WUNT

WUNT (88.3 FM) is a contemporary Christian music radio station located in Princeton, Illinois. It is a listener supported radio station owned by Road Map Ministries. The station's target demographic is 25- to 54-year-olds. The Class A, 150-watt signal near Providence, Illinois serves the LaSalle-Peru radio market.

WUNT
CityPrinceton, Illinois
Frequency88.3 MHz
Slogan"88-3 The Roadmap"
Programming
FormatContemporary Christian
Ownership
OwnerRoad Map Ministries
History
First air dateAugust 2005
Former call signsWPRC
Call sign meaningW UNiTy
Technical information
Facility ID90548
ClassA
ERP150 watts
HAAT96 meters (315 ft)
Transmitter coordinates41.281°N 89.586°W / 41.281; -89.586
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.883theroadmap.org

The call letters were chosen to represent its effort to encourage unity with the residents of Princeton and surrounding communities.

WUNT began airing its current contemporary Christian Hot AC/CHR and classic Christian music format as 88-3 The Roadmap on December 26, 2018. Its original format was an eclectic mix of music mostly unsigned independent artists, Christian teaching programs and church services. The original tagline was Community Christian Radio 88.3 WUNT. Later most of the Christian teaching programs went away and inspirational contemporary Christian music was added. In this format its tagline was Roadmap Radio 88.3.

History

The station first signed on the air by Illinois Bible Institute, Inc. as WPRC and rebroadcast WCIC from Pekin, IL in August 2005.[1]

Road Map Ministries received a Construction Permit from the FCC to build a new FM station on 88.7 MHz to serve Sheffield, IL with 8,500 watts with a directional antenna at 417 feet HAAT. The call letters WUNT were assigned.[2]

Near the time the Construction Permit was about to expire, an agreement was reached between Road Map Ministries and Illinois Bible Institute, Inc. to trade the higher power Construction Permit on 88.7 MHz for the lower power station already licensed on 88.3 MHz. The WPRC and WUNT call letters were swapped.[3]

WUNT, now on 88.3 MHz, soon went silent and remained off the air for nearly a year while a studio facility was constructed in Sheffield.[4]

The WUNT studio moved to its current location at 105 S Main St Suite 3 in Princeton in 2017.

References
  1. https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1081583
  2. https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1300564
  3. https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1484605
  4. https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101503164&formid=910&fac_num=90548
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