WJBC-FM (93.7

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) is a

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FM radio station

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, in the Bloomington-Normal

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. It is owned by

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and broadcasts a

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, calling itself "93.7

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." The

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is on County Road 3200 North in Weston, Illinois.

History

The station

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the air on . It had 3,000

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s and broadcast on 103.1 MHz. It used the

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WPOK-FM,

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ing its

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1080 WPOK (AM), now off the air. WPOK-FM changed its call sign to WJEZ in November 1984. The AM station went off the air in 1998. WJEZ was a modern country station by 1989, and received authorization to move from 103.1 MHz to 93.7 MHz in the early 1990s.

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Retrieved 2010-09-23. In 2003, the WJEZ callsign was moved to sister station 98.9 at

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; that station still remains

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. 93.7 became WTRX-FM, a

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station with the nickname "Thunder 93.7 WTRX". It later became "WTRX, The Oldies Channel", from the name of the

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's music network format it used; the music network was purchased by

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and WTRX-FM began using Dial Global's

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format, except during mornings. In 2010, the station changed its call sign to WJBC-FM and began

ing the

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format on sister station 1230

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in Bloomington. On August 15, 2014, at 3pm, WJBC-FM split from the simulcast and became one of the first stations to flip to the new "

" country network as ''93.7 Nash Icon''.

Past Logos

Image:WTRXoldies.jpg, "The Oldies Channel 93.7 WTRX" used until 2010 Image:WTRXthunder.jpg, "Thunder 93.7 WTRX" used during its classic rock days. File:WJBC stationLogo.png, logo used while simulcasting WJBC

References

External links

* {{Cumulus Media Radio stations established in 1969 JBC-FM Country radio stations in the United States Pontiac, Illinois 1969 establishments in Illinois Cumulus Media radio stations