WIVQ
Broadcast areaLa Salle-Peru
Frequency103.3 MHz
BrandingQ Hit Music 977 & 1033
Programming
FormatTop 40/CHR
Ownership
Owner
WALS, WBZG, WGLC-FM, WSPL, WSTQ, WYYS
History
Former call signs
WAIV (1990-2001)[2]
Technical information
Facility ID28312
ClassA
ERP4,900 watts
HAAT110 meters (360 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
41°18′09″N 89°14′11″W / 41.30250°N 89.23639°W / 41.30250; -89.23639
Repeater(s)97.7 WSTQ (Streator)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websiteqhitmusic.com

WIVQ (103.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Spring Valley, Illinois, United States, serving the La Salle-Peru area. The station is owned by Shaw Media, through licensee Shaw Local Radio Co, after being previously owned by Studstill Media/Mendota Broadcasting Inc. until April 2023.[3]

WIVQ broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format as a simulcast with sister station WSTQ.[4]

The station was assigned the WIVQ call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on February 26, 2001.[2]

History

WIVQ FM 103.3 began life as Talk Radio 103.3 FM WAIV in April 1994 according to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's call sign database. It carried a right-wing talk format. In the spring of 1997, the station was sold along with co-owned WLRZ (now WBZG) from Crest Broadcasting to "The Radio Group" also known as Mendota Broadcasting. In July 1997, the station switched from all-talk to Light AC using ABC radio's star station format. It kept the AC format until March 6, 2000, at 9 PM, when it dropped Light AC for the current top forty simulcast with WSTQ FM.

On January 24, 2023, it was announced that Studstill Media had sold WIVQ, along with its sister stations, to Shaw Media in Crystal Lake, Illinois, for a total of $1.8 million. The sale was under FCC review for just under two months before being finalized on March 23, 2023.[5] Shaw Local Radio officially assumed ownership of WIVQ and its sister stations on April 3, 2023.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Barichello, David. "Shaw Local Radio completes purchase of 8 radio stations". Shaw Local. Shaw Media.
  2. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. ↑ Barichello, David. "Shaw Local Radio completes purchase of 8 radio stations". Shaw Local. Shaw Media.
  4. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  5. ↑ Shaw Local News Network. "Studstill announces sale of 8 radio stations to Shaw Media". Shaw Local. Shaw Media Local.
  6. ↑ Barichello, David. "Shaw Local Radio completes purchase of 8 radio stations". Shaw Local. Shaw Media.


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