Media in Rockford, Illinois

This is a listing of the broadcasters and published media targeted at Rockford, Illinois.

Radio

Start dates are for the frequency/station license, not for callsign or programming that may have moved from license to license.

FM

Freq	Call	City	Owner	Start	ERP (W)	Nickname	Format	RDS	HD
88.3	WFEN	Rockford	Faith Academy	1991	8,500	The Lighthouse	Christian	Yes	No
89.1	WNIE	Freeport	Northern Illinois University	1999	6,000	WNIJ	Public/news/talk	No	No
89.5	WNIJ	DeKalb	Northern Illinois University	1954	50,000	WNIJ	Public/news/talk	Yes	Yes
90.5	WNIU	Rockford	Northern Illinois University	1991	50,000	WNIU	Classical	Yes	No
91.1	WILV	Loves Park	Educational Media Foundation	1988	7,000	K-LOVE	Christian AC	Yes[a&t]	No
91.7	WZKL	Woodstock	Educational Media Foundation		6,500	K-LOVE	Christian AC	Yes[a&t]	No
92.1	WFPS	Freeport	Big Radio	November 1, 1970	3,600	Kickin' Country K92	Country	Yes	No
92.5	WCLR	DeKalb	Educational Media Foundation	1961	20,000	K-Love	Christian contemporary	Yes	No
93.3	WHJG-LP	Rockford	Pelley Road Christian Fellowship	2005	100	WHJG	Christian	No	No
93.7	WBGR-FM	Monroe	Big Radio	1959	36,000	Big Oldies 93.7	Oldies/News/Talk	Yes	No
94.5	W233AD	Rockford	Family Radio		38	[t]91.9 WJCH	Christian	No	No
94.9	WDKB	DeKalb	Mid-West Family Broadcasting	1990	3,000	94.9 WDKB	Hot AC	No	No
95.3	WRTB	Winnebago	Mid-West Family Broadcasting		1,250	95-3 The Bull	Country	Yes	No
95.7	WSEY	Oregon	NRG Media	1999	3,200	Kool 95.7	Classic Hits	Yes	No
96.7	WKGL-FM	Loves Park	Townsquare Media	1964	2,200	96.7 The Eagle	Classic Rock	Yes[a&t]	No
97.5	WZOK	Rockford	Townsquare Media	1949	50,000	97ZOK	CHR/Pop	Yes[a&t]	No
98.5	WXXQ	Freeport	Townsquare Media	1965	11,000	Q98.5	Country	Yes[a&t]	No
99.3	WTPB-LP	Rockford	Third Presbyterian Church of Rockford		47		Christian	No	No
99.9	WJVL	Janesville	Southern Wisconsin Broadcasting	1947	11,000	Pure Country 99.9 WJVL	Country	Yes[a&t]	No
100.5	W263BJ	Loves Park	Mid-West Family Broadcasting		230	[t]104.9 WXRX-HD2, 100 FM	Classic Hits	Yes	No
100.9	WQFL	Rockford	Educational Media Foundation		2,700	Air 1	Christian CHR	Yes[a&t]	No
102.3	WYOT	Rochelle	Rochelle Broadcasting Company	October 5, 1973	6,000	102.3 The Coyote	Country	Yes[a&t]	No
103.1	WGFB	Rockton	Mid-West Family Broadcasting		2,400	B103	Adult Contemporary	Yes	No
104.9	WXRX	Belvidere	Mid-West Family Broadcasting	1971	4,000	104-9 The X	Mainstream Rock	Yes	3
105.7	W289AB	Rockford	Northern Illinois University		55	[t]90.5 WNIU	Classical	Yes	No
106.3	WYRB	Genoa	Crawford Broadcasting		3,800	Power 106	CHR/Rhythmic	Yes[a&t]	Yes
107.3	WSJY	Fort Atkinson	NRG Media	1959	26,000	107-3 WSJY	Adult Contemporary	Yes[a&t]	No

• ^[a&t] displays artist and title on Radio Data System
• ^[t] FM translator: repeats another station's program

AM

Freq	Call	City	Owner	Start	Day Power (W)	Night Power	Nickname	Format	Stereo	HD
1330	WNTA	Rockford	Mid-West Family Broadcasting		1,000	91	La Movida	Spanish News/Talk	No	No
1380	WBEL	South Beloit	Big Radio	1948	5,000	5,000	The Big AM 1380	Talk	No	No
1440	WROK	Rockford	Townsquare Media	1923	5,000	270	News Talk 1440 WROK	News/Talk	No	No
1490	WGEZ	Beloit	Big Radio	1948	1,000	1,000	Big Oldies 1490	Oldies	No	No
1520	WLUV	Loves Park	Angelo Joseph Salvi		500	12.5	1520 WLUV	Classic Country/Sports/Talk	No	No

Television

Band Ch.	Call	City	Owner	Operator	Start	Virt. Ch.	DTV	Nickname	Programming
13	WREX	Rockford	Quincy	Quincy	October 1, 1953	13.1	1080i	13 WREX	NBC
13	WREX	Rockford	Quincy	Quincy		13.2	720p	Stateline CW 14	The CW
13	WREX	Rockford	Quincy	Quincy		13.3	480i	Rockford's MeTV	MeTV
16	WTVO	Rockford	Mission Broadcasting	Nexstar Media Group	May 3, 1953	17.1	720p	WTVO Channel 17	ABC
16	WTVO	Rockford	Mission Broadcasting	Nexstar Media Group		17.2	720p	MyTV	MyNetworkTV
16	WTVO	Rockford	Mission Broadcasting	Nexstar Media Group		17.3	480i	Laff	Laff
16	WTVO	Rockford	Mission Broadcasting	Nexstar Media Group		17.4	480i	Grit	Grit
22	WIFR-LD	Rockford	Gray Television	Gray Television	September 12, 1965	23.1	1080i	23 WIFR	CBS
22	WIFR-LD	Rockford	Gray Television	Gray Television		23.2	480i	Antenna TV	Antenna TV
22	WIFR-LD	Rockford	Gray Television	Gray Television		23.3	480i	Justice Network	Justice Network
35	WFBN	Rockford	Weigel Broadcasting	Weigel Broadcasting	March 16, 2007	35.1	480i	H&I	Heroes & Icons
35	WFBN	Rockford	Weigel Broadcasting	Weigel Broadcasting		35.2	480i	Telemundo	Telemundo
42	WQRF	Rockford	Nexstar Media Group	Nexstar Media Group	November 27, 1978	39.1	720p	Fox 39	Fox
42	WQRF	Rockford	Nexstar Media Group	Nexstar Media Group		39.2	480i	Bounce Rockford	Bounce TV
42	WQRF	Rockford	Nexstar Media Group	Nexstar Media Group		39.3	480i	Escape	Escape
47	WYCH-LD	Rockford	Hispanic Family Christian Network	Hispanic Family Christian Network	December 18, 2012	47.1	480i		Multilingual

Rockford is one of a few US markets with no PBS station of its own. PBS Wisconsin member station WHA-TV (UHF channel 20, virtual channel 21.1) in neighboring Madison and Chicago-based WTTW serve as the default member stations for the Rockford market via cable and satellite; the former station's over-the-air analog signal was viewable in portions of the Rockford area prior to the 2009 digital television transition.

Print media

• Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture - monthly magazine; founded 1977; features executive editor Scott P. Richert's monthly column about Rockford, "The Rockford Files"
• Community Bargain Hunter - weekly classified publication; founded 2006; circulation 16,000
• Northwest Quarterly - quarterly magazine; circulation 176,300
• Rock River Times - weekly newspaper; independently owned since 1987; circulation 22,000
• Rockford Register Star - daily newspaper; founded 1855; circulation 50,000