WBGZ

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WBGZ

City	Alton, Illinois
Broadcast area	St. Louis, Missouri
Branding	The Big Z
Slogan	"Radio for the River Bend"
Frequency	94.3 FM,1570 kHz AM
Format	Talk radio
Power	1,000 watts day 74 watts night
Class	D
Facility ID	41384
Transmitter coordinates	38°55′44.00″N 90°13′3.00″W / 38.9288889°N 90.2175000°W / 38.9288889; -90.2175000
Affiliations	Salem Radio Network
Owner	Metroplex Communications, Inc.
Website	[www.altondailynews.com]

The "Big Z" 94.3 FM/1570 AM is the Riverbend's one and only community radio station. With studios located in Alton, IL they have been broadcasting local news, information, and sports for nearly 70 years. They are live with local programming 7 days per week. They broadcast more than 125 local high school sporting events per year and they are your home for University of Illinois Fighting Illini football and basketball. Other programming includes “The Dave Ramsey Show,” “The Clark Howard show,” “Outdoors with Larry Reid,” “Guntalk,” and much, much more.

In addition to their on-air programming they have an online newspaper www.AltonDailyNews.com where you can go for up to the minute news and sports, stream their radio broadcast live or listen to previous broadcast. They are also home to the area's original discount shopping show...Alton Daily Bargains, where listeners can by certificates to local businesses at discount prices during the one-hour Saturday program or online by visiting www.AltonDailyNews.com and clicking on the Alton Daily Bargains tab.

They have been and continue to be locally owned and operated by Alton resident Sam Stemm. Their studios are located on Market Street in downtown Alton, you can listen by tuning in to 94.3 FM, streaming live at www.AltonDailyNews.com, or by downloading the Big Z app on your tablet or smartphone.

History

WOKZ began broadcasting February 4, 1948. It was owned by the Illinois-Alton Broadcasting Company.^[1]

References

↑ "WOKZ-FM Alton, 99.9 mc Is Now in Operation" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 28, 1948. Retrieved 21 December 2014.

External links

WBGZ official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WBGZ

Radio-Locator Information on WBGZ

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Radio broadcasting in the St. Louis market

by AM frequency	550 590 630 690 730 770 850 880 920 1010 1080 1120 1190 1260 1280 1320 1350 1380 1400 1430 1460 1490 1570 1600

by FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.1 89.5 89.5 89.7 89.7 89.9 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.5 92.3 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.7 95.5 96.3 97.1 97.7 98.1 98.5 99.1 99.9 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.7 101.9 102.5 103.3 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.7 106.5 107.3 107.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.450 162.550

by callsign	K270BW K297BI KATZ KCFV KCLC KDHX KDO89 KEZK KFAV KFNS KFNS-FM KFTK KFTK-FM KFUO KGNA KGNX KHOJ KHZR KJFF KLJY KLLT KLOU KMJM-FM KMOX KNLH KNOU KPNT KPVR KQQX KQQZ KRAP KSD KSHE KSIV KSIV-FM KSLQ KSLZ KSTL KTJJ KTRS KWMU KWRE KWUL KWUR KXEN KXFN KXI70 KYFI KYKY KYRO KZQZ WARH WBGZ WCBW-FM WEW WFUN-FM WGNU WHHL WIJR WIL WLCA WRYT WSDZ WSIE WXOS

Defunct, now internet-only	KFUO-FM

Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 217 Sirius Channel 151 Nearby radio markets Cape Girardeau Columbia-Jefferson City Hannibal/Quincy Marion–Carbondale Mount Vernon Springfield, IL See also List of radio stations in Missouri List of radio stations in Illinois

News/talk radio stations in the state of Illinois

All-news	WBBM – Chicago WCFS – Elmwood Park

News and talk	KFTK – East St. Louis KQQZ – Fairview Heights WAIK – Galesburg WBBA-FM – Pittsfield WBEL – South Beloit WBIG – Aurora WBGZ – Alton WCIL – Carbondale WCMY – Ottawa WCPT – Willow Springs WCRA – Effingham WCSJ – Morris WDAN – Danville WDWS – Champaign WFIW – Fairfield WGEM – Quincy WGFA – Watseka WGIL – Galesburg WGN – Chicago WGNU – Granite City WHOW – Clinton WIND – Chicago WJBC – Bloomington WJBM – Jerseyville WJOL – Joliet WJPF – Herrin WKAN – Kankakee WKEI – Kewanee WKYX – Golconda WLBK – DeKalb WLMD - Bushnell WLS – Chicago WMAY – Springfield WMIX – Mount Vernon WRHL – Rochelle WRMN – Elgin WROK – Rockford WRPW – Colfax WSDR – Sterling WSDZ – Belleville WSOY – Decatur WTAD – Quincy WTAX – Springfield WTIM – Assumption WTRH – Ramsey WZOE – Princeton WZUS – Macon

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Illinois

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