Media in Rockford, Illinois

This is a listing of the broadcasters and published media targeted at Rockford, Illinois.

Radio

Start dates are for the frequency/station license, not for callsign or programming that may have moved from license to license.

FM

Freq	Call	City	Owner	Start	ERP (W)	Nickname	Format	RDS	HD
88.3	WFEN	Rockford	Faith Academy	000000001991-01-01-00001991	8,500	The Lighthouse	Christian	No	No
89.1	WNIE	Freeport	Northern Illinois University	000000001999-01-01-00001999	6,000	WNIJ	Public/news/talk	No	No
89.5	WNIJ	Dekalb	Northern Illinois University	000000001954-01-01-00001954	50,000	WNIJ	Public/news/talk	Yes	Yes
90.5	WNIU	Rockford	Northern Illinois University	000000001991-01-01-00001991	50,000	WNIU	Classical	Yes	No
91.1	WILV	Loves Park	Educational Media Foundation	000000001988-01-01-00001988	7,000	K-LOVE	Christian AC	Yes^[a&t]	No
91.7	WZKL	Woodstock	Educational Media Foundation	999999999999-99-99-0000	6,500	K-LOVE	Christian AC	Yes^[a&t]	No
92.1	WFPS	Freeport	Big Radio	000000001970-11-01-0000November 1, 1970	3,600	Kickin' Country K92	Country	Yes	No
92.5	WCPT-FM	Dekalb	Newsweb Radio	000000001961-01-01-00001961	20,000	Chicago's Progessive Talk	Progressive Talk	Yes	No
93.3	WHJG-LP	Rockford	Pelley Road Christian Fellowship	000000002005-01-01-00002005	100	WHJG	Christian	No	No
93.7	WBGR-FM	Monroe	Big Radio	000000001959-01-01-00001959	36,000	Big Oldies 93.7	Oldies/News/Talk	Yes	No
94.5	W233AD	Rockford	?	999999999999-99-99-0000	38	^[t]91.9 WJCH	Christian	No	No
94.9	WDKB	Dekalb	Dekalb County Radio	000000001990-01-01-00001990	3,000	B95	Adult Contemporary	No	No
95.3	WRTB	Winnebago	Mid-West Family Broadcasting	999999999999-99-99-0000	1,250	95-3 The Bull	Country	Yes	No
95.7	WSEY	Oregon	NRG Media	000000001999-01-01-00001999	3,200	Kool 95.7	Classic Hits	Yes	No
96.7	WKGL-FM	Loves Park	Townsquare Media	000000001964-01-01-00001964	2,200	96.7 The Eagle	Classic Rock	Yes^[a&t]	No
97.5	WZOK	Rockford	Townsquare Media	000000001949-01-01-00001949	50,000	97ZOK	CHR/Pop	Yes^[a&t]	No
98.5	WXXQ	Freeport	Townsquare Media	000000001965-01-01-00001965	11,000	Q98.5	Country	Yes^[a&t]	No
99.3	WTPB-LP	Rockford	Third Presbyterian Church of Rockford	999999999999-99-99-0000	47		Christian	No	No
99.9	WJVL	Janesville	Southern Wisconsin Broadcasting	000000001947-01-01-00001947	11,000	Pure Country 99.9 WJVL	Country	Yes^[a&t]	No
100.5	W263BJ	Loves Park	Mid-West Family Broadcasting	999999999999-99-99-0000	230	^[t]104.9 WXRX-HD2, The Mighty 100.5	Classic Hits	Yes^[a&t]	No
100.9	WQFL	Rockford	Educational Media Foundation	999999999999-99-99-0000	2,700	Air 1	Christian CHR	Yes^[a&t]	No
102.3	WYOT	Rochelle	Rochelle Broadcasting Company	000000001973-10-05-0000October 5, 1973	6,000	102.3 The Coyote	Country	Yes^[a&t]	No
103.1	WGFB	Rockton	Mid-West Family Broadcasting	999999999999-99-99-0000	2,400	B103	Adult Contemporary	Yes	No
104.9	WXRX	Belvidere	Mid-West Family Broadcasting	000000001971-01-01-00001971	4,000	104-9 The X	Mainstream Rock	Yes	3
105.7	W289AB	Rockford	Northern Illinois University	999999999999-99-99-0000	55	^[t]90.5 WNIU	Classical	Yes	No
106.3	WYRB	Genoa	Crawford Broadcasting	999999999999-99-99-0000	3,800	Power 106	CHR/Rhythmic	Yes^[a&t]	3
107.3	WSJY	Fort Atkinson	NRG Media	000000001959-01-01-00001959	26,000	107-3 WSJY	Adult Contemporary	Yes^[a&t]	No

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^[t] FM translator: repeats another station's program

AM

Freq	Call	City	Owner	Start	Day Power (W)	Night Power	Nickname	Format	Stereo	HD
1330	WNTA	Rockford	Mid-West Family Broadcasting	999999999999-99-99-0000	1,000	91	La Movida	Spanish News/Talk	No	No
1380	WBEL	South Beloit	Big Radio	000000001948-01-01-00001948	5,000	5,000	The Big AM 1380	Talk	No	No
1440	WROK	Rockford	Townsquare Media	000000001923-01-01-00001923	5,000	270	News Talk 1440 WROK	News/Talk	No	No
1490	WGEZ	Beloit	Big Radio	000000001948-01-01-00001948	1,000	1,000	Big Oldies 1490	Oldies	No	No
1520	WLUV	Loves Park	Angelo Joseph Salvi	999999999999-99-99-0000	500	12.5	1520 WLUV	Classic Country/Sports/Talk	No	No

Television

Band Ch.	Call	City	Owner	Operator	Start	Virt. Ch.	DTV	Nickname	Programming
13	WREX	Rockford	Quincy	Quincy	000000001953-10-01-0000October 1, 1953	13.1	Y 1080i !1080i	13 WREX	NBC
13	WREX	Rockford	Quincy	Quincy	999999999999-99-99-0000	13.2	Y 0480i !480i	Stateline CW 14	The CW
13	WREX	Rockford	Quincy	Quincy	999999999999-99-99-0000	13.3	Y 0480i !480i	Rockford's MeTV	MeTV
16	WTVO	Rockford	Mission Broadcasting	Nexstar Broadcasting Group	000000001953-05-03-0000May 3, 1953	17.1	Y 0720p !720p	WTVO Channel 17	ABC
16	WTVO	Rockford	Mission Broadcasting	Nexstar Broadcasting Group	999999999999-99-99-0000	17.2	Y 0480i !480i	MyTV	MyNetworkTV
35	WFBN	Rockford	Weigel Broadcasting	Weigel Broadcasting	999999999999-99-99-0000	35.1	Y 0480i !480i	Telemundo	Telemundo
41	WIFR	Freeport	Gray Television	Gray Television	000000001965-09-12-0000September 12, 1965	23.1	Y 1080i !1080i	23 WIFR	CBS
41	WIFR	Freeport	Gray Television	Gray Television	999999999999-99-99-0000	23.2	Y 0480i !480i	Antenna TV	Antenna TV
41	WIFR	Freeport	Gray Television	Gray Television	999999999999-99-99-0000	23.3	Y 0480i !480i	Justice Network	Justice Network
42	WQRF	Rockford	Nexstar Broadcasting Group	Nexstar Broadcasting Group	000000001978-11-27-0000November 27, 1978	39.1	Y 0720p !720p	Fox 39	Fox
42	WQRF	Rockford	Nexstar Broadcasting Group	Nexstar Broadcasting Group	999999999999-99-99-0000	39.2	Y 0480i !480i	Bounce Rockford	Bounce TV

Rockford is one of a few US markets with no PBS station of its own. PBS in the Rockford area is available on cable through WTTW in Chicago, and Wisconsin Public Television affiliate WHA-TV in Madison.

Print media

Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture - monthly magazine; founded 1977; features executive editor Scott P. Richert's monthly column about Rockford, "The Rockford Files"
Community Bargain Hunter - weekly classified publication; founded 2006; circulation 16,000^[1]
Northwest Quarterly - quarterly magazine; circulation 176,300^[2]
Rock River Times - weekly newspaper; independently owned since 1987; circulation 22,000^[3]
Rockford Register Star - daily newspaper; founded 1855; circulation 50,000^[4]

References

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