WZPW
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| City of license | Peoria, Illinois |
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| Broadcast area | Peoria |
| Branding | Power 92.3 |
| Slogan | The Rhythm of the City |
| Frequency | 92.3 MHz |
| First air date | October 17, 1990 |
| Format | Rhythmic contemporary |
| ERP | 19,500 watts |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | PoWer |
| Owner | Regent Communications |
| Website | http://www.mypower923.com/ |
WZPW (Power 92.3) is an FM broadcast station in Central Illinois with a rhythmic contemporary format. WZPW in Peoria, Illinois broadcasts at 92.3 MHz with an ERP of 19,500 watts and is owned by Regent Broadcasting.
[edit] 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 19kW 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 in Bloomington, Illinois to Great Plains Media. In September of 2007, the Rhythmic format on WRPW ceased to exist as Great Plains Media relaunched the radio station with an FM 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.
[edit] Current Personalities
As of April 24th, 2008, the full-time weekday personalities are:
- Mornings: The Morning Rush with Steph
- Middays: Amanda
- Afternoons & Nights: Aaron Tyler
The station also features a local/underground show called In Tha Zone and is an affiliate of the syndicated MTV TRL Hip Hop Countdown.
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