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WCBU
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| Broadcast area | Peoria, Illinois |
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| Branding | 89.9 WCBU Peoria |
| Slogan | "Smart Radio for Central Illinois" |
| Frequency | 89.9 (MHz) |
| Format | Classical, NPR |
| ERP | 26,500 watts |
| Class | B |
| Owner | Bradley University |
| Website | http://www.wcbufm.org |
WCBU is a listener-supported, non-commercial public radio station owned by Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. The station is on the air 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year in the Peoria area, and can be heard anywhere in the world via their website. WCBU is a National Public Radio affiliate and is located on Bradley's campus.
Beginning in 2007, WCBU will be the first radio station in Central Illinois to offer a second channel of programming for listeners with HD Radio.
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In January, 2007, WCBU created a second channel, WCBU2, to listeners with HD radios. The programming concept of WCBU2 is to counter WCBU's main channel programming. If WCBU is airing a news or talk show, WCBU2 would be airing music, and vice versa. The reason for this is to give the listener more choices in the type of program they want to listen to.
Streaming of WCBU2 officially began on February 15th.
The entire program schedule for WCBU2 can be found here.
WCBU offers a wide variety of news and music programs on both its main and HD channels.
WCBU's main channel currently airs NPR's top news programs, including All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, and Day to Day, as well as American Public Media's Marketplace. WCBU also offers some of NPR's other popular programs, including Car Talk, From the Top, The Thistle & Shamrock, and World of Opera.
Along with NPR programming, WCBU also offers shows from Public Radio International and American Public Media. These programs include This American Life, A Prairie Home Companion, Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?, Living on Earth, Performance Today, and Symphonycast.
The Radio Reader airs weekdays (except Tuesdays) and is produced at Michigan State University.
WCBU also offers weekly specialty programs. Documentary shows from American RadioWorks, America Abroad Media (part of Public Radio International), NPR, and PRI, as well as other independent works, can be heard on WCBU Showcase, which airs every Saturday.
The station also includes local programming:
- Music from the Heartland, which showcases local operas, orchestras, and vocal ensembles. The program airs Wednesday and Sunday nights, and is hosted by Terry Solomonson.
- Jazz from the Hilltop showcases the best jazz musicians in the area. The program airs every Sunday night and is hosted by local jazz musician and professor at Bradley University, Ed Kaiser.
WCBU airs locally-hosted classical music every weekday, with Lee Wenger and Nathan Irwin.
The entire program schedule for the main channel can be found here.
Currently scheduled for WCBU2:
- BBC News - BBC
- The Diane Rehm Show - NPR
- Fresh Air - NPR
- The World - BBC
- World Cafe - NPR
- Exploring Music - WFMT
- Talk of the Nation - NPR
- Classical 24 - PRI
- Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! - NPR
- Bob Edwards Weekend - PRI
- To the Best of Our Knowledge - PRI
- Echoes - PRI
- Weekend America - APM
- Marketplace Money - APM
- On the Media - NPR
- Justice Talking - NPR
- The Tavis Smiley Show - PRI
- American Routes - PRI
- Performance Today - APM
- Jonathan Ahl - News Director / Reporter, host of Outside the Horseshoe
- Tom Hunt - Executive Director, substitute host of WCBU's AM and PM classical music
- Nathan Irwin - Host of WCBU's AM classical music, WCBU News anchor of Day to Day
- Tanya Koonce - News Reporter
- Denise Molina - News Reporter, WCBU News anchor of Morning Edition
- Lauren Rapciak - Local host on Saturday and Sunday afternoons
- Daryl Scott - WCBU News anchor of All Things Considered
- Mathew Shaver - WCBU News anchor of Weekend Edition Saturday, local host on Saturday and Sunday mornings
- Dave Skaggs - Local host on Saturday evenings
- Lee Wenger - Host of WCBU's PM classical music
With special help from...
- Sean Crawford and Amanda Vinicky - Capitol news from Illinois Public Radio
- Paulette Cott and H. Wayne Wilson - Local freelancers who help on special projects
The WCBU news department includes News Director Jonathan Ahl, reporters Denise Molina and Tanya Koonce, and student-assistants from Bradley University. WCBU News can be heard seven times each weekday and twice on Saturday mornings. Since 1999, WCBU News has won 6 national, 6 regional, and 9 state awards for journalistic excellence. [1]
Outside the Horseshoe, a production of WCBU News and hosted by Jonathan Ahl, airs Tuesday evenings before the live broadcast of the Peoria City Council meetings. Horseshoe previews the top issues on the agenda, or delves into an important topic in city politics and government.
WCBU News also features special programs throughout the year, including a "Year in Review" in December and live coverage of statewide elections.
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See also: Peoria (FM) (AM) (Peoria-Bloomington TV)
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