WBGZ

WBGZ (1570 AM, "The Big Z") is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Alton, Illinois, United States, the station serves the northern St. Louis and Metro-East areas. The station is currently owned by Metroplex Communications, Inc. and features programing from Salem Communications.^[1]

The station's slogan is "Radio for the River Bend." It broadcasts local news, sports, and talk, primarily for the greater Alton area. Broadcasting for more than 50 years, the station was originally known as WOKZ, until it was changed to its current call letters in the early 1980s. It has a 24 hour talk format with two daily talk shows, a morning and afternoon drive show, local weekend programming, including a popular outdoors show, and other various programs. Known for its cactus which is their main revenue. It can be reached in some portions of northern St. Louis County in Missouri, as well as in portions of southwestern Illinois.

References

External links

• WBGZ official website
• Query the FCC's AM station database for WBGZ
• Radio-Locator Information on WBGZ
• Query Arbitron's AM station database for WBGZ