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| Broadcast area | Bloomington-Normal |
| Frequency | 93.7MHz |
| Branding | 93.7 Nash Icon |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | July 1969; 55 years ago (1969-07) (as WPOK-FM at 103.1)[1] |
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Former frequencies | 103.1 MHz (1969–1990s) |
Call sign meaning | fromWJBC (AM) |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 37818 |
| Class | B1 |
| ERP | 12,000watts |
| HAAT | 144 meters (472 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°45′27.1″N88°37′40.2″W / 40.757528°N 88.627833°W /40.757528; -88.627833 (NAD83) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WJBC-FM (93.7MHz) is acommercialFM radio stationlicensed toPontiac, Illinois, in theBloomington-Normalradio market. It is owned byCumulus Media and broadcasts acountryradio format, calling itself "93.7Nash Icon". Thetransmitter is on County Road 3200 North inWeston, Illinois.[3]
The stationsigned on the air in July 1969 as WPOK-FM. It had 3,000 watts and broadcast on 103.1 MHz. WPOK-FMsimulcast itssister stationWPOK (1090 AM), now off the air.[4]
WPOK-FM changed itscall sign to WJEZ in November 1984.[5] The AM station went off the air in 1998.[6]
WJEZ was a modern country station by 1989,[1] and received authorization to move from 103.1 MHz to 93.7 MHz in the early 1990s.[7]
In 2003, the WJEZ callsign was moved to sister station 98.9 atDwight, Illinois; that station still remainsWJEZ as of 2010[update]. Replaing WJEZ on 93.7 was WTRX-FM, aclassic rock station with the nickname "Thunder 93.7 WTRX". It later became "WTRX, The Oldies Channel", from the name of theWestwood One's music network format it used; the music network was purchased byDial Global and WTRX-FM began using Dial Global'sKool Gold format, except during mornings.[citation needed]
In 2010, the station changed its call sign to WJBC-FM and begansimulcasting thetalk radio format on sister stationWJBC (1230 AM) in Bloomington. On August 15, 2014, at 3 pm, WJBC-FM split from the simulcast and became one of the first stations to flip to the new "Nash Icon" country network as93.7 Nash Icon.
WJBC-FM will gosilent in March 2025. It is one of 11 Cumulus stations to close the weekend of March 14, as part of a larger shutdown of underperforming Cumulus stations.[8]