Media in Peoria, Illinois explained

This is 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.

Radio

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

FM

Freq Owner Start ERP (W) Nickname Format HD
88.5WBNHPeoria Central Illinois Radio Fellowship 48,000 WBNH
89.9WCBUPeoria 26,000 Peoria Public Radio
90.7WAZUPeoria Sirius Syncope 500 90.7 WAZU
91.5WCIC47,000 91.5 WCIC
92.3WZPWPeoria 19,000 Z 92-3
93.3WPBGPeoria [1] 41,000 93.3 The Drive
94.3WPMJ6,000 94.3 WPMJ
94.7W234AOSpirit Education Foundation 25
94.9WAAG (Galesburg Broadcasting) 50,000 FM 95
95.5WGLO7,000 95-5 'GLO
95.9W240DMPeoria 250<-- was 160 --> 93.3 WPBG-HD3 (Freedom 95.9)
96.5WHPI (Advanced Media Partners) 4,000 98-5 Kiss FM
97.3WFYR24,000 97.3 River Country
97.7(Part 15)Peoria
97.7W249CZ(CP) 250(CP)
98.5WPIA (Advanced Media Partners) 6,000 98-5 Kiss FM
99.1W256CHSeventh-day Adventists (Illinois) (CP) 19 (CP)
99.9WWCT (Advanced Media Partners) 2,000 Peoria's CT 99-9
100.3W262BYPeoria 140 93.3 WPBG-HD4 (1470 WMBD)
100.5WRVY-FM3,000 100.5 WRVY
100.7W264AZSeventh-day Adventists (Illinois) 38
101.1WZPN (Advanced Media Partners) 3,000 101.1 ESPN Peoria
101.5WBNQ--> 50,000 101-5 WBNQ
102.3WKZF4,000 KZ 102.3
102.7W274BMPeoria 10 93.3 WPBG-HD2 (102.7 SuperHits)
102.9WWKJ-LPPeoria Seventh-day Adventists (Peoria Christian Radio) 100
103.1WXEC-LPEureka College71 EC 103.1
103.3WLSESeventh-day Adventists (Canton SDA Church) 5,700
103.5W278AEPeoria 50 89.9 WCBU-HD2
103.9W280EJ(CP) 10
104.3W282AOSeventh-day Adventists (Illinois) 38
104.3W282BSSeventh-day Adventists (Illinois) 13
104.9WXCL6,000 104.9 The Wolf
105.7WIXOPeoria 33,000 105.7 The X Rocks
106.3WPNV-LPPeoria Black Business Alliance (Peoria Chapter) 40 WPNV
106.9WSWTPeoria 50,000 Mix 106.9
107.5Peoria (American Education Foundation) align=right (CP) align=right 225 (CP)
107.9WPZA (WPW) 25,000 107.9 Christian[2]

AM

Freq Owner Start Day Power
(W)
Night
Power
Nickname Format HD
1020WPEOPeoria 1,000 0 WPEO
1140WVEL5,000 0 WVEL
1290WIRLPeoria 5,000 5,000 Freedom 95.9
1350WOAMPeoria (American Education Foundation) [3] 1,000 1,000
1470WMBD (AM)Peoria 5,000 5,000 1470 WMBD
1560WBYS (WPW) 250 18 WBYS

Television

Owner Start Digital
Ch.
Nickname Programming
19.1 WHOIPeoria [4] 24 align=right TBD Peoria TBD
19.2 align=right Comet TV Comet
19.3 align=right Charge 19.3 Charge Network
25.1 WEEK-TVPeoria 25 align=right WEEK 25 NBC
25.2 align=right Heart Of Illinois ABC ABC
25.3 align=right Peoria-Bloomington CW CW+
25.4 align=right Ion 25.4 Ion Television
31.1 WMBD-TVPeoria 26 align=right CBS
31.2 align=right Bounce 31.2 Bounce TV
31.3align=right Laff 31.3 Laff
31.4 align=right Escape 31.4 Court TV Mystery
43.1 WYZZ-TV28 align=right Fox
43.2 align=right This TV
43.3 align=right getTV 43 getTV
47.1 WTVPPeoria 35 align=right PBS
47.2 align=right Kids PBS Kids
47.3 align=right World Channel 47PBS World
47.4 align=right Create TV Create
47.5 align=right WTVP Remote WTVP Remote
59.1 Pekin Four Seasons Four Seasons 18 align=right infomercials Infomercials
59.2 align=right Grio 59.2 Grio

Defunct

Radio

Low-power FM

Peoria area low-power TV

Bloomington 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]

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Notes and References

  1. What is now 93.3 was on 92.5 until the 1960s.
  2. News: . Peoria, Illinois . On the Air: Roaming along with WOAM once again . 2011-01-02 . Tarter . Steve . 2011-01-10.
  3. 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.
  4. Channel 19 signed on in October 1953: 1959 Yearbook gives October 12. 1989 Yearbook gives October 20.
  5. Web site: Application Search Details; File Number: BNPL-20000831ADZ . CDBS Public Access . Federal Communications Commission . Washington, D.C. . 2020-05-05 .
  6. Web site: Application Search Details; File Number: BNPL-20131114BIQ . CDBS Public Access . Federal Communications Commission . Washington, D.C. . 2020-05-05 .
  7. Web site: Station Search Details (Facility Id 196478) . CDBS Public Access . Federal Communications Commission . Washington, D.C. . 2020-05-05 .
  8. FCC Application Search Results for facility ID 52283. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
  9. Web site: DW67CW TV - Channel 67, Peoria, IL . Webotics . 2011-01-10 .
  10. FCC Application Search Results for facility ID 39510. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
  11. News: Community Antenna Franchise Activities . . 1965-03-01 . 97 . 2020-01-04 .
  12. Web site: Other Television History . Doug . Quick . 2010-09-18 . 2011-01-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101216123237/http://dougquick.com/othertelevisionhistory2.html . 2010-12-16 . dead .
  13. News: For the Record, Actions of Nov. 15 . . 1962-11-26 . 88–89 . 2020-01-04 .
  14. News: For the Record, Renewal of licenses, all stations . . 1971-08-16 . 40–42 . 2020-01-04 . Broadcast Bureau granted renewal of licenses for the following UHF sand VHF translators ... W49AA Springfield and W71AE LaSalle, both Illinois .
  15. Web site: Defunct translators above channel 69 . D. . Smith . "Now" is my best guess as to what happened to the translator in question. Many of these are probably wrong. W71AE ... Del 1979 . 2011-01-10 .
  16. News: For the Record, Actions of Feb. 18 . 1963-02-25 . W78AC, Metromedia Inc., Peru, LaSalle, Ottawa, and Streater [sic], all Illinois, and change type trans. . . 2020-01-04 .
  17. http://thecommunityword.com/online/ The Community Word