WXNU

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = WXNU

| logo = File:WXNU Xcountry106.5 logo.png

| city = St. Anne, Illinois

| area = Kankakee, Illinois

| branding = X Country

| frequency = 106.5 MHz

| repeater =

| airdate = 2006[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/Broadcasting-2007-Yearbook-Page-Range-Guide.htm Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2007], Broadcasting & Cable. 2007. p. D-184. Retrieved August 26, 2018.

| format = Country music

| erp = 1,950 Watts

| haat = {{convert|141|meters}}

| class = A

| facility_id = 164267

| coordinates =

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns =

| affiliations =

| owner = STARadio Corporation

| licensee =

| licensing_authority = FCC

| sister_stations = WKAN, WYKT

| webcast = [http://streamdb6web.securenetsystems.net/v5/WXNU Listen live]

| website = [http://www.xcountry1065.com/ www.xcountry1065.com]

}}

WXNU (106.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to St. Anne, Illinois, and serving Kankakee County, and Iroquois County in Illinois, and Newton County in Indiana. The station first started its broadcasts in 2006.[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/Broadcasting-2007-Yearbook-Page-Range-Guide.htm Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2007], Broadcasting & Cable. 2007. p. D-184. Retrieved August 26, 2018. WXNU has a country music format and is owned by STARadio.

Hosts include Bill Yohnka, weekdays 6 am-9 am, Kendra, weekdays 10 am-2 pm, and Scott Hardy, weekdays 4 pm-6 pm.

Other programming includes Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton. Each week, a charted country star joins Helton to count down the week’s Top 30. It airs on WXNU on Sundays from 8am-11am.

During the high school football and basketball season, the station broadcasts the game of the week with Game Night.

WXNU is the most listened to radio station in Kankakee County.

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