Origin: Niles
On Air Date: 1956
Owner: Federated Media
Telephone: (269) 683-6123
Notes/History:
- 3/2007: Format change to syndicated talk.
- Early 2007: Local news and talk programs are dropped; station is mostly just carrying ABC's satellite music programming.
- Summer 2006: ABC radio ends 'Unforgettable Favorites' Soft Rock format that WNIL had been airing. ABC's 'Stardust' Adult Standards format is relaunched as 'Timeless Classics' - a hybrid between the other two formats and WNIL begins airing 'Timeless Classics' for its musical programming.
- 4/3/2000: Drops Oldies (Jones) in favor of Middle-of-the-Road format
- 7/1999: FCC approves license transfer from Niles Broadcasting to Pathfinder Communications (Federated Media) along with sister station WAOR-FM 95.3
- 1/1999: Drops sports programming and is Oldies full time
- 1964: Tommy James records 'Hanky Panky' in the WNIL studios; the song becomes the biggest hit of the summer in 1966 after it is released on Snap Records
Center of antenna array/transmitter location:
Berrien County
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