WJBC-FM

This article is about 93.7 at Pontiac. For the original WJBC-FM on 101.5, see WBNQ.

WJBC-FM
Broadcast areaBloomington-Normal
Frequency93.7 MHz
Branding93.7 Nash Icon
Programming
FormatCountry
Ownership
Owner
WBNQ, WBWN, WJBC (AM), WJEZ
History
First air date
July 1969; 55 years ago (1969-07) (as WPOK-FM at 103.1)[1]
Former call signs
  • WPOK-FM (1969–1984)
  • WJEZ (1984–2003)
  • WTRX-FM (2003–2010)
Former frequencies
103.1 MHz (1969–1990s)
Call sign meaning
from WJBC (AM)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID37818
ClassB1
ERP12,000 watts
HAAT144 meters (472 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
40°45′27.1″N 88°37′40.2″W / 40.757528°N 88.627833°W / 40.757528; -88.627833 (NAD83)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Website937nashicon.com

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]

History

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. 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.

References

  1. ^ a b Broadcasting/Cable Yearbook (1989 ed.). p. B-96.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WJBC-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WJBC-FM
  4. ^ Broadcasting/Cable Yearbook (1975 ed.). p. C-60.
  5. ^ FCC callsign history. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
  6. ^ 1080 WPOK (AM) at Pontiac was FCC facility ID 37822; see Application Search Results. Its license was surrendered on March 24, 1998, and deleted on June 18, 1998, per FCC file number BR-19960724YV.
  7. ^ Federal Communications Commission file BPH-19920421IF. Retrieved September 23, 2010.