WPEO

WPEO

City	Peoria, Illinois
Broadcast area	Peoria, Illinois
Frequency	1020 kHz 97.7 FM
Translator(s)	W249CZ
First air date	1946 (1946) (as WMMJ)^[1]^[2] August 1950 (as WPEO)^[1]
Format	Christian radio
Power	1000 watts daytime-only
Class	D
Facility ID	52641
Transmitter coordinates	40°41′53.1″N 89°31′31.3″W / 40.698083°N 89.525361°W / 40.698083; -89.525361Coordinates: 40°41′53.1″N 89°31′31.3″W / 40.698083°N 89.525361°W / 40.698083; -89.525361 (NAD83)
Callsign meaning	Peoria^[1]
Former callsigns	WMMJ (1946–1949)^[1]^[2]
Owner	Pinebrook Foundation, Inc.
Website	www.wpeo.com

WPEO (1020 kHz) is a daytime-only AM radio station licensed for Peoria, Illinois. One of the oldest stations in Peoria, it was once a top 40 radio station before switching to Christian radio. Its studio and transmitter are just south of Illinois Central College in East Peoria, Illinois.

The station was first on the air from 1946 to 1949 as WMMJ, playing big band music and sports, but it had financial difficulties and went off the air.^[1]^[2] WPEO signed on in August 1950, with its studios in the Jefferson Hotel downtown, and started its top 40 format in 1954, competing with 1290 WIRL. During this time, Harry Harrison was at WPEO as the "Morning Mayor of Peoria"^[2] and station manager. In 1959, he left for New York's WMCA, and WPEO switched to country music in 1960.^[1]

In 1970, WPEO was bought by the Pinebrook Foundation, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based non-profit corporation, and switched to a Christian radio format.^[1]^[2] As of 2009, its programming is based on paid time for various national Christian programming sources. It is still restricted to daylight hours to protect clear-channel station KDKA in Pittsburgh.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Station Profile". East Peoria, Illinois: Pinebrook Foundation, Inc. 2008-12-24. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Tarter, Steve (2009-10-31). "On the Air: Stalwart station a local favorite". Peoria Journal Star. Peoria, Illinois. Retrieved 2010-01-30.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WPEO

Radio-Locator Information on WPEO

Radio stations in the Peoria, Illinois market

By FM frequency	88.5 89.9 90.7 91.5 92.3 93.3 94.3 95.5 96.5 97.3 98.5 99.9 100.3 101.1 102.3 102.7 103.3 103.5 104.9 105.7 106.9 107.9

By AM frequency	1020 1140 1290 1350 1470 1560

By callsign	WAZU WBNH WBYS WCBU WCDD WCIC WFYR WGLO WHPI WIRL (+W274BM) WIXO WLSE WMBD (+W262BY) WNGY WOAM WPBG WPEO WPIA WPMJ WSWT WVEL WWCT WXCL WZPN WZPW W278AE

Nearby radio markets Burlington Chicago Decatur LaSalle–Peru Quad Cities Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk Springfield See also List of radio stations in Illinois

Religious radio stations in the state of Illinois

Stations	WAIT – Crystal Lake WAPO – Mount Vernon WAWF – Kankakee WAWJ – Marion WBEL-FM – Cairo WBJW – Albion WBMF – Crete WBNH – Pekin WBVN – Carrier Mills WCBW-FM – East Saint Louis WDLM – East Moline WDLM-FM – East Moline WDQN-FM – Du Quoin WEFI – Effingham WEGN – Kankakee WFEN – Rockford WGNJ – Saint Joseph WGNN – Fisher WGNX – Colchester WHJG – Rockford WHRD – Freeport WIHM – Taylorville WILV – Loves Park WJAF – Centralia WJCH – Joliet WJCZ – Milford WJHV-LP – Fairbury WJLY – Ramsey WJWR – Bloomington WKBM – Sandwich WKZI – Casey WLHW – Casey WLLM – Lincoln WLLM-FM – Carlinville WLMM-LP – Channahon WLSE – Canton WLUJ – Springfield WLWJ – Petersburg WMBI – Chicago WMBI-FM – Chicago WOLG – Carlinville WPEO – Peoria WPTH – Olney WQIN – Quincy WRLJ – White Hall WRTK – Paxton WRYT – Edwardsville WSLE – Salem WSOG – Spring Valley WSWS – Smithboro WTIM – Shelbyville WTZI – Rosemont WTZY – Wonder Lake WUNT – Princeton WVCL – Galesburg WVEL – Pekin WWGN – Ottawa WWKJ – Peoria WWQC – Clifton WWTG – Carpentersville WXAN – Ava WYCA – Crete WYLL – Chicago WYNG – Mount Carmel

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

Daytime-Only radio stations in Illinois

Stations	WAIT - Crystal Lake WCIL - Carbondale WCKG - Elmhurst WCRA - Effingham WGFA- Watseka WHOW - Clinton WLBH - Mattoon WLDS - Jacksonville WLIQ - Quincy WMBI - Chicago WPEO - Peoria WQQW - Highland WRIK - Brookport WSMI - Litchfield WTIM - Assumption WVEL - Pekin WWHN - Joliet WYEC - Macomb

Defunct	WPOK - Pontiac

See also: Clear channel radio stations and Why AM Radio Stations Must Reduce Power, Change Operations, or Cease Operations at Night

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/13/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.