WRPW

WRPW

City	Colfax, Illinois
Broadcast area	Bloomington-Normal
Branding	Cities Talk FM 92.9
Frequency	92.9 MHz
First air date	May 5, 1996
Format	talk
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters
Class	A
Callsign meaning	PoWer (previous format)
Owner	Great Plains Media
Sister stations	WZIM, WIBL
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	cities929.com

WRPW (Cities 92.9) is a FM broadcast conservative radio station in Central Illinois with a talk format. WRPW, licensed to Colfax, Illinois in the Bloomington-Normal market, broadcasts at 92.9 MHz with an ERP of 6000 watts. WRPW is owned by Pilot Media, a subsidiary of Great Plains Media. Great Plains' CEO is Jerry Zimmer, a longtime partner in the Zimmer Radio Group based in Cape Girardeau, MO. The station changed to a news/talk format on August 30, 2007 from a rhythmic contemporary format that was known as Power 92.9.

History

WRPW made its debut in 1996 as WAPU. Soon after signing on, the call letters were changed to WSNI and the station became adult contemporary station "Sunny 92.9" with a satellite-fed format. In late 2001, call letters were changed to WRPW and the station became a simulcast of WZPW in Peoria, Illinois, and the stations together used the name "Power 92". In 2006, WZPW and WRPW stopped simulcasting after WZPW was sold to Regent Broadcasting, but both retained the same format. The brand name of WRPW was also changed from "Power 92" to "Power 92.9". On August 30, 2007 at 11:30PM the station flipped from Rhythmic CHR to Talk. The station seized the opportunity to pick up popular syndicated shows to compete with heritage news/talker WJBC's mostly local lineup. WRPW picked up The Rush Limbaugh Show after being dropped by WJBC in March, 2007. Other hosts include Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, and Mark Levin. The station airs its own morning and afternoon show.

Weekday programming schedule

12-2 a.m. Art Bell

2-5 a.m. Hugh Hewitt

5-8 a.m. Morning Buz

8-11 a.m. Glenn Beck Program

11 a.m.-2 p.m. Rush Limbaugh Show

3-5 p.m. Illinois Watchdog Radio with Ben

5-8 p.m. Mark Levin

8-11 p.m. Sean Hannity

11 p.m.-12 a.m. Art Bell

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WRPW

Radio-Locator information on WRPW

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

Coordinates: 40°29′28″N 88°43′16″W / 40.491°N 88.721°W / 40.491; -88.721

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