WCIC
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![]() WCIC Studio in Peoria | |
Broadcast area | Peoria, Illinois |
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Frequency | 91.5MHz |
Programming | |
Format | Christian adult contemporary |
Ownership | |
Owner | |
WBGL,WCFL,WIBI | |
History | |
First air date | November 1983 |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 28301 |
Class | B |
ERP | 47,000watts |
HAAT | 154 meters (505 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°33′28.1″N89°34′4.4″W/ 40.557806°N 89.567889°W |
Translator(s) | See§ Translators |
Repeater(s) | See§ Repeaters |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | www |
WCICis aChristian adult contemporarymusic station inPeoria, Illinois.It is licensed to the nearby suburb ofPekinand owned by theUniversity of Northwestern – St. Paul.Studios are located in northwest Peoria.
Repeaters
[edit]In addition to the main station at 91.5, WCIC simulcasts on full-power satellitesWPRC88.7 inSheffield, Illinois(servingSterlingandRock Falls),WSCT90.5 inSpringfield, Illinoisand relays via an additional five translators. Between them, WCIC's network stretches across most of west-central Illinois and easternIowa.
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | State | Facility ID | Class | ERP (W) |
Height (m(ft)) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WPRC | 88.7 FM | Sheffield | Illinois | 173264 | B1 | 8,500 | 127 m (417 ft) |
WSCT | 90.5 FM | Springfield | Illinois | 28285 | A | 3,800 | 125 m (410 ft) |
Translators
[edit]Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | State | Facility ID | Class | ERP (W) |
Height (m(ft)) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K247BW | 97.3 | Bettendorf | Iowa | 140129 | D | 40 | 95 m (312 ft) |
W255AI | 98.9 | Bloomington | Illinois | 28297 | D | 55 | 54 m (177 ft) |
W212AN | 90.3 | Jacksonville | Illinois | 28295 | D | 55 | 76 m (249 ft) |
W219DV | 91.7 | Jacksonville | Illinois | 87717 | D | 38 | 46 m (151 ft) |
W263AO | 100.5 | Galesburg | Illinois | 81198 | D | 19 | 99.2 m (325 ft) |
Frequency areas
[edit]- 91.5 WCIC Pekin, Peoria, Havana, Canton, Washington, Bartonville, Lewistown, Morton, Dunlap, and Surrounding Areas.
- 90.5 WSCT Springfield, Lincoln, Petersburg, Taylorville, Rochester, Chatham, Athens, Auburn, Sherman, Pawnee, Oakford, Kinkaid, Mt. Pulaski and Surrounding Areas.
- 88.7 WPRC Sheffield, Sterling, Rock Falls, and Surrounding Areas.
- 90.3 W212AN & 91.7 W219DV Jacksonville, Waverly, Alexander, Browning, Mt.Steling, and Surrounding Areas.
- 98.9 W255AI Bloomington-Normal, LeRoy, Shirley, Heyworth, Towanda, Lexington, and Surrounding Areas.
- 100.5 W263AO Galesburg, Roseville, Knoxville, Williamsfield, East Galesburg, and Surrounding Areas.
- 97.3 K247BW Bettendorf, Davenport, Moline, East Moline, Rock Island, and Surrounding Areas.
New Life Media Network
[edit]WCIC andChampaign-based sister stationWBGLare part of theNorthwestern Media.Between them, the two stations and their satellites and repeaters cover almost two-thirds of Illinois, as well as portions ofMissouri,Iowa,andIndiana.
On August 6, 2019, the Illinois Bible Institute reached an agreement to sell the entire WBGL/WCIC New Life Media Network to theUniversity of Northwestern – St. Paul,which owns and operatesa networkofcontemporary Christianstations and a network ofChristian talk and teachingstations, for $9,901,558.34.[2][3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for WCIC".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Northwestern Media Acquires WBGL/WCIC In Illinois",Radio Insight. August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
- ^"U. of Northwestern Buys 13 Stations From Illinois Bible Institute",HisAir.net. August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
- ^"Northwestern Media Moves to Buy New Life Media",All Access Music Group.August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
- ^"U. of Northwestern Buys 13 Stations From Illinois Bible Institute",Inside Radio.August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- New Life Media network- sister station info
- Facility details for Facility ID 28301 (WCIC)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WCICinNielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 173264 (WPRC)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WPRCinNielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 28285 (WSCT)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WSCTinNielsen Audio's FM station database
- Assemblies of God
- Contemporary Christian radio stations in the United States
- Radio stations in Bloomington, Illinois
- Radio stations established in 1983
- Companies based in Tazewell County, Illinois
- 1983 establishments in Illinois
- Pentecostalism in the United States
- Northwestern Media
- Christian radio stations in Illinois
- Pekin, Illinois
- Illinois radio station stubs