WSWT
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| City of license | Peoria, Illinois |
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| Broadcast area | Peoria, Illinois |
| Branding | Lite Rock 107 |
| Frequency | 106.9 MHz |
| First air date | 1960s |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| Audience share | 11.0 (Sp'08, R&R[1]) |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 146 meters (479 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 13041 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°43′22.1″N 89°30′40.3″W / 40.722806°N 89.511194°WCoordinates: 40°43′22.1″N 89°30′40.3″W / 40.722806°N 89.511194°W (NAD83) |
| Callsign meaning | Sweet (previous nickname/format)[2] |
| Former callsigns | WUHN (1971–?)[3][4] WIVC (1966?–1971)[5] WIRL-FM[citation needed] |
| Owner | Triad Broadcasting (Monterey Licenses, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WIRL (traditional and current); WMBD, WPBG, WDQX, and WXCL (current) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Official website |
WSWT (106.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Contemporary format. It is licensed to Peoria, Illinois in the Peoria radio market. The station is currently owned by Monterey Licenses, LLC.[6][7] Mornings are hosted by Randy Rundle and Stacy Campbell. Traffic conditions are reported by Ken Zurski from CEFCU Traffic One.
[edit] History
For many years WSWT was a beautiful music station using the "W-Sweet" slogan. The station was quite successful with the format and often was atop the Peoria ratings.[citation needed] Walter Thurman was a long time announcer at the station. Beginning in the 1980s the station gradually evolved into a soft adult contemporary station and then to the adult contemporary station that is the format today.
[edit] References
- ^ "Peoria Market Ratings". Radio & Records. http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DefaultSearch.aspx?MarketName=Peoria&MarketRank=%20.
- ^ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web. http://www.oldradio.com/archives/nelson/origins.call-list.html.
- ^ C, Mike (2009-07-14). "Constant Rotation, the fifth part.". The Skull & Pumpkin Public House. Blogger. http://theskullpumpkin.blogspot.com/2009/07/constant-rotation-fifth-part.html. "The Peoria Plague, a remarkably dark and effective alien/zombie plague drama from WUHN 106.9 Peoria IL, broadcast in 1971 or '72. There's no hard date for it (the station became WUHN in '71, but some say the production wasn't done during its first year)."
- ^ White, Tim (2002-11-24). "#56". 1290 WIRL Guestbook. http://www.thebig1290.com/guestbook/index.php. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ^ Henry (2002-10-01). "#50". 1290 WIRL Guestbook. http://www.thebig1290.com/guestbook/index.php. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ^ "WSWT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WSWT.
- ^ "WSWT Station Information Profile". Arbitron. http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WSWT.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WSWT
- Radio-Locator information on WSWT
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WSWT
- "The Peoria Plague" (on Archive.org) — a radio drama that aired on the station in the early 1970s
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