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evenings. In April 2000, the station's call sign was changed to WGFB, and the station's format was shifted to mainstream AC. The station was branded "B 103", with the slogan "Today's Lite Rock". The station continued to air Delilah evenings. By 2006, Delilah was replaced in the evenings with
1360: 1674: 343:. In 1967, the station's call sign was changed to WRWC. In 1971, the station's city of license was changed to Rockton, Illinois. In the 1970s, the station aired a format consisting of 1353: 1554: 1346: 1604: 441: 398: 1559: 210: 1630: 1589: 1574: 1679: 1614: 1569: 454: 426: 1599: 1584: 1609: 1220: 969: 768: 261: 1684: 1130: 1012: 810: 494: 645: 778: 820: 1689: 1669: 1277: 688: 1327: 548: 530: 772: 512: 462: 1564: 1312: 1292: 476: 788: 614: 1338: 562: 803: 324: 233: 111: 1302: 1092: 335:
The station began broadcasting in March 1963, and held the call sign WBEL-FM. It was a sister station to
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By 1984, the station's format had been changed to adult contemporary. In the 1990s, the station aired a
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1380, and simulcast its programming. The station was originally licensed to
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On December 26, 2022, after the conclusion of their annual wall to wall
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format, and was branded "Lite 103". The station aired
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Rockton, Illinois
Rockford, Illinois
Frequency
MHz
Format
Hot adult contemporary
Mid-West Family Broadcasting
Sister stations
WNTA
WRTB
WXRX
1963
FCC
Facility ID
Class
ERP
watts
HAAT
Public file
LMS
Webcast
Listen live
www.b103fm.com
FM
radio station
hot adult contemporary
Rockton, Illinois
Rockford
Mid-West Family Broadcasting

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