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WPOK (AM)

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City
  
Pontiac, Illinois

Frequency
  
1080 kHz

Broadcast area
  
Bloomington-Normal

First air date
  
August 1, 1966 (1966-08-01) (to 1998 (1998))

Format
  
Adult standards (last format)

Power
  
1000 watts (daytime only)

WPOK was an daytime-only AM broadcasting station in Pontiac, Illinois in the late 20th century. Owned by Collins Miller and Lane Lindstrom, it went on the air on August 1, 1966. In 1975 it was running a middle of the road (music) format, simulcast on its FM sister station 103.1 WPOK-FM. The FM changed its callsign to WJEZ in November 1984, and by 1989 AM and FM had separate formats: 1080 WPOK with oldies and 103.1 WJEZ with modern country music.

WPOK was silent by March 1998, last having an adult standards format. It surrendered its license on 24 March 1998 during its renewal process, and was deleted on 18 June 1998. Its FM sister station, which had recently changed frequency to 93.7, survived to become WTRX-FM then WJBC-FM.

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WPOK (AM) Wikipedia