- WZPW
Infobox Radio Station
name = WZPW
city =Peoria, Illinois
area = Peoria
slogan = The Rhythm of the City
airdate =October 17 ,1990
frequency = 92.3MHz
format =Rhythmic contemporary
erp = 19,500watt s
class = B
callsign_meaning = PoWer
owner =Regent Communications
branding = Power 92.3
website = http://www.powerpeoria.com/|WZPW (Power 92.3) is an FM broadcast station in
Central Illinois with arhythmic contemporary format. WZPW inPeoria, Illinois broadcasts at 92.3 MHz with an ERP of 19,500watt s and is owned byRegent Broadcasting .History
WZPW originally signed on the air in October 1990 as
Urban Contemporary WBGE (B-92), but by the end of the decade they would start incorporating Rhythmic pop,shifting the station's format direction. WBGE was sold in early 2000 to become what was the first of two radio stations for AAA Entertainment in the Peoria market. It spent less than a year as an Urban AC station known as "Cool 92" before flipping to CHR/Rhythmic in the fall of 2000 as POWER 92. The call letters were changed to WZPW.In 2001 WZPW began expanding its format into the Bloomington area, where they were heard on WRPW. In early 2002, WZPW upgraded its signal to 19 kW and moved to a new tower near
Kickapoo, Illinois . By 2006, WZPW and WRPW stopped simulcasting after AAA sold WZPW to Regent Broadcasting. AAA kept WRPW, however, later selling it and its sister properties inBloomington, Illinois to Great Plains Media. In September 2007, the Rhythmic format on WRPW ceased to exist as Great Plains Media relaunched the radio station with anFM Talk format as "Cities 92-9," leaving WZPW as the only surviving part of the previously-successful simulcast.The station currently broadcasts
Radio Data System information, identifying on-screen as "The Rhythm of the City, POWER 92-3" and also identifying the title and artist of the currently playing song.Current Personalities
As of
August 18 ,2008 , the on-air lineup of WZPW consisted of:* Mornings: The Morning Rush with Amanda
* Middays: Steph
* Afternoons / Nights: JPThe station is also an affiliate of the syndicated
MTV TRL Hip-hop Countdown, as well asSunday Nite Slow Jams .External links
* [http://www.mypower923.com/ Power 92.3's website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/mypower923 Power 92.3] atMySpace
*fmq|WZPW
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