Saturday, January 14, 2012

New(?) Station-LP in Decatur, IL




Perhaps it has been awhile, but I passed through Decatur, IL today and found everything pretty much the same on the radio dial, except that there is a new (to me at least) low power fm on 98.1. I believe the translator in Decatur used to sit at 98.3 and was used as translator for sister station,  Top-40 WYDS 93.1 "The Party." Those calls were W252AR-FM.

The new calls are W251BN. Per http://www.radio-locator.com/, the station transmits at a power of 250 watts with a transmitter height off the ground of 168 meters.

98.1 bills itself as "Magic 98.1" and the station's slogan is "Today's R & B and Old School. " The station is part of the Cromwell Radio Group and you can visit the Decatur radio group's website at www.decaturradio.com/ and Magic 98's website at http://www.magic98.net/.  The station can also be found on HD radio as 93.1-HD2.

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