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The Essentials

call Letters: WIBQ
Frequency: 98.5fm
City of License: Paris, Illinois
Metro(s): Terre Haute
Power: 50,000 watts @ 500 feet (Class B)
Format: News/Talk
Address: P.O. Box 277, Paris, IL 61944-0277
Address: 824 S. 3rd Street, Terre Haute, IN 47807-4609
Phone: 812.232.4161
Phone: 217.465.6336
Ownership: Midwest Communications
Network Affiliation(s): FOX News, Illini Sports Network, Premiere Radio Networks (Beck, Limbaugh, Noory), RFD Illinois Radio Network
Web Presence: http://www.wibqfm.com

Station Personnel

Current

Market Manager: Becky Dole (November 2007 - Current)
Chief Engineer: Jerry Arnold
PD: Mark Jaynes
News Director: Steve Hall
Promotions Director: Stacey
Mornings: Wall Street Journal This Morning (5:00am - 6:00am)
Mornings: Frank Rush ("WIBQ Morning News Watch") (6:00am - 8:00am)
Middays: Dave Ramsey (8:00am - 10:00am)
Middays: Neal Boortz (10:00am - 12:00pm)
Middays: Rush Limbaugh (12:00pm - 3:00pm) (Syndicated via Premiere Radio Networks)
Afternoons: Sean Hannity (3:00pm - 6:00pm)
Nights: Mark Levin (6:00pm - 9:00pm)
Nights: John Batchelor (9:00pm - 12:00am)
Overnights: George Noory ("Coast to Coast AM") (12:00am - 6:00am) (Syndicated via Premiere Radio Networks)
Weekends: Wall Street Journal This Weekend (Saturday 5:00am - 6:00am)
Weekends: Glenn Beck Weekend (Saturday 6:00am - 9:00am) (Syndicated via Premiere Radio Networks)
Weekends: Danny Wayne (Saturday 9:00am - 10:00am)
Weekends: Kim Kommando (Saturday 10:00am - 1:00pm)
Weekends: Rush Limbaugh Weekend (Saturday 1:00pm - 4:00pm) (Syndicated via Premiere Radio Networks)
Weekends: Handel on the Law (Saturday 4:00pm - 7:00pm)
Weekends: Larry Kudlow ("The Larry Kudlow Show") (Saturday 7:00pm - 10:00pm)
Weekends: Coast to Coast AM (Saturday 10:00pm - Sunday 7:00am) (Syndicated via Premiere Radio Networks)
Weekends: Jim Blue Gospel Show (Sunday 7:30am - 10:00am) (February 1998 - Current)
Weekends: Roy Masters (Sunday 10:00am - 11:00am)
Weekends: Moto Trend Weekend (Sunday 11:00am - 1:00pm)
Weekends: Sean Hannity Weekend (Sunday 1:00pm - 4:00pm)
Weekends: MoneyTalk with Bob Brinker (Sunday 4:00pm - 7:00pm)
Weekends: "Joe Pags" (Joe Pagliarulo) ("The Weekend") (Sunday 7:00pm - 10:00pm)
Weekends: Bill Cunningham (Sunday 10:00pm - 1:00am)

Former

WACF-FM

President/GM: Adlai C. Ferguson, Jr.
GM: Phil Johnson (January 2002 - 2004) (From GSM at WTHI-TV)
GM: Brent Marlin
GM: Becky Dole
Chief Engineer: Adlai C. Ferguson, Jr.
SM: John Clark
PD: Kent Walls
PD: Bob Randolph
PD: Jason Murphy
PD: Al Larcher (February 2002 - 2004)
PD: Brant McKeehan ("Cody Thomas")
News Director: Tom Feser (March 2001 - July 2001) (From producer at WTVN in Columbus, Ohio)
Sports Director: Ray Calahan
Mornings: Brant McKeehan ("Cody Thomas")
Middays: Automated (Westwood One's "Mainstream Country" format)
Afternoons: Amber Brown
Afternoons: Lisa B.
Nights: Lia (Syndicated via Jones Radio Networks)
Overnights: Danny Wright (Syndicated via Jones Radio Networks)
Dave Kirsch

WINH-FM

WIBQ-FM

OM: Bill Cain (? - December 2012) (From Director of Programming for the Mountain Broadcasting radio stations in Missoula, Montana.)
Mornings: Bill Bennett (6:00am - 9:00am)
Mornings: Don Imus ("Imus in the Morning") (6:00am - 8:00am)
Nights: Michael Savage (9:00pm - 12:00am)
Weekends: Viewpoints (Saturday 9:00am - 9:30am)
Weekends: Radio Health Journal (Saturday 9:30am - 10:00am)
Weekends: MoneyTalk with Bob Brinker (Saturday 4:00pm - 7:00pm)
Weekends: Costas on the Radio (Saturday 7:00pm - 9:00pm)
Weekends: Rusty Humphries (Saturday 9:00pm - 11:00pm)
Weekends: The Other Side (Sunday 7:00pm - 10:00pm)

Station History

98.5fm signed on in 1952.

WACF-FM

Formerly owned by The Paris Broadcasting Corporation. Also owned by P.R.S. Broadcasting, Inc. WACF aired a country and western music format.

WINH-FM

Midwest Communications owned WINH. Switched format from country to News/Talk.

WIBQ-FM



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