WWIL (AM)

WWIL (AM) is a radio station broadcasting on 1490 kHz in Wilmington, North Carolina. The station airs a Gospel music format. WWIL is owned by Sunrise Broadcasting, LLC. The station's call letters, WWIL, historically stood for "Wilmington, IL," as the original WWIL was located in that Illinois town. However, the current WWIL in Wilmington, NC, retains the call letters without any direct connection to Wilmington, Illinois. The station is a Class C station, operating with 1,000 watts of power day and night from a non-directional antenna. Its signal primarily covers the Wilmington metropolitan area.