WBNQ

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WBNQ
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City of license Bloomington, Illinois
Broadcast area Bloomington-Normal, Illinois
Branding 101.5 WBNQ
Slogan #1 for Today's Best Music
Frequency 101.5 MHz
Format contemporary hit radio
ERP 50 kW
Class B
Owner Regent Broadcasting
Webcast [1]
Website http://www.wbnq.com/

WBNQ is the most powerful radio station in McLean County, Illinois: 50,000 watts on 101.5 MHz. Broadcasting from their studio at 236 Greenwood Avenue in Bloomington, WBNQ first signed on the air in the early 1970s as an automated "Solid Gold" station. In the early 1980s, WBNQ became a contemporary hit radio station, a format that remains today.

WBNQ enjoyed #1 ratings in 2000 and had a run of consecutive number one ratings from 2001-2004.

Notable air talent on WBNQ: Scott Robbins & Scott Laughlin ("Scott & Scott Morning Show"), Russell Rush, Todd Chance, Otis, Maria Gilmore, Andy Wilken, Beavis, Faith Rinker, Mason, morning show Red & Jill and morning show Susan & Fasig.

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Radio stations in the Bloomington, Illinois market (Arbitron #241)

(FM) WESN - 88.1 | WGLT - 89.1 | WRPW - 92.9 | WIHN - 96.7 | WBBE - 97.9 | WDQZ - 99.5 | WVMG - 100.7 | WBNQ - 101.5 | WEWT - 103.3 | WBWN - 104.1 | WYST - 107.7

(AM) WJBC - 1230 | WHOW - 1520

See also: Peoria-Bloomington TV

Illinois Radio Markets

Bloomington | Champaign | Chicago (FM) (AM) | Decatur | LaSalle-Peru | Marion-Carbondale | Peoria (FM) (AM) | Quincy/Hannibal | Quad Cities | Rockford | Springfield (FM) (AM)

See also: List of radio stations in Illinois and List of United States radio markets
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