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WZPN
WZPN (101.1 FM, "ESPN Peoria") is a radio station for Glasford, Illinois in the Peoria, Illinois radio market. From September 26, 2010 to June 6, 2018 the station aired the adult hits format Jack FM, before becoming an affiliate of ESPN Radio. History Neil A. Rhones and Luann C. Dahl applied for a new station on 101.1 MHz at Canton, Illinois, and were granted a construction permit in 1996. The call sign WBDM was assigned to this station. In 1997, Rhones and Dahl asked the Federal Communications Commission to move Canton's 101.1 MHz allocation, with their construction permit, to Glasford, Illinois, claiming that moving the city of license would result in adding 81,024 people to the coverage area while only losing 8,754. The FCC granted the request on August 26, 1996. In June 1999, Rhones and Dahl assigned their construction permit to Two Petaz, Inc., which was based in Nashville, Tennessee and whose president was Bargard H. Walters. The station's call sign was c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WHPI
WHPI (96.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Farmington, Illinois, and serving the Peoria metropolitan area. The station broadcasts a Top 40 - CHR radio format, simulcast with WPIA 98.5 FM. Both stations are owned and operated by Advanced Media Partners, LLC, and are known as 96.5 and 98.5 KISS FM. WHPI and WPIA carry two nationally syndicated shows from Premiere Networks: ''Elvis Duran and the Morning Show'' from WHTZ New York City and ''American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest'' on weekends. History The station was assigned the call sign WJPL in 1997 and received its license on February 13, 1998. It came on the air under the ownership of Ann Johnston and Mike Rea. Johnston and Rea merged their station ownership into a larger group, AAA Entertainment, in June 2000. The radio station originally went on the air in November 1997 with a rock format, then changed to "Smooth Jazz 96.5" through the rest of the decade. In August 2001, WJPL flipped to Hot AC as "The Poin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of ESPN Radio Affiliates
This listing of radio stations that are branded as ESPN Radio is an incomplete sampling of major markets (as of November 2020). The full list of "full-time" affiliates (not all of which are branded "ESPN Radio") can be found at the ESPN website. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Canada ESPN owns a minority interest in the sports network TSN TSN may refer to: Science and technology * Translin, DNA binding protein involved in microRNA func ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPIA
WPIA (98.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Eureka, Illinois, and serving the Peoria metropolitan area. The station broadcasts a Top 40 - CHR radio format, simulcast with WHPI 96.5 FM. Both stations are owned and operated by Advanced Media Partners, LLC, and are known as 96.5 and 98.5 KISS FM. WPIA and WHPI carry two nationally syndicated shows from Premiere Networks: ''Elvis Duran and the Morning Show'' from WHTZ New York City and ''American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest'' on weekends, along with ''Liveline'' hosted live by Mason Kelter from his house in Boston every weeknight. History The station signed on the air on . It originally was WCRI, playing an adult standards - middle of the road (MOR) format. It was owned by Woodford County Radio, Inc. WCRI programmed local news, farm news including grain and livestock prices, high school and Eureka College sports as well as a blend of 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s music. Local librarians created and hosted a weekly fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWCT
WWCT is an FM broadcasting station licensed to Bartonville, Illinois. Through most of its history, the WWCT callsign was associated with Peoria's 105.7 frequency allocation; the call sign and related format was moved to 96.5 (Farmington) in 2003, then 99.9 (Bartonville) in 2006. The original 99.9 callsign, WIXO, and its music format, had moved to 105.7 in 2006. History 105.7 The original 105.7 was operating as WWTO in the early 1970s. In 1976, the station changed its callsign to WWCT and made its debut as an album rock station. Calling itself simply "106" or "WWCT" early on, by the 1990s, it was using the nickname "Rock 106". Locally owned until the 1990s, the station was then sold to AAA Entertainment. AAA gave the station the new nickname "Rock 105.7", then "Rock 96.5" when it moved the format to the Farmington-licensed frequency. 96.5 WWCT was moved to 96.5 in 2003 by AAA to make room for its new WXMP "Mix 105.7" on the more powerful signal. In January 2006, WWCT sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack FM
Jack FM is a radio network brand, licensed by Sparknet Communications, with the exception of the European Union where it is licensed by Oxis Media. It plays an adult hits radio format, format, in most cases not using disc jockey, DJs. Format characteristics Stations using the "Jack" name are strictly licensed by SparkNet Communications. There are several terms that each station must agree to, including the use of no disc jockeys for at least the first few months of the format. SparkNet has been protective of its format, unsuccessfully filing trademark infringement suits against Bonneville International for its use of the Jack FM trademarked slogan "Playing What We Want" and other similar phrases. For this reason, many stations airing a Jack-like format use slightly different slogans to avoid infringing on SparkNet's service marks: WBEN-FM in Philadelphia uses the tagline "Playing anything we feel like." On WLKO "102.9 The Lake" in Charlotte, North Carolina, the tagline is "We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSWT
WSWT (106.9 FM, branded as "Mix 106.9") is a commercial radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for much of November and December. It is licensed to Peoria, Illinois, and is owned by Midwest Communications, Inc. The radio studios and offices are on Fulton Street in Peoria. WSWT has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts, the current maximum for Illinois radio stations. The transmitter is on Grosenbach Road in Washington, Illinois. History The station signed on the air in 1964 as WIRL-FM. It was the FM counterpart to WIRL 1290 AM. It has since changed call signs to WIVC, WUHN and then to the current WSWT. For many years, it aired a beautiful music format, calling itself "W-Sweet" to go along with its call letters. The station played quarter hour sweeps of soft, instrumental cover versions of popular songs. Walter Thurman was a longtime announcer at the station. Beginning in the 1980s the station gradually evo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot AC
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet storm and rock influence. Adult contemporary is generally a continuation of the easy listening and soft rock style that became popular in the 1960s and 1970s with some adjustments that reflect the evolution of pop/rock music. Adult contemporary tends to have lush, soothing and highly polished qualities where emphasis on melody and harmonies is accentuated. It is usually melodic enough to get a listener's attention, and is inoffensive and pleasurable enough to work well as background music. Like most of pop music, its songs tend to be written in a basic format employing a verse–chorus structure. The format is heavy on romantic sentimental ballads which mostly use acoustic instruments (though bass guitar is usually used) such as acousti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WVEL
WVEL (1140 AM) is a daytimer radio station licensed to Pekin, Illinois, and serving the Peoria metropolitan area. It is owned by Cumulus Media with the license held by Radio License Holding CBC, LLC. It broadcasts an Urban Gospel radio format, with some Christian talk and teaching shows, and is known as "Central Illinois' Christian Voice." The radio studios and offices are on Eaton Street in Peoria. By day, WVEL is powered at 5,000 watts omnidirectional antenna, non-directional. But 1140 AM is a clear channel station, clear channel frequency, reserved for List of North American broadcast station classes, Class A WRVA (AM), WRVA Richmond, Virginia, and XEMR-AM, XEMR Monterrey, Mexico. So WVEL must sign off at sunset to avoid interference. During critical hours, WVEL has a power of 3,200 watts. History The station sign-on, signed on the air on . The original call sign was WSIV. It increased its power to 1,000 watts on 1948. The station was assigned the WVEL call letter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
