Prestige Communications was a

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station group in

Macomb, Illinois Macomb is a city in and the county seat of McDonough County, Illinois, United States. It is situated in western Illinois, southwest of Galesburg. The city is about southwest of Peoria and south of the Quad Cities. A special census held in 2 ...

. It operated six stations in west-central Illinois owned by the husband-wife team of Bruce T. Foster and Nancy L. Foster. All six stations were sold to Virden Broadcasting Corp. effective November 30, 2015, at a purchase price of $725,000.

Station ownership

* Central Illinois Broadcasting Company — 74% Bruce Foster; 26% Nancy Foster shares voted by Bruce Foster ** 102.7

WJEQ WJEQ (102.7 FM, "Classic 103") is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format. Licensed to Macomb, Illinois, United States, the station is currently owned by Fletcher Ford, through licensee Virden Broadcasting Corp. The station is an affi ...

— from bankrupt McDonough Broadcasting, Inc. on 14 June 1989 * Colchester Radio, Inc. — 100% owned by Nancy Foster ** 1510 WLRB

— from WPW Broadcasting on 6 January 2009 ** 100.1

WKAI WKAI is a 25,000 watt FM radio station on 100.1 MHz in Macomb, Illinois, in west-central Illinois. WKAI has been on the air since June 6, 1966. It is owned by Fletcher Ford, through licensee Virden Broadcasting Corp. Survey after survey shows ...

— from WPW Broadcasting on 6 January 2009 ** 104.1

WMQZ WMQZ (104.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an active rock format. Licensed to Colchester, Illinois, United States, the station serves Macomb, and vicinity. The station is currently owned by Fletcher Ford, through licensee Virden Broadcastin ...

Colchester, Illinois Colchester is a city in McDonough County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,401 at the 2010 census. The city is named after the town of Colchester, England. Geography Colchester is located at (40.425174, -90.792339). According to th ...

— licensed as new on 9 June 1999 ** 104.7 WLMD

Bushnell, Illinois Bushnell is a city in McDonough County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,970 at the 2020 census. Geography Bushnell is located at (40.551667, -90.507921). According to the 2010 census, Bushnell has a total area of , of which (or ...

— from WPW Broadcasting on 6 January 2009 * Nancy L. Foster — as

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** 95.9

WNLF WNLF is a commercial radio station in Macomb, Illinois, broadcasting on 95.9 MHz FM. WNLF airs a country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United S ...

— FCC construction permit granted by Auction #25, MX FM 51, in 1996; licensed as new 16 March 2001

References

External links

Prestige Communications
— official site
"Local radio stations sold"
— July 17, 2008, article by Bill Ford of the ''Macomb Journal'' {{Prestige Communications, Defunct radio broadcasting companies of the United States Defunct broadcasting companies of the United States Macomb, Illinois Mass media in Illinois 2015 mergers and acquisitions