WIBL

WIBL
City	Fairbury, Illinois
Broadcast area	Bloomington-Normal, Illinois
Frequency	107.7 MHz
Branding	107-7 & 92-1 The Bull"
Programming
Format	Country
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); WSYT (2003–2010)
Call sign meaning	We're Illinois Bull
Technical information
Facility ID	86178
Class	B1
ERP	14,000 Watts
HAAT	135 meters (443 ft)
Translator(s)	92.1 FM (W221CY)
Links
Webcast	http://1.ice1.firststreaming.com/wibl_fm.mp3.m3u
Website	[1]

WIBL (107.7 FM), known as "The Bull", is a broadcast radio station in Central Illinois with a country music format. WIBL, licensed to Fairbury, Illinois, in the Bloomington-Normal market, broadcasts at 107.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 22,000 Watts and 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.

Frequency history[]

The station signed on in August 2000 as WBZM, 107.7 The Buzz. It was owned by Crowmwell Broadcasting, and was operated out of their Peoria cluster. It had an Alternative Rock format, with Bob and Tom in the morning. The jocks were all the same as on 99X, which was, at the time, WIXO on its original Bartonville frequency of 99.9.

When Cromwell sold their 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.^{[clarification needed]}

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 an 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^{[citation needed]} to take on heritage WBWN in the Bloomington market. On August 17, 2010 WYST changed their call letters to WIBL to go with the "Bull" branding.

The station plays 20 IN A ROW COUNTRY all day long. 20 Country Songs In A Row is over 70 minutes of Non-Stop Country Music.

External links[]

WIBL The Bull's official website
WIBL in the FCC FM station database
WIBL on Radio-Locator
WIBL in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
W221CY in the FCC FM station database
Radio Locator Link for W221CY

Coordinates: 40°37′48″N 88°46′52″W / 40.630°N 88.781°W / 40.630; -88.781

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