Media in Peoria, Illinois

Media in Peoria, Illinois

A listing of the broadcasters and published media targeted at Peoria, Illinois. TV information includes cities where Peoria TV has been dominant, including Bloomington/Normal full-power TV, and LaSalle/Peru TV before cable TV.

Contents

Broadcasting

Radio

Start dates are for the frequency/station license, not for callsign or programming that may have moved from license to license.

FM

Freq Call City Owner Start ERP (W) Nickname Format RDS HD
88.5 WBNH Peoria Central Illinois Radio Fellowship 01989 1989 48,000 WBNH Christian Yes No
89.9 WCBU Peoria Bradley University 01970-01 January 1970[1] 26,000 89.9 WCBU Public/classical Yes 2
90.7 WAZU Peoria Sirius Syncope 02010-06 June 2010 500 90.7 WAZU Community radio Yes No
91.5 WCIC Pekin Illinois Bible Institute 01983-11-02 November 2, 1983[1] 47,000 91.5 WCIC Christian AC No No
92.3 WZPW Peoria Oaktree (Townsquare) 01992 1992 19,000 Power 92-3 CHR/Rhythmic Yes[a&t] No
93.3 WPBG Peoria Triad 01947-04 April 1947[2][3] 41,000 93.3 The Drive Classic Hits Yes[a&t] No
94.3 WPMJ Chillicothe Allen C. Drake 01977-05-16 May 16, 1977[1] 6,000 94.3 WPMJ Christian talk No No
94.9 WAAG Galesburg John T. Pritchard (Galesburg Broadcasting) 01966-12-15 December 15, 1966[1] 50,000 FM 95 Country Yes[a&t] No
95.5 WGLO Pekin Oaktree (Townsquare) 01971-11-18 November 18, 1971[1] 7,000 95-5 'GLO Classic rock Yes[a&t] No
96.5 WZPN Farmington Mike Rea (Advanced Media Partners) 01997 1997 4,000 96.5 ESPN Radio Sports Yes No
97.3 WFYR Elmwood Oaktree (Townsquare) 01993 1993 24,000 River 97-3 Country Yes[a&t] No
97.7 (Part 15) Peoria Bradley University ? ? WRBU The Edge College radio No No
98.5 WPIA Eureka Mike Rea (Advanced Media Partners) 01989 1989 6,000 98-5 Kiss FM CHR/Pop Yes No
99.9 WWCT Bartonville Mike Rea (Advanced Media Partners) 01997 1997 2,000 WWCT Progressive Rock Yes No
100.3 W262BT Dahinda Seventh-day Adventists (Illinois) 02007 2007 120 [t]95.7 WVCL-LP Christian No No
100.3 W262BY Peoria Triad 02011 2011 140 [t]1470 WMBD (AM) News/Talk Yes No
101.1 WHPI Glasford Mike Rea (Advanced Media Partners) 01999 1999 3,000 101.1 JACK fm Variety Hits Yes No
101.9 WCUA-LP Peoria Peoria Chinese Ministry Association 02007 2007 66 (off air) (off air) No No
102.3 WDQX Morton Triad 01976-11-28 November 28, 1976[1] 4,000 102.3 Max FM Rock Yes[a&t] No
102.9 WWKJ-LP Peoria Seventh-day Adventists (Peoria Christian Radio) 02004 2004 100 WWKJ-LP Christian No No
103.1 W276CC Morton Radio Assist Ministry 02007 2007 10 [t]102.9 WWKJ-LP Christian No No
103.3 W277AQ Canton Horizon Christian Fellowship 02007 2007 80 [t]91.5 WCIC (off air) No No
103.5 W278AE Peoria Illinois State University 01997 1997 50 [t]89.1 WGLT Blues, Jazz No No
103.9 W280DL Dunlap Seventh-day Adventists (Illinois) 02007 2007 13 [t]102.9 WWKJ-LP Christian No No
104.3 W282AO Canton Seventh-day Adventists (Illinois) 02007 2007 38 [t]95.7 WVCL-LP Christian No No
104.9 WXCL Pekin Triad 01973 1973[1] 6,000 104.9 The Wolf Country Yes[a&t] No
105.7 WIXO Peoria Oaktree (Townsquare) 01972-05-14 May 14, 1972[1] 33,000 105.7 The X Rocks Active Rock Yes[a&t] No
106.9 WSWT Peoria Triad 01964 1964[1] 50,000 Lite Rock 107 Adult Contemporary Yes[a&t] No
107.9 WCDD Canton WPW 01968-10-07 October 7, 1968[1] 25,000 CD Country 107.9 Country music[4] Yes No

AM

Freq Call City Owner Start Day Power
(W)		 Night
Power		 Nickname Format Stereo HD
1020 WPEO Peoria Pinebrook Foundation 01946 1946[2][5] 1,000 0 WPEO Christian talk No No
1140 WVEL Pekin Oaktree (Townsquare) 01946-04-21 April 21, 1946[5][1] 5,000 0 WVEL Christian No No
1290 WIRL Peoria Triad 01947 1947[2] 5,000 5,000 Classic Country 1290 Classic country Yes No
1350 WOAM Peoria Nelson Broadcasting 01960-02-08 February 8, 1960[1][6] 1,000 1,000 ? Adult standards[4] No No
1470 WMBD (AM) Peoria Triad 01927-02-14 February 14, 1927[5] 5,000 5,000 1470 WMBD News/Talk No No
1560 WBYS Canton WPW 01947-10-05 October 5, 1947[1] 250 18 WBYS News/Talk No No

Television

Band
Ch.		 Call City Owner Operator Start Virt.
Ch.		 DTV Nickname Programming
19 WHOI Peoria Barrington Granite 01953-10 October 1953[7] 19.1 720p HOI 19 ABC
19 WHOI Peoria Barrington Granite ? 19.2 480i CW 4 The CW
25 WEEK-TV Peoria Granite Granite 01953-02-01 February 1, 1953[5] 25.1 1080i WEEK 25 NBC
25 WEEK-TV Peoria Granite Granite ? 25.2 480i Weather First AccuWeather
28 WYZZ-TV Bloomington Sinclair Nexstar 01982-10-18 October 18, 1982[1] 43.1 1080i Fox 43 Fox
28 WYZZ-TV Bloomington Sinclair Nexstar ? 43.2 480i THECOOLTV TheCoolTV
28 WYZZ-TV Bloomington Sinclair Nexstar ? 43.3 480i The Country Network The Country Network
30 WMBD-TV Peoria Nexstar Nexstar 01958-01-01 January 1, 1958[5] 31.1 1080i WMBD 31 CBS
30 WMBD-TV Peoria Nexstar Nexstar 02011-09-26 September 26, 2011 31.2 480i Bounce TV Bounce TV
39 WAOE Peoria Four Seasons Granite 01999 1999 59.1 720p My59 MyNetworkTV
46 WTVP Peoria IVPTC IVPTC 01971-06-23 June 23, 1971[1] 47.1 1080i WTVP 47 PBS
46 WTVP Peoria IVPTC IVPTC ? 47.2 1080i WTVP World PBS World
46 WTVP Peoria IVPTC IVPTC ? 47.3 480i Create Create
50 W50DD Peoria TBN TBN 01994 1994 50.0 No (off air) (off air)

Defunct

Radio

  • 1580 WWXL (AM) Peoria (1947–?) — sister to 94.1 WWXL-FM; in 1948, was on the air on 1580, with a construction permit for 1590;[2] gone by 1959[5]
  • 88.5 WECU Peoria (1990s) — on air around 1989;[1] time-shared frequency with WBNH Pekin; eventually went off air, allowing WBNH to go full-time
  • 93.3 WEEK-FM Peoria (c. 1948) — sister to 1350 WEEK (AM); not yet on air at start of 1948;[2] already gone by 1959;[5] frequency later used by WMBD-FM (93.3 WPBG); callsign later used by 98.5 Eureka
  • 94.1 WWXL-FM Peoria (c. 1948) — sister to 1580 WWXL (AM); not yet on air at start of 1948;[2] already gone by 1959;[5] now unusable: adjacent 94.3 later allocated to Chillicothe (now WPMJ)
  • 95.7 WIRL-FM Peoria (c. 1948) — not yet on air at start of 1948; [2] already gone by 1959;[5] now unusable: 95.3 Pekin allocation moved to adjacent 95.5 in 1980s with WGLO
  • 96.5 WMMJ-FM Peoria (c. 1948) — construction permit as of 1948;[2] already gone by 1959;[5] 96.5 allocated to nearby Farmington in 1990s (now WZPN)
  • 100.9 WBOD Canton (c. 1989) — not yet on air in 1989;[1] likely never launched: adjacent 101.1 allocated to nearby Glasford in 1990s (now WHPI)

Peoria area low-power TV

  • 16 W16AZ Lacon (c. 1994) — construction permit for Kelly Communications; expired in 1996 without being licensed[8]
  • 67 W67CW Peoria (1995–2005?) — M.C. Productions, 1101 S. "Mathew" St. and 1923 W. Lincoln Ave.,[9] 61605. Construction permit granted 1993-09-28; licensed 1995-06-29; application to move to channel 65 dismissed 1997-10-09; renewal on channel 67 on 1997-12-01; license expired 2005-12-01; deleted 2007-10-15.[10]

Bloomington TV

  • 15 WBLN Bloomington (1955?–1959?) — sold by Cecil W. Roberts to Worth S. Rough's WBLN TV Inc. on 13 July 1955;[1] off the air but still holding permit in 1959;[5] empty channel allocation moved to Champaign in 1967 for WICD; callsign reused by channel 43 from 1982 start until it became WYZZ-TV

Peoria TV in LaSalle-Peru

Until cable TV was common in the late 1970s, LaSalle/Peru received primarily Peoria television using television translators.

By March 1965, LaSalle, Spring Valley, and Peru already had CATV systems owned by The Television Transmission Company.[11]

  • 35 WEEQ LaSalle (1957–1970s?) — LaSalle's only full-power allocation, channel 35, started as WEEQ, a co-owned satellite of WEEK-TV Peoria (which was on 43 Peoria then on 25 Peoria);[5][12] it was on the air as early as November 1957.[12] Channel allocation used by WWTO since 1 December 1986.[1]
  • 71 W71AE (1964–1979?) — This carried co-owned 31 WMBD-TV Peoria. License granted 15 November 1962;[13] A picture of the 485-foot (148 m) Rohn tower and its 16-bay antenna is shown in a Rohn advertisement in the 1 July 1963 issue of Broadcasting.[14] Started around 1964.[12] Renewed November 1971.[15] WMBD-TV still shown as having "1 trans." in 1975 Yearbook.[page needed] Guessed as deleted in 1979 in W9WI translator listing.[16]
  • 78 W78AC (1963–1964?) — This carried 19 WTVH Peoria (now WHOI) in the early 1960s. Listed in September 1962 TV Guide.[12] License granted 18 February 1963.[17] It was no longer in TV Guide by the end of 1964.[12]

Print

  • Peoria Journal Star — daily newspaper
  • Numero — monthly entertainment guide
  • Peoria Magazines group — includes Peoria Progress Plays, Art & Society, InterBusiness Issues, and the Peoria Woman
  • The Community Word — monthly community newspaper that covers neighborhoods and local politics

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications. 1989. http://www.davidgleason.com/Broadcasting%201989%20Yearbook%20Page%20Range%20Guide.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-31.  Illinois radio on pages B-87–B-99: B-88 Bloomington & Canton; B-90 Chillicothe; B-92 Galesburg; B-95 Morton & Normal; B-96 Pekin & Peoria. Illinois TV on pages C-21–C-23.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Broadcasting Yearbook Number. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications. 1948. http://www.davidgleason.com/Broadcasting%201948%20Yearbook%20Page%20Range%20Guide.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-30.  Illinois AM on pages 94 & 98; Illinois FM on page 294. Page 326 shows 4 additional FM construction permits already in progress for Peoria.
  3. ^ What is now 93.3 was on 92.5 until the 1960s.
  4. ^ a b Tarter, Steve (2011-01-02). "On the Air: Roaming along with WOAM once again". Peoria Journal Star (Peoria, Illinois). http://www.pjstar.com/entertainment/x338105783/On-the-Air-Roaming-along-with-WOAM-once-again. Retrieved 2011-01-10. 
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Broadcasting Yearbook Number. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications. 1959. http://www.davidgleason.com/Broadcasting%201959%20Yearbook%20Page%20Range%20Guide.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-30.  Illinois radio on pages B-142–B-146. Page B-23 shows Bloomington TV; page B-25 shows LaSalle and Peoria TV as well as unused Galesburg and Pekin allotments.
  6. ^ On 1350 kHz, 1948 Broadcasting Yearbook shows year 1947 for WEEK (AM); but 1989 Yearbook shows year 1960 for WXCL (AM). Reference does not mention whether 1947 station was deleted and replaced rather than transferred.
  7. ^ Channel 19 signed on in October 1953: 1959 Yearbook gives October 12. 1989 Yearbook gives October 20.
  8. ^ FCC Application Search Results for facility ID 52283. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
  9. ^ "DW67CW TV - Channel 67, Peoria, IL". Webotics. http://www.goodtimepeoria.com/TV/DW67CW. Retrieved 2011-01-10. 
  10. ^ FCC Application Search Results for facility ID 39510. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
  11. ^ "Community antenna franchise activities". Broadcasting: p. 97. 1965-03-01. http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC/60s-OCR/BC%201965%2003%2001-Page-97.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-10. 
  12. ^ a b c d e Quick, Doug (2010-09-18). "Other Television History". http://www.dougquick.com/othertelevisionhistory2.html. Retrieved 2011-01-10. 
  13. ^ "For the Record". Broadcasting: pp. 88–89. 1962-11-26. http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC/60s-OCR/BC%201962%2011%2026-Page-89.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-10. 
  14. ^ "For towers of all kinds call Rohn", Broadcasting: p. 65, 1963-07-01, http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC/60s-OCR/BC%201963%2007%2001-Page-63.pdf, retrieved 2011-01-10 
  15. ^ "For the Record". Broadcasting: pp. 40–42. 1971-08-16. http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC/70s-OCR/BC-1971-08-16-Page-42.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-10. "Broadcast Bureau granted renewal of licenses for the following UHF sand VHF translators ... W49AA Springfield and W71AE LaSalle, both Illinois" 
  16. ^ Smith, D.. "Defunct translators above channel 69". http://www.w9wi.com/articles/gt69.html. Retrieved 2011-01-10. ""Now" is my best guess as to what happened to the translator in question. Many of these are probably wrong. W71AE ... Del 1979" 
  17. ^ "For the Record". Broadcasting. 1963-02-25. http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC/60s-OCR/BC%201963%2002%2025-Page-79.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-10. "W78AC, Metromedia Inc., Peru, LaSalle, Ottawa, and Streater [sic], all Illinois, and change type trans." 

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