WIBL

This article is about 107.7 in Illinois. For the Augusta, Georgia station on 102.3, see WEKL. For the Augusta station on 105.7, see WLUB.

WIBL

City	Fairbury, Illinois
Broadcast area	Bloomington-Normal, Illinois
Branding	107.7 The Bull
Slogan	"20 In A Row Country"
Frequency	107.7 MHz
Translator(s)	92.1 FM (W221CY)
First air date	June 8, 2000 (2000-06-08)
Format	Country
ERP	14,000 watts
HAAT	135 meters (443 ft)
Class	B1
Facility ID	86178
Callsign meaning	BuLL
Former callsigns	WYST (2002–2010) WBZM (2000–2002)
Owner	Great Plains Media
Sister stations	KKSW, KMXN, WKSW, WGSQ, WHUB, WPTN, WDQZ, WRPW, KLWN
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	1077thebull.com

WIBL (107.7 FM), known as "The Bull", is a broadcast radio station in Central Illinois with a Country music format. WYST, licensed to Fairbury, Illinois in the Bloomington-Normal market, broadcasts at 107.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 22,000 Watts and is owned by Pilot Media, which is a subsidiary of Great Plains Media. Great Plains' CEO is Jerry Zimmer, a longtime partner in the Zimmer Radio Group based in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Frequency history

The station signed on in August 2000 as WBZM, 107.7 The Buzz. It was owned by Crowmwell Broadcasting, and was operated out of their Peoria cluster. It had an Alternative Rock format, with Bob and Tom in the morning. The jocks were all the same as on 99X, which was, at the time, WIXO on its original Bartonville frequency of 99.9.

When Cromwell sold their Peoria cluster in 2001, WBZM was not included in the sale. Operations were moved to Cromwell's Decatur cluster and WBZM quickly went on the sale block. At the end of 2001, AAA Entertainment purchased the signal and began simulcasting 96.7 WIHN Normal, then later 99.5 WDQZ Lexington.

On March 28, 2003, AAA debuted WYST, an AC station branded "Star 107.7". In June 2003 the station's signal was upgraded and moved from Fairbury to Lexington, Illinois.

In February 2007, the format was modified as "The Heart and Soul of the Twin Cities" which had more of a rhythmic lean than competitor 100.7 WVMG.

In April 2007 the station began an LMA with Great Plains Media. No immediate format changes were made.

On June 29, 2007, at Noon, just several days after the closing the sale on WYST, Great Plains Media flipped the format to Country as "107.7 The Bull." The station is the first to take on heritage WBWN in the Bloomington market. On August 17, 2010 WYST changed their call letters to WIBL to go with the "Bull" branding.

The station often broadcasts 20 minutes of non-stop country music at the top of the hour, called the 20 Minute Bull Ride.

External links

WIBL The Bull's official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WIBL

Radio-Locator information on WIBL

Radio stations in the Bloomington-Normal, Illinois market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 89.1 89.5 89.5 90.3 92.9 93.7 94.7 94.9 95.1 96.7 97.9 98.9 Bloomington 98.9 Dwight 99.5 100.1 100.7 101.5 103.3 103.7 104.1 104.7 107.7

By AM frequency	1230

By callsign	W208AW W234AM W255AI W261BK W279BN W284BT WBBE WBNQ WBWN WESN WGLT WIBL WIHN WJBC WJBC-FM WJEZ WJHV-LP WJWR WPJC WRPW WSPI WWHX WXRJ-LP WZIM WZND-LP

Nearby radio markets Champaign Chicago Decatur LaSalle–Peru Peoria Kankakee Springfield See also List of radio stations in Illinois

Country radio stations in the state of Illinois

By AM frequency	750 920 980 1060 1230 1240 1290 1330 1440 1490 1520 1530 1540 1580

By FM frequency	92.1 92.3 92.7 92.9 93.7 93.7 94.1 94.3 94.3 94.9 95.1 95.3 95.5 95.7 95.9 96.3 96.5 97.3 97.3 97.5 97.7 98.3 98.3 98.5 99.1 99.3 99.5 99.5 99.9 100.1 100.3 100.3 100.5 100.9 101.3 101.7 101.7 101.9 102.1 102.1 102.3 102.3 102.3 102.5 103.7 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.5 105.9 105.9 106.1 106.5 107.3 107.7 107.9

By callsign	KSD (FM) – St. Louis, Missouri KSGM – Chester WAAG – Galesburg WALS – Oglesby WBBA-FM – Pittsfield WBWN – Le Roy WCCI – Savanna WCCQ – Crest Hill Canton WCOY – Quincy WCRC – Effingham WDDD-FM – Johnston City WDQN – Du Quoin WDUK – Havana WDZQ – Decatur WEBG – Chicago WEBQ – Harrisburg WFMB-FM – Springfield WFPS – Freeport WFYR – Elmwood WGEL – Greenville WGKC – Mahomet WGLC-FM – Mendota WHCO – Sparta WHET – West Frankfort WHPO – Hoopeston WIBH – Anna WIBL – Fairbury WIBV – Mount Vernon WIL-FM – St. Louis, Missouri WIRL – Peoria WIXY – Champaign WJBC-FM – Pontiac WJRE – Galva WJVO – South Jacksonville WKJT – Teutopolis WKRO – Cairo WLCN – Atlanta WLFZ – Springfield WLIQ – Quincy WLLR-FM – Davenport, Iowa WLUV – Loves Park WLWF – Marseilles WMCI – Neoga WMCL – McLeansboro WMIX-FM – Mount Vernon WMKR – Pana WMOK – Metropolis WNLF - Macomb WOKZ – Fairfield WOOZ-FM – Harrisburg WRAM – Monmouth WRCV – Dixon WRIK – Brookport WRMJ – Aledo WRMS-FM – Beardstown WRUL – Carmi WRTB – Winnebago WRVY-FM – Henry WSEI – Olney WSMI – Litchfield WSMI-FM – Litchfield WSVZ – Tower Hill WUSN – Chicago WUSW - Taylorville WXCL – Pekin WXNU – Saint Anne WXXQ – Freeport WYOT – Rochelle WYUR – Gilman WYXY – Savoy WZUS – Macon

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Illinois

Coordinates: 40°37′48″N 88°46′52″W / 40.630°N 88.781°W / 40.630; -88.781

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