WHIL Radio · Everett Public Libraries, Everett, Mass.

Title: WHIL Radio
Description: Everett used to have a radio station. In 1952 WHIL-AM signed on from a one room shack next to the Medford city dump (the present site of Wellington Station). In the beginning WHIL carried live events in Everett, Malden, and Medford, including store openings, news events, and sports. WHIL was also the first area station to broadcast rock & roll music on a full time basis. Over the years the local events were fewer and fewer and the station was sold in the late 1970s. The new owner took their FM station, which was lying nearly dormant for years, started playing a popular form of music called disco and changed the call letters to WXKS-FM. Over the years, "Kiss 108" has been one of the most popular radio stations in the Boston area, and is now part of the "I Heart Radio" chain of stations.
Contributor: Institution: Everett Public Libraries
Coverage: Massachusetts - Middlesex (county) - Everett
Creator: City of Everett
Format: image/jpeg
Source: Everett Evening News-Gazette
Subject: Radio stations
Type: still image
Original Format: newspaper clipping