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Radio station in Fairbury, Illinois

WIBL
Fairbury, Illinois

Broadcast area	Bloomington-Normal
Frequency	107.7 MHz
Branding	107-7 & 92-1 The Bull
Programming
Format	Country
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner	Pilot Media LLC
Sister stations	KKSW, KMXN, WKSW, WGSQ, WHUB, WPTN, WZIM, WRPW, KLWN
History
First air date	August 2000 (as WZBM)
Former call signs	WBZM (2000–2003) WYST (2003–2010)
Call sign meaning	W Illinois' BulL
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	86178
Class	B1
ERP	14,000 watts
HAAT	135 meters (443 ft)
Translator(s)	92.1 W221CY (Normal)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	1077thebull.com

WIBL (107.7 FM), known as "The Bull", is a commercial radio station in Central Illinois with a country music radio format. WIBL is licensed to Fairbury, Illinois, and serves the Bloomington-Normal radio market. It is owned by Pilot Media, which is a subsidiary of Great Plains Media. Great Plains' CEO is Jerry Zimmer, a longtime partner in the Zimmer Radio Group based in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. WIBL features "20 Songs in A Row" music sweeps at various times each day, resulting in approximately 70 minutes of music without commercials.

WIBL has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 14,000 watts, broadcasting from a transmitter on South Pine Street in Lexington, Illinois. For a clearer signal in Bloomington-Normal, a 250-watt FM translator, W221CY, also broadcasts WIBL programming at 92.1 MHz in Normal.

History

The station signed on in August 2000; 24 years ago (2000-08). It was known as WBZM, 107.7 The Buzz. WBZM was owned by Cromwell Broadcasting, and was operated out of the company's Peoria cluster. It had an Alternative Rock format, with the syndicated "Bob and Tom Show" in the morning. The disc jockeys were all the same as on 99X, which was, at the time, WIXO on its original Bartonville frequency of 99.9.

When Cromwell sold the Peoria cluster in 2001, WBZM was not included in the sale. Operations were moved to Cromwell's Decatur cluster and WBZM quickly went on the sale block. At the end of 2001, AAA Entertainment purchased the signal and began simulcasting 96.7 WIHN Normal, then later 99.5 WDQZ Lexington.

On March 28, 2003, AAA debuted WYST, an AC station branded as "Star 107.7". In June 2003 the station's signal was upgraded and moved from Fairbury to Lexington, Illinois.

In February 2007, the format was modified to R&B/Soul with the slogan "The Heart and Soul of the Twin Cities", which had more of a rhythmic lean than competitor 100.7 WVMG.

In April 2007 the station began a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Great Plains Media. No immediate format change was made.

On June 29, 2007, at Noon, just several days after the closing the sale on WYST, Great Plains Media flipped the format to Country as "107.7 The Bull." The station is the first to take on heritage WBWN in the Bloomington market. On August 17, 2010, WYST changed its call letters to WIBL to go with the "Bull" branding.

References

"Facility Technical Data for WIBL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
Radio-Locator.com/WIBL-FM
Radio-Locator.com/W221CY

External links

WIBL The Bull's official website
Facility details for Facility ID 86178 (WIBL) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
WIBL in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
Facility details for Facility ID 138465 (W221CY) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
Radio Locator Link for W221CY

Radio stations in the Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area (Illinois)

By AM frequency

1230

By FM frequency

LPFM	94.9 95.1 103.3
Translators	89.5 94.7 98.9 100.1 102.1 103.7 104.7

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Defunct stations

WMLA (1440 AM)

Nearby regions: Champaign; Chicago; Decatur; Kankakee; LaSalle–Peru; Peoria; Springfield

See also: List of radio stations in Illinois

v t e Country radio stations in the state of Illinois
By AM frequency	750 910 920 980 1060 1230 1240 1330 1350 1360 1440 1510 1520 1530 1540 1550 1570
By FM frequency	92.1 92.1 92.9 93.7 94.1 94.3 94.3 94.9 95.1 95.3 95.7 95.7 95.9 96.3 96.5 96.9 97.3 97.3 97.5 97.7 98.3 98.3 98.5 99.1 99.3 99.5 99.5 99.9 100.1 100.3 100.3 100.5 100.9 101.3 101.7 101.7 101.9 102.1 102.1 102.3 102.3 102.3 102.3 102.5 102.7 103.7 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.5 105.9 105.9 106.1 106.5 107.3 107.7 107.9
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Defunct	WQQW - Highland (1510 AM)
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