In this episode of Beyond the Watertower, Emily and Noah explore the Mount Prospect’s now defunct radio station and why they stations operators are called the radio pirates after their battle with the federal government and the agency that eventually became the FCC.
After, they examine some of the most prominent Mount Prospect street names – like Kensington, Memory Lane, and Central – and the interesting stories behind them.
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Donald Moore • Jan 18, 2026 at 4:58 pm
My Great Grandfather was William Wille.My Grandfather Adolph Wille.My Mother was Marvella Wille.They lived at 2 North Wille Street.My mother meet my Father when he was coming up to Great Lakes Naval Academy the summer right before Pearl Harbor on a train coming from southern Illinois where she had been visiting a girlfriend.