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WPIA
City of license	Eureka, Illinois
Broadcast area	Peoria, Illinois
Branding	98.5 Kiss-FM
Slogan	"Peoria's Hit Music"
Frequency	98.5 MHz
First air date	August 22, 1988
Format	Top 40/CHR
ERP	6000 watts
HAAT	100 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	28317
Transmitter Coordinates	40°42′57.1″N 89°27′50.3″W / 40.715861, -89.463972 (WPIA tower)Coordinates: 40°42′57.1″N 89°27′50.3″W / 40.715861, -89.463972 (WPIA tower)
Callsign meaning	Peoria (also Peoria airport code)
Former callsigns	WRVP (2000–2004) WPPY (August 1999 – July 2000) WEEK-FM (1997–1999) WIVR (1994–1997) WCRI (1988–1994)[1]
Owner	Independence Media Holdings (IM IL Licenses LLC)
Sister stations	WZPN, WWCT, WHPI
Website	kissfmpeoria.com

WPIA (98.5 FM, "98.5 KISS-FM") is a radio station licensed for Eureka, Illinois, between Peoria and Bloomington, Illinois. It uses the KISS-FM Top 40/CHR format from Clear Channel Communications, but the station is not owned by Clear Channel.

History

The station originally went on the air as WCRI in 1988. After a stint as "98.5 The River" in the mid-1990s, the station was bought by the owners of WEEK-TV, who turned it into Oldies 98.5 with the callsign WEEK-FM, the only radio station owned by Granite Broadcasting. After 93.3 became WPBG ("Big Oldies 93.3"), putting it in direct competition with WEEK-FM, 98.5's ratings slid and Granite sold the radio station.

From around 1999 to 2004, the station was called "98.5 The Party", first with the callsign WPPY, then adding a simulcast on 101.1 WRVP (now WHPI), then swapping callsigns with 101.1 to become WRVP itself.

Around 2004, the station's callsign was changed to WPIA and it became Christian rock station Hope 98.5. Then-owners Regent Communications sold the station and 101.1 (now WHPI) to Independence Media Holdings, who also bought 96.5 (now WZPN) from another company and combined it with 98.5 to form 96.5 & 98.5 Kiss-FM starting in September 2006. On July 2, 2007, 96.5 stopped simulcasting 98.5.^[2]

Current personalities

As of December 20, 2008, the on-air lineup of WZPW consisted of:

• Mornings: The Big Show with Big D
• Middays: O'Ryan
• Afternoons/Nights: Govia

The station is also an affiliate of the syndicated AT40 with Ryan Seacrest, as well as Dawson McAllister Live.

References

External links

• KISS FM Peoria WPIA official website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WPIA
• Radio Locator information on WPIA
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WPIA

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