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Radio station in Pontiac, Illinois From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WJBC-FM (93.7 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Pontiac, Illinois, in the Bloomington-Normal radio market. It is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts a country radio format, calling itself "93.7 Nash Icon." The transmitter is on County Road 3200 North in Weston, Illinois.[3]
Broadcast area | Bloomington-Normal |
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Frequency | 93.7 MHz |
Branding | 93.7 Nash Icon |
Programming | |
Format | Country |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WBNQ, WBWN, WJBC (AM), WJEZ | |
History | |
First air date | July 1969 (as WPOK-FM at 103.1)[1] |
Former call signs |
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Former frequencies | 103.1 MHz (1969–1990s) |
Call sign meaning | from WJBC (AM) |
Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 37818 |
Class | B1 |
ERP | 12,000 watts |
HAAT | 144 meters (472 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°45′27.1″N 88°37′40.2″W (NAD83) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | 937nashicon.com |
The station signed on the air in July 1969 as WPOK-FM. It had 3,000 watts and broadcast on 103.1 MHz. WPOK-FM simulcast its sister station WPOK (1090 AM), now off the air.[4]
WPOK-FM changed its call sign to WJEZ in November 1984.[5] The AM station went off the air in 1998.[6]
WJEZ was a modern country station by 1989,[1] and received authorization to move from 103.1 MHz to 93.7 MHz in the early 1990s.[7]
In 2003, the WJEZ callsign was moved to sister station 98.9 at Dwight, Illinois; that station still remains WJEZ as of 2010[update]. Replaing WJEZ on 93.7 was WTRX-FM, a classic rock station with the nickname "Thunder 93.7 WTRX". It later became "WTRX, The Oldies Channel", from the name of the Westwood One's music network format it used; the music network was purchased by Dial Global and WTRX-FM began using Dial Global's Kool Gold format, except during mornings.[citation needed]
In 2010, the station changed its call sign to WJBC-FM and began simulcasting the talk radio format on sister station WJBC (1230 AM) in Bloomington. On August 15, 2014, at 3 pm, WJBC-FM split from the simulcast and became one of the first stations to flip to the new "Nash Icon" country network as 93.7 Nash Icon.
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