Request Radio The station began broadcasting December 3, 1971, holding the call sign WYEN. Contemporary and
middle of the road music was played on the station. In 1986, the station was sold to Flint Metro Mass Media for $8 million.
Z Rock On September 1, the station's call sign was changed to WZRC, and the station adopted a
hard rock/
heavy metal format, becoming the first affiliate of the syndicated
Z Rock network. Christian talk and teaching programs heard on WYLL included shows hosted by
Alistair Begg,
Chuck Swindoll,
Adrian Rogers,
Chuck Smith,
Beverly LaHaye,
Jay Sekulow,
James Dobson,
Hank Hanegraaff,
Janet Parshall, and Sandy Rios. As a Christian talk and teaching station, WYLL was branded "Your Station For Life" and later "Chicago's Word". In 2000, Salem acquired
WXRT 1160 (formerly known as WJJD) for $29 million. In February 2001, Salem moved the Christian talk programming of WYLL to 1160, along with the WYLL call letters.
WZFS (2001-2004) With the move of WYLL to 1160, 106.7's call sign was temporarily changed to WYLL-FM. The station was launched with "40 days and 40 nights" of commercial free music. Shortly thereafter, the station's call sign was changed to WZFS. such as
Atlanta, on
WFSH-FM 104.7, and
Los Angeles, on 95.9
KFSH-FM. In 2004, Salem agreed to trade WZFS and KSFB 100.7 (now
KVVZ) in the San Francisco area to
Univision in exchange for KOBT 100.7 in the
Houston area (now
KKHT-FM), KHCK 1480 in
Dallas (now
KNGO), KOSL-FM 94.3 in
Sacramento (now
KGRB), and 560
WIND in Chicago.
WPPN (2004-present) On November 1, 2004, at midnight, after playing "Remember Me" by Mark Schultz, WZFS signed off with sounds of water. After a brief period of
dead air, Univision took control and launched a
Spanish-language
adult contemporary format on the station, branded "". The station's call sign was changed to WPPN shortly thereafter. On January 28, 2009, sister station
WVIV-FM changed its format to Spanish oldies and WPPN adopted a Spanish
CHR/
Hurban format as "". On July 1, 2011, WPPN changed their format back to Spanish adult contemporary, and re-branded as "", while the previous "" format moved to
WVIV-FM 103.1 FM/
WVIX 93.5 FM. In March 2014, WPPN rebranded as "". ==Translator==