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WIRL Moves From Superhits To Freedom

Midwest Communications has moved 1290 WIRL Peoria IL from simulcasting one of its translators to another. WIRL is now simulcasting Conservative Talk “Freedom 95.9” W240DM/WPBG-HD3 instead of Oldies “Superhits WIRL“, which has rebranded as “102.7 Superhits” as it remains on W274BM/WPBG-HD2. The move appears to be done to make the Conservative Talk programming heard across […] […]

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KPCZ-FM Rebrands As Freedom 106.7

Acadiana Broadcasting Group has relaunched Classic Country “106.7 Pure Country” KPCZ-FM Rayne/Lafayette LA as “Freedom 106.7“. With the renaming, KPCZ-FM has added the syndicated John Boy and Billy morning show and is running hour-long blocks commercial free in other dayparts. KPCZ-FM rimshots Lafayette from the west where it registered a 2.8 share in the Fall […] […]

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WZOX Shifts To Modern AC

Less than a year after launching CHR “Hits 96.5” WZOX Portage/Kalamazoo, Midwest Communications quietly moved the station to Modern AC. WZOX had flipped to CHR on March 3, 2021 to go after Townsquare Media’s market leading 103.3 WKFR. WKFR did drop from a 12.9 share in Fall 2020 to 10.7 in Fall 2021, however WZOX […] […]