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WMBD (AM)
WMBD (1470 kHz) is a commercial radio station, the oldest in Peoria, Illinois. It broadcasts a news/talk format and is owned by Midwest Communications with the license held by Midwest Communications, Inc. The studios and offices are on Fulton Street in Peoria. The WMBD transmitter site is located on County Road 2100 East in Groveland Township, Illinois. The station is powered at 5,000 watts, with a directional signal. By day, a two-tower array is used, switching to a four towers at night to avoid causing interference with other stations.
Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W262BY at 100.3 MHz. WMBD is not licensed to broadcast in HD; however, it is carried on an FM sister station's HD subchannel, 93.3 WPBG-HD4.
WMBD has local shows in morning and afternoon drive time. Weekdays begin with Greg & Dan (Greg Batton and Dan Diorio) with The Phil Luciano Show in afternoons. The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of nationally syndicated talk shows: Armstrong & Getty, The Ramsey Show with Dave Ramsey, Markley, Van Camp & Robbins (based at WMBD), The Dana Loesch Show, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal.
Weekends include shows on home improvement, rural life, religion, technology and the law. Weekend syndicated programs include The Kim Komando Show, Bill Handel on the Law, Sunday Nights with Bill Cunningham, The Weekend with Michael Brown, The Jesus Christ Show with Neil Saavedra and Somewhere in Time with Art Bell. Most hours begin with an update from Fox News Radio. The station also carries Bradley Braves basketball games from Bradley University in Peoria.
WMBD began operations during a chaotic period when most government regulation had been suspended, with new stations free to be set up with few restrictions, including choosing their own transmitting frequencies. The station was first licensed on January 3, 1927, to Enos Kahler's Peoria Heights Radio Laboratory at 107 East Glen Avenue, operating on a self-assigned "split" frequency of 1075 kHz. The call letters were randomly assigned from a sequential list of available call signs; when Kahler was notified of the call letters, his family worked to find a slogan to match the call sign; one person recalled then-President Theodore Roosevelt once describing Grandview Drive, the location of the station's original studios, as "the world's most beautiful drive".
Following the establishment of the Federal Radio Commission (FRC), stations were initially issued a series of temporary authorizations starting on May 3, 1927, which reassigned WMBD to 1080 kHz. In addition, stations were informed that if they wanted to continue operating, they needed to file a formal license application by January 15, 1928, as the first step in determining whether they met the new "public interest, convenience, or necessity" standard. On May 25, 1928, the FRC issued General Order 32, which notified 164 stations, including WMBD, that "From an examination of your application for future license it does not find that public interest, convenience, or necessity would be served by granting it." However, the station successfully convinced the commission that it should remain licensed.
On November 11, 1928, the FRC implemented a major reallocation of station transmitting frequencies, as part of a reorganization resulting from its implementation of General Order 40. WMBD was assigned to 1440 kHz, sharing time with WTAD. In 1935, WTAD moved to 900 kHz, which allowed WMBD to begin unlimited operation. On March 29, 1941, WMBD, along with most of the stations on 1440 kHz, moved 1470 kHz, its location ever since, as part of the implementation of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement.
WMBD was a long-time CBS Radio network affiliate until 2001. Through the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, WMBD aired the CBS line up of dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio."
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WMBD (AM)
WMBD (1470 kHz) is a commercial radio station, the oldest in Peoria, Illinois. It broadcasts a news/talk format and is owned by Midwest Communications with the license held by Midwest Communications, Inc. The studios and offices are on Fulton Street in Peoria. The WMBD transmitter site is located on County Road 2100 East in Groveland Township, Illinois. The station is powered at 5,000 watts, with a directional signal. By day, a two-tower array is used, switching to a four towers at night to avoid causing interference with other stations.
Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W262BY at 100.3 MHz. WMBD is not licensed to broadcast in HD; however, it is carried on an FM sister station's HD subchannel, 93.3 WPBG-HD4.
WMBD has local shows in morning and afternoon drive time. Weekdays begin with Greg & Dan (Greg Batton and Dan Diorio) with The Phil Luciano Show in afternoons. The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of nationally syndicated talk shows: Armstrong & Getty, The Ramsey Show with Dave Ramsey, Markley, Van Camp & Robbins (based at WMBD), The Dana Loesch Show, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal.
Weekends include shows on home improvement, rural life, religion, technology and the law. Weekend syndicated programs include The Kim Komando Show, Bill Handel on the Law, Sunday Nights with Bill Cunningham, The Weekend with Michael Brown, The Jesus Christ Show with Neil Saavedra and Somewhere in Time with Art Bell. Most hours begin with an update from Fox News Radio. The station also carries Bradley Braves basketball games from Bradley University in Peoria.
WMBD began operations during a chaotic period when most government regulation had been suspended, with new stations free to be set up with few restrictions, including choosing their own transmitting frequencies. The station was first licensed on January 3, 1927, to Enos Kahler's Peoria Heights Radio Laboratory at 107 East Glen Avenue, operating on a self-assigned "split" frequency of 1075 kHz. The call letters were randomly assigned from a sequential list of available call signs; when Kahler was notified of the call letters, his family worked to find a slogan to match the call sign; one person recalled then-President Theodore Roosevelt once describing Grandview Drive, the location of the station's original studios, as "the world's most beautiful drive".
Following the establishment of the Federal Radio Commission (FRC), stations were initially issued a series of temporary authorizations starting on May 3, 1927, which reassigned WMBD to 1080 kHz. In addition, stations were informed that if they wanted to continue operating, they needed to file a formal license application by January 15, 1928, as the first step in determining whether they met the new "public interest, convenience, or necessity" standard. On May 25, 1928, the FRC issued General Order 32, which notified 164 stations, including WMBD, that "From an examination of your application for future license it does not find that public interest, convenience, or necessity would be served by granting it." However, the station successfully convinced the commission that it should remain licensed.
On November 11, 1928, the FRC implemented a major reallocation of station transmitting frequencies, as part of a reorganization resulting from its implementation of General Order 40. WMBD was assigned to 1440 kHz, sharing time with WTAD. In 1935, WTAD moved to 900 kHz, which allowed WMBD to begin unlimited operation. On March 29, 1941, WMBD, along with most of the stations on 1440 kHz, moved 1470 kHz, its location ever since, as part of the implementation of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement.
WMBD was a long-time CBS Radio network affiliate until 2001. Through the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, WMBD aired the CBS line up of dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio."