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=== Media === {{Main|WSPY-FM|WLPD-LP|WLPD-CD|WDYS (AM)|l4=WSPY-AM}} In 1974, Plano residents Larry and Pam Nelson founded Nelson Multimedia, Inc. Its first radio station was [[WSPY-FM|107.1 WSPY-FM]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Anonymous|title=WSPY-FM IL PLANO USA|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WSPY|work=FM Query Results|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=3 June 2012}}</ref> WSPY-FM broadcasts an [[Adult Contemporary|adult contemporary]] format, while its sister station [[WDYS (AM)|1480 WDYS]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Anonymous|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=69700|title=WSPY IL GENEVA USA|work=AM Query Results|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=7 June 2012}}</ref> (which is licensed in nearby [[Geneva, Illinois|Geneva]], but is broadcast out of Plano) broadcasts an [[adult standards]] format. WSPY-FM also covers local sports and news. In addition to the AM and FM stations, Nelson Multimedia's Plano broadcast center also broadcasts a low-power television station, [[WLPD-CD|WSPY-TV]] on analog channel 30<ref>{{cite web|last=Anonymous|title=WSPY-LP IL PLANO USA|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=WLPD-LP|work=TV Query Results|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=7 June 2012}}</ref> and digital channel 35.<ref>{{cite web|last=Anonymous|title=WSPY-CD IL PLANO USA|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=WLPD-CD|work=TV Query Results|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=4 June 2013}}</ref> WSPY-TV currently broadcasts local events, such as sports, city council meetings, and musical events. Plano news is covered by local newspapers, including: * The ''Plano Record''<ref>[http://www.kendallcountyrecord.com/aboutus.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217030649/http://www.kendallcountyrecord.com/aboutus.html|date=2013-02-17}} (the ''Plano Record'' is published by the same company as the ''Kendall County Record.'')</ref> * The ''Kendall County Record''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kendallcountyrecord.com/ |title=The ''Kendall County Record'' |access-date=2013-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605053511/http://kendallcountyrecord.com/ |archive-date=2013-06-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * ''Valley Life'' (formerly the ''Valley Free Press'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.midweeknews.com/|title=Local News DeKalb, Illinois|website=www.midweeknews.com}}</ref> * The ''Beacon-News'' <ref>[http://beaconnews.suntimes.com The ''Beacon-News'']</ref>
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