WKEI

WKEI
City	Kewanee, Illinois
Broadcast area	Henry, Bureau, Knox, and Stark Counties
Branding	Newstalk 1450 AM, 104.3 FM - WKEI
Slogan	The Talk of the Tri-Counties
Frequency	1450 kHz
Translator(s)	104.3 MHz W282AL
First air date	1952
Format	News/Talk
Power	500 watts day 1,000 watts night
Class	C
Facility ID	70276
Transmitter coordinates	41°13′37.00″N 89°56′8.00″W / 41.2269444°N 89.9355556°W / 41.2269444; -89.9355556
Callsign meaning	W KEwanee Illinois
Affiliations	CBS Radio News
Owner	Randall J. Miller (sale pending to Fletcher M. Ford) (Virden Broadcasting Corp.)
Sister stations	WJRE, WYEC
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	Regional Daily News

WKEI (1450 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News/Talk format. Licensed to Kewanee, Illinois, USA, the station serves the Quad Cities area. The station is currently owned by Randall J. Miller's Virden Broadcasting Corp.^[1]

Miller announced the sale of WKEI, along with sister stations WJRE and WYEC, to the cluster's sales manager Fletcher Ford, on November 30, 2012. That sale is expected to close in first quarter 2013, pending FCC approval.

The station provided the town with its first local radio signal. WKEI is now a news/talk radio station, a CBS Radio affiliate and home to syndicated talk show hosts Mike Huckabee, Hugh Hewitt and Jim Bohannon. WKEI is also the Kewanee affiliate for St. Louis Cardinals NFL Football and The Illini.

References

↑ "WKEI Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WKEI

Radio-Locator Information on WKEI

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WKEI

Radio stations in the Greater Quad Cities (Davenport–Moline–Clinton–Muscatine) market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.3 90.3 91.1 91.7 92.5 93.1 93.5 93.9 94.5 94.7 95.1 96.1 96.9 98.9 99.7 100.5 100.7 101.3 101.7 102.1 102.3 102.5 102.7 102.9 103.7 104.3 104.5 104.9 105.5 105.5 105.7 105.9 106.1 106.5 106.9 107.9

By AM frequency	860 960 1170 1230 1270 1340 1390 1420 1450

By NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.525 162.550

By callsign	K233AA K236CF K271AF K283BV K288CY K289BI K295AS KALA KBEA-FM KBOB KCLN KCQQ KJOC KMCN KMCS KMXG KNSB KQCS KROS KRQC-LP KSUI KTJT-LP KUNI KUUL KWPC KZIA KZZ66 KZZ83 W290AW WAXR WDLM WDLM-FM WFXN WGRG-LP WGVV-LP WJRE WKBF WKEI WLKU WLLR-FM WNWC-FM WOC WQUD WRMJ WVIK WXJ73 WXLP WYEC

Nearby radio markets Burlington Cedar Rapids–Iowa City Dubuque LaSalle–Peru Peoria Rockford See also List of radio stations in Iowa List of radio stations in Illinois

News/talk radio stations in the state of Illinois

All-news	WBBM – Chicago WCFS – Elmwood Park

News and talk	WAIK – Galesburg WBBA-FM – Pittsfield WBEL – South Beloit WBIG – Aurora WBGZ – Alton WCIL – Carbondale WCMY – Ottawa WCPT – Willow Springs WCRA – Effingham WCSJ – Morris WDAN – Danville WDWS – Champaign WFIW – Fairfield WGEM – Quincy WGFA – Watseka WGIL – Galesburg WGN – Chicago WGNU – Granite City WHOW – Clinton WIND – Chicago WINI – Murphysboro WJBC – Bloomington WJBM – Jerseyville WJOL – Joliet WJPF – Herrin WKAN – Kankakee WKEI – Kewanee WKYX – Golconda WLBK – DeKalb WLMD - Bushnell WLS – Chicago WMIX – Mount Vernon WRHL – Rochelle WRMN – Elgin WROK – Rockford WRPW – Colfax WSDR – Sterling WSDZ – Belleville WSOY – Decatur WTAD – Quincy WTAX – Springfield WTIM – Assumption WTRH – Ramsey WWHP - Farmer City WZOE – Princeton 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

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