Midwest Communications will shut down 1290 WIRL Peoria IL at 12pm on Tuesday, March 31.
The one-time Top 40 powerhouse in the Peoria market in the 1960s and 70s, WIRL has been simulcasting Conservative Talk “Freedom 95.9” W240DM/WPBG-HD3 since February 2022. It previously spent a decade as Oldies from 2013-22, with that programming continuing on “Superhits 102.7” W274BM/WPBG-HD2.
To mark the end of WIRL’s operations, the station will run a week of special programming starting at 7am today with “WIRL Memories” leading to former personality Wayne Miller signing off the station on March 31.
