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For the airport in Bario, Sarawak, Malaysia, assigned ICAO code WBGZ, see Bario Airport.
WBGZ
WBGZ (AM) logo.jpg
City of license Alton, Illinois
Broadcast area St. Louis area
Branding The Big Z
Slogan "Radio for the River Bend"
Frequency 1570 kHz AM
Format News Talk Information
Power 1,000 watts day
74 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 41384
Transmitter coordinates 38°55′44.00″N 90°13′3.00″W / 38.9288889°N 90.2175000°W / 38.9288889; -90.2175000
Affiliations Salem Communications
Owner Metroplex Communications, Inc.
Website wbgzradio.com

WBGZ (1570 AM, "The Big Z") is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Alton, Illinois, United States, the station serves the northern St. Louis and Metro-East areas. The station is currently owned by Metroplex Communications, Inc. and features programing from Salem Communications.[1]

The station's slogan is "Radio for the River Bend." It broadcasts local news, sports, and talk, primarily for the greater Alton area. Broadcasting for more than 50 years, the station was originally known as WOKZ, until it was changed to its current call letters in 1984. It has a 24 hour talk format with two daily talk shows, a morning and afternoon drive show, local weekend programming, including a popular outdoors show, and other various programs. The signal can be easily heard in northern St. Louis County in Missouri, as well as in portions of southwestern Illinois.

References [edit]

  1. ^ "WBGZ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. 

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