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 |
|---|
| 88.5 | WBNH | Peoria | Central Illinois Radio Fellowship | | 48,000 | WBNH | | | |
| 89.9 | WCBU | Peoria | | | 26,000 | Peoria Public Radio | | | |
| 90.7 | WAZU | Peoria | Sirius Syncope | | 500 | 90.7 WAZU | | | |
| 91.5 | WCIC | | | | 47,000 | 91.5 WCIC | | | |
| 92.3 | WZPW | Peoria | | | 19,000 | Z 92-3 | | | |
| 93.3 | WPBG | Peoria | | [1] | 41,000 | 93.3 The Drive | | | |
| 94.3 | WPMJ | | | | 6,000 | 94.3 WPMJ | | | |
| 94.7 | W234AO | | Spirit Education Foundation | | 25 | | | | |
| 94.9 | WAAG | | (Galesburg Broadcasting) | | 50,000 | FM 95 | | | |
| 95.5 | WGLO | | | | 7,000 | 95-5 'GLO | | | |
| 95.9 | W240DM | Peoria | | | 250< | -- was 160 --> | 93.3 WPBG-HD3 (Freedom 95.9) | | | |
|---|
| 96.5 | WHPI | | (Advanced Media Partners) | | 4,000 | 98-5 Kiss FM | | | |
| 97.3 | WFYR | | | | 24,000 | 97.3 River Country | | | |
| 97.7 | (Part 15) | Peoria | | | | | | | |
| 97.7 | W249CZ | | | (CP) | 250 | | (CP) | | |
| 98.5 | WPIA | | (Advanced Media Partners) | | 6,000 | 98-5 Kiss FM | | | |
| 99.1 | W256CH | | Seventh-day Adventists (Illinois) | (CP) | 19 | | (CP) | | |
| 99.9 | WWCT | | (Advanced Media Partners) | | 2,000 | Peoria's CT 99-9 | | | |
| 100.3 | W262BY | Peoria | | | 140 | 93.3 WPBG-HD4 (1470 WMBD) | | | |
| 100.5 | WRVY-FM | | | | 3,000 | 100.5 WRVY | | | |
| 100.7 | W264AZ | | Seventh-day Adventists (Illinois) | | 38 | | | | |
| 101.1 | WZPN | | (Advanced Media Partners) | | 3,000 | 101.1 ESPN Peoria | | | |
| 101.5 | WBNQ | | | | --> | 50,000 | 101-5 WBNQ | | | |
| 102.3 | WKZF | | | | 4,000 | KZ 102.3 | | | |
| 102.7 | W274BM | Peoria | | | 10 | 93.3 WPBG-HD2 (102.7 SuperHits) | | | |
| 102.9 | WWKJ-LP | Peoria | Seventh-day Adventists (Peoria Christian Radio) | | 100 | | | | |
| 103.1 | WXEC-LP | | Eureka College | | 71 | EC 103.1 | | | |
| 103.3 | WLSE | | Seventh-day Adventists (Canton SDA Church) | | 5,700 | | | | |
| 103.5 | W278AE | Peoria | | | 50 | 89.9 WCBU-HD2 | | | |
| 103.9 | W280EJ | | | (CP) | 10 | | | | |
| 104.3 | W282AO | | Seventh-day Adventists (Illinois) | | 38 | | | | |
| 104.3 | W282BS | | Seventh-day Adventists (Illinois) | | 13 | | | | |
| 104.9 | WXCL | | | | 6,000 | 104.9 The Wolf | | | |
| 105.7 | WIXO | Peoria | | | 33,000 | 105.7 The X Rocks | | | |
| 106.3 | WPNV-LP | Peoria | Black Business Alliance (Peoria Chapter) | | 40 | WPNV | | | |
| 106.9 | WSWT | Peoria | | | 50,000 | Mix 106.9 | | | |
| 107.5 | | Peoria | (American Education Foundation) | align=right | (CP) | align=right | 225 | | (CP) | | |
| 107.9 | WPZA | | (WPW) | | 25,000 | 107.9 | Christian[2] | | | |
AM
| Freq | | | Owner | Start | Day Power
(W) | Night
Power | Nickname | Format | | HD |
|---|
| 1020 | WPEO | Peoria | | | 1,000 | 0 | WPEO | | | |
| 1140 | WVEL | | | | 5,000 | 0 | WVEL | | | |
| 1290 | WIRL | Peoria | | | 5,000 | 5,000 | Freedom 95.9 | | | |
| 1350 | WOAM | Peoria | (American Education Foundation) | [3] | 1,000 | 1,000 | | | | |
| 1470 | WMBD (AM) | Peoria | | | 5,000 | 5,000 | 1470 WMBD | | | |
| 1560 | WBYS | | (WPW) | | 250 | 18 | WBYS | | | | |
Television
| | | Owner | | Start | Digital
Ch. | | Nickname | Programming |
|---|
| 19.1 | WHOI | Peoria | | | [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-TV | Peoria | | | | 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-TV | Peoria | | | | 26 | align=right | | CBS |
| 31.2 | | align=right | Bounce 31.2 | Bounce TV |
| 31.3 | | align=right | Laff 31.3 | Laff |
| 31.4 | | align=right | Escape 31.4 | Court TV Mystery |
| 43.1 | WYZZ-TV | | | | | 28 | align=right | | Fox |
| 43.2 | | align=right | | This TV |
| 43.3 | | align=right | getTV 43 | getTV |
| 47.1 | WTVP | Peoria | | | | 35 | align=right | | PBS |
| 47.2 | | align=right | Kids | PBS Kids |
| 47.3 | | align=right | World Channel 47 | PBS 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
- 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; gone by 1959
- 88.5 WECU Peoria (1990s) - on air around 1989; 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; already gone by 1959; 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; already gone by 1959; 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; already gone by 1959; 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; already gone by 1959; 96.5 allocated to nearby Farmington in 1990s (now WHPI)
- 100.9 WBOD Canton (c. 1989) - not yet on air in 1989; likely never launched: adjacent 101.1 allocated to nearby Glasford in 1990s (now WZPN)
Low-power FM
- 103.1 WEUR-LP Eureka (c. 2001) - Likely never on air: Construction permit requested in August 2000 and issued 2001-06-27 to Eureka College; permit expired 2002-12-27 without license.[5]
- 106.3 Eureka (c. 2014) - Likely never on air: Construction permit requested in November 2013 and issued in January 2014 to Faith Baptist Temple in Eureka;[6] permit cancelled July 27, 2015 without license or callsign.[6] [7]
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; off the air but still holding permit in 1959; 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);[12] it was on the air as early as November 1957.[12] Channel allocation used by WWTO since 1 December 1986.
- 71 W71AE (1964 - 1979?) - This carried co-owned 31 WMBD-TV Peoria. License granted 15 November 1962;[13] A picture of the 485feet Rohn tower and its 16-bay antenna is shown in a Rohn advertisement in the 1 July 1963 issue of Broadcasting. Started around 1964.[12] Renewed November 1971.[14] WMBD-TV still shown as having "1 trans." in 1975 Yearbook. Guessed as deleted in 1979 in W9WI translator listing.[15]
- 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.[16] It was no longer in TV Guide by the end of 1964.[12]
Print
- The Community Word - monthly community newspaper that covers neighborhoods and local politics[17]
- Numero - monthly entertainment guide
- Peoria Journal Star - daily newspaper
- Peoria Magazines group - includes Peoria Progress Plays, Art & Society, InterBusiness Issues, and the Peoria Woman
External links
Notes and References
- What is now 93.3 was on 92.5 until the 1960s.
- News: . Peoria, Illinois . On the Air: Roaming along with WOAM once again . 2011-01-02 . Tarter . Steve . 2011-01-10.
- 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.
- Channel 19 signed on in October 1953: 1959 Yearbook gives October 12. 1989 Yearbook gives October 20.
- Web site: Application Search Details; File Number: BNPL-20000831ADZ . CDBS Public Access . Federal Communications Commission . Washington, D.C. . 2020-05-05 .
- Web site: Application Search Details; File Number: BNPL-20131114BIQ . CDBS Public Access . Federal Communications Commission . Washington, D.C. . 2020-05-05 .
- Web site: Station Search Details (Facility Id 196478) . CDBS Public Access . Federal Communications Commission . Washington, D.C. . 2020-05-05 .
- FCC Application Search Results for facility ID 52283. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
- Web site: DW67CW TV - Channel 67, Peoria, IL . Webotics . 2011-01-10 .
- FCC Application Search Results for facility ID 39510. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
- News: Community Antenna Franchise Activities . . 1965-03-01 . 97 . 2020-01-04 .
- 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 .
- News: For the Record, Actions of Nov. 15 . . 1962-11-26 . 88–89 . 2020-01-04 .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- http://thecommunityword.com/online/ The Community Word
