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Virden Broadcasting Corp.
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CONTACT
INFORMATION
"We
serve our communities accurately and responsibly by informing
and entertaining; and by making advertising effective for area
businesses."
Contact and Station Information
To Submit News Stories 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: regionalradionews@wkei.com
For Station Information including Advertising Rates: regionalradio@verizon.net
IL Office:
133 E. Division St PO Box 266
Kewanee, IL |
61443-0266
Phone 309-853-4471
IA Office:
2212 E. 12th St. Suite 228
Davenport, IA 52803
Phone 563-322-9932
On Air – Contest Line: 1-309-853-4473
or TOLL FREE at 1-800-346-4473
Station
Information
WJRE
went on-the-air May 20th ,1966, as WKEI-FM providing
the Tri-County area with its first local FM signal.
March 1st 1974 WKEI-FM became WJRE. WJRE operated at
92.1 on the FM dial with 3000 watts of power, until
October 1, 1996, when it moved to 93.9 on the FM dial,
with 3100 watts of power from a 453-foot tower northeast
of Kewanee, substantially increasing WJRE's coverage
area.
WJRE then moved down the dial to 102.5 on May 1, 2003
at midnight to a tower south of Galva, with 3,000 watts
of power. On Thursday, November 3, 2005 at 4 p.m., WJRE
flipped the switch to its new transmitter on Beach Street
in Kewanee, sharing facilities with sister station WKEI.
WJRE now operates at 6,000 watts. WJRE also utilizes
the Radio Data System, or RDS.
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