WIBC (FM)

WIBC
Broadcast areaIndianapolis metropolitan area
Frequency93.1 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding93 WIBC
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatNews/talk
Subchannels
  • HD2: 93.5/107.5 The Fan (Sports)
  • HD3: Same as HD2
AffiliationsFox News Radio
Premiere Networks
Radio America
WISH-TV
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
December 5, 1960;
63 years ago
 (1960-12-05)[1]
Former call signs
  • WIBC-FM (1960–1968)
  • WNAP (1968–1986)
  • WEAG (1986–1987)
  • WKLR (1987–1994)
  • WNAP-FM (1994–2000)
  • WNOU (2000–2007)
  • WEXM (2007)
Call sign meaning
Indianapolis Broadcasting Company
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID19524
ClassB
ERP13,500 watts
HAAT302 meters (991 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
39°46′03″N 86°00′12″W / 39.7675°N 86.0033°W / 39.7675; -86.0033
Translator(s)
  • HD2: 93.5 W228CX (Indianapolis)
  • HD2: 107.5 W298BB (Indianapolis)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Listen Live (HD2)
Websitewibc.com
1075thefan.com (HD2)

WIBC (93.1 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is owned by Urban One and broadcasts a news/talk format. The studios are located at 40 Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis. The transmitter and antenna are located near South Post Road and Burk Road on the far east side of Indianapolis. The station airs mostly local conservative talk shows on weekdays, with several nationally syndicated programs, including Dana Loesch, Chad Benson, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and on weekends Kim Komando. Weekends also feature shows on money, health, gardening, computers and guns. Some weekend hours are paid brokered programming. Some hours begin with world and national news from Fox News Radio.

For nearly seven decades, WIBC broadcast on the AM radio frequency of 1070 kHz. On December 26, 2007, WIBC's call letters and talk programming moved to the FM dial at co-owned 93.1 MHz. Also on that date, the 1070 kHz frequency took the call sign WFNI and began an all-sports format as "1070 The Fan".[3]

WIBC broadcasts in HD, using its HD2 signal for WFNI's local sports format, also heard on translators 93.5 W228CX and 107.5 W298BB. WIBC's HD3 signal carries a simulcast of WIBC's HD2 signal.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference airdate was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WIBC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "WIBC to Make Switch to FM". WIBC. October 8, 2007. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011.