WZIV
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WZIV (90.7 FM) is a Christian hot adult contemporary, classic hits radio station located in Princeton, Illinois. It is a listener-supported radio station owned by Road Map Ministries. The Class A, 650-watt signal near Providence, Illinois, serves the LaSalle-Peru radio market.
History
The station was first built and signed on by the Illinois Bible Institute as WPRC, rebroadcasting WCIC from Pekin, in August 2005.[2]
In 2009, Road Map Ministries received a construction permit from the FCC to build a new FM station on 88.7 MHz to serve Sheffield with 8,500 watts power and a directional antenna at 417 feet HAAT. The call letters WUNT—for "unity"—were assigned.[3]
Near the time the construction permit was about to expire, an agreement was reached between Road Map Ministries and Illinois Bible Institute to trade the higher-power construction permit on 88.7 MHz for the lower-power station already licensed on 88.3 MHz. The WPRC and WUNT call letters were swapped between the facilities.[4]
WUNT, now on 88.3 MHz, soon went silent and remained off the air for nearly a year while a studio facility was constructed in Sheffield.[5] It then launched as "Community Christian Radio", evolving into a contemporary Christian station as "Roadmap Radio 88.3" and then to "88-3 The Roadmap" as a contemporary Christian hot AC/CHR outlet on December 26, 2018. The WUNT studio moved to its current location at 105 S. Main St. Suite 3 in Princeton in 2017.
In April 2020, the FCC approved the station's frequency change to 90.7 MHz and a power increase to 650 watts. The format was launched on Friday morning at 9:07am on October 23, 2020, at which time the station became WZIV "Z90.7"[6] with a Christian hot adult contemporary format and an expanded playlist of Christian classic hits.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WZIV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ FCC Internet Services Staff. "Application Search Details". licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ FCC Internet Services Staff. "Application Search Details". licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ FCC Internet Services Staff. "Application Search Details". licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "CDBS Print". licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ Venta, Lance (October 28, 2020). "Z90.7 Launches In North Central Illinois". RadioInsight. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 90548 (WZIV) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WZIV in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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frequency
- 162.425
- WGLC (1090 AM)
- WSPL (1250 AM)
- Nearby regions
- Aurora/Elgin/Wheaton
- Bloomington
- DeKalb
- Joliet/Morris/Crete
- Kankakee
- Peoria
- Quad Cities
- Rockford
- See also
- List of radio stations in Illinois