WPBG

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WPBG ia an FM radio station located in Peoria, Illinois. WPBG broadcasts on 93.3 khz with an ERP of 41,000 watts and a HAAT of 548' feet. The station has a classic hits format and the station's slogan is "93.3 the Drive.". Mornings are currently hosted by John Riley.

The station signed-on with the calls of WMBD-FM and was co-owned with WMBD AM 1470. WMBD-FM had a beautiful music format and utilized the slogan "Music Just for the Two of Us". The station was originally on 92.5 khz but moved to 93.3 khz in the early 1960's.

In the late 70's the station adopted a Top 40 format as WKZW. The station, calling itself "KZ-93" was successful immediately and rapidly overtook Top 40 AM WIRL in the ratings. KZ-93 DJs included Gary Olson, Keith Edwards, Scott Wheeler, Gene Stern, Derek Johnson, Lee Malcolm, Ken Cook (Hackney), Troy Hamilton, Jeff Kingsley, Glen Thomas, and Dan Baker. In the early 1990's the station flipped to a hard adult contemporary format as WMXP and the slogan "Mix 93". In the late 1990's the station moved to an oldies format as "Big Oldies 93.3" and adopted the current call sign. The station also used the "Big FM" slogan before the current format of classic hits was adopted in late summer 2006.

The station is owned by Triad Broadcasting. Sister stations include, WIRL, WMBD, WDQX, WXCL and WSWT.