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Broadcast area | Bedford, IN area |
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Frequency | 1340 kHz |
Branding | 1340 AM WBIW |
Programming | |
Format | News Talk Information |
Affiliations | Fox News Radio, Premiere Radio Networks, Westwood One |
Ownership | |
Owner | Ad-Venture Media/Mitchell Broadcasting |
WQRK, WPHZ | |
History | |
First air date | 1948 |
Technical information [1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 438 |
Class | C |
ERP | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°52′23.00″N86°28′34.00″W / 38.8730556°N 86.4761111°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | wbiw.com |
WBIW (1340 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Bedford, Indiana, United States, the station serves the Bloomington area. The station is currently owned by Ad-Venture Media, Inc. and features programming from Fox News Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and Westwood One. [2]
The station began broadcasting in 1948 under the full-service format, playing a variety of music along with local and national news and sports programs. In the 1980s, the music switched to exclusively country music, and the format changed again in the mid-1990s to oldies.
Not long after WQRK's switch from AOR to oldies in 1999, WBIW began phasing out music programming and disc jockeys in favor of syndicated talk shows such as those from Rush Limbaugh and Dr. Laura Schlessinger. An interactive morning show and local news are still presented locally along with a multitude of talk and specialty programming throughout the week.
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