WJBC-FM

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WJBC-FM
Broadcast area Bloomington-Normal
Frequency 93.7 MHz
Branding93.7 Nash Icon
Programming
Format Country
Ownership
Owner
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 ID 37818
Class B1
ERP 12,000 watts
HAAT 144 meters (472 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 40°45′27.1″N88°37′40.2″W / 40.757528°N 88.627833°W / 40.757528; -88.627833 (NAD83)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.937nashicon.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]

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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.

WJBC-FM will go silent in March 2025. It is one of 11 Cumulus stations to close the weekend of March 14, as part of a larger shutdown of underperforming Cumulus stations. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  8. ↑ Venta, Lance (March 14, 2025). "Twenty Cumulus & Townsquare Media Stations Cease Operations With More To Come". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
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