WDQZ
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WZIM is a radio station
serving the Bloomington
-Normal
, Illinois
. The station airs a classic hits
format. The station signed on in late 2001 as WCSO, with the call letters quickly changing to WDQZ. It was a Classic Hits simulcast with WDQX in Peoria. In December 2005 WDQX was sold, and the simulcast with WDQZ was split. Since then the station has evolved into a more straight-ahead Classic Rock station. In September 2009 WDQZ stunted as an all TV theme station for a day and a half. On September 18, 2009 WDQZ changed back to a classic hits format.
Scott Robbins, longtime Bloomington/Normal personality, hosted mornings on The Eagle for many years, with two different co-hosts. In April 2007 Mancow's Morning Madhouse was added, and Scott moved to Afternoons, then off the station in August 2007 to host mornings on Cities 92.9. In February 2008 Scott returned to middays on the Eagle. The syndicated "Nights With Alice Cooper" serves as the night show.
On August 17, 2010 WDQZ changed their call letters to WZIM.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
serving the Bloomington
Bloomington, Illinois
Bloomington is a city in McLean County, Illinois, United States and the county seat. It is adjacent to Normal, Illinois, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal metropolitan area...
-Normal
Normal, Illinois
Normal is an incorporated town in McLean County, Illinois, United States. It had a population of 52,497 as of the 2010 census. Normal is the smaller of two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal metropolitan area...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. The station airs a classic hits
Classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...
format. The station signed on in late 2001 as WCSO, with the call letters quickly changing to WDQZ. It was a Classic Hits simulcast with WDQX in Peoria. In December 2005 WDQX was sold, and the simulcast with WDQZ was split. Since then the station has evolved into a more straight-ahead Classic Rock station. In September 2009 WDQZ stunted as an all TV theme station for a day and a half. On September 18, 2009 WDQZ changed back to a classic hits format.
Scott Robbins, longtime Bloomington/Normal personality, hosted mornings on The Eagle for many years, with two different co-hosts. In April 2007 Mancow's Morning Madhouse was added, and Scott moved to Afternoons, then off the station in August 2007 to host mornings on Cities 92.9. In February 2008 Scott returned to middays on the Eagle. The syndicated "Nights With Alice Cooper" serves as the night show.
On August 17, 2010 WDQZ changed their call letters to WZIM.