:''For the television station in Wilmington, North Carolina go to WILM-LP'' WILM-AM is a News/Talk-formatted Radio station broadcasting at 1450 KHz in Wilmington,_Delaware, USA. Often mistakenly called "the birthplace of Talk_radio," WILM is best known as the station where radio and Television personality Joe_Pyne honed his skills in the 1950s and developed the confrontational style that would make him famous. Another well-known WILM personality was Tom_Mees (ESPN) who worked at the station in the 1970s. In the 1950s and 1960s WILM, under the ownership of Ewing Hawkins, experimented with various music formats, including Top-40 and MOR (middle-of-the-road). In the early 1970s WILM adopted an Adult_contemporary_music format and featured an all-night block of Rhythm_and_blues music geared to the city's African-American community. In January of 1976 WILM switched to an All-news format, using the ill-fated NIS (News and Information Service), operated by NBC. Eventually the station modified its format and affiliated with the CBS radio news network. Despite its relatively weak AM_broadcasting signal, WILM competed closely with rival WDEL in the Arbitron rating service. In 2004, owner Sally V. Hawkins sold WILM to Clear_Channel_Communications for $4 Million. On July 28, 2006, WILM-AM dropped the national newscasts from CBS Radio News and now is broadcasting newscasts from Fox News Radio ==External links== *WILM Official Site ILM