- Station name Station name
- WDZ "1050 ESPN" Decatur, IL
- Description Description
- It is owned by the Champaign Multimedia Group, which also owns four other local radio stations, WDZQ, WKIO, WSOY and WSOY-FM. Studios and offices are located on North Water Street.
- Launch date Launch date
- 1921
- Owner Owner
- Champaign Multimedia Group
- Contact Contact
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WDZ "1050 ESPN" Decatur, IL
United States
Format
32kbps • AAC
WDZ (1050 AM) is a commercial radio station, licensed to Decatur, Illinois. It broadcasts a sports radio format and calls itself "Fox Sports 1050".
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Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
United States
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|---|---|
| Language Language | English |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | nowdecatur.com |
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Primary frequency
1050.0 kHz
Service type
AM
Transmitter coordinates
39.8150278, -89.0023056
Coverage area
Macon County, Illinois
Owner / network
Champaign Multimedia Group
First air date
1921
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| Station ID | 41815 |
|---|---|
| Region | United States, Illinois |
| Branding | Fox Sports 1050 AM Decatur |
| Owner | Champaign Multimedia Group |
| Broadcast area | Macon County, Illinois |
| Launched | 1921 |
| Website | nowdecatur.com |
| Primary frequency | 1.05 MHz |
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| Last check | 3 hours ago |
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| Stream host | 15723.live.streamtheworld.com |
| Final host | 15723.live.streamtheworld.com |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/aacp |
| Server software | MediaGateway 6.16.1-500.el9 |
| Latency | 1033 ms |
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| Current stream format | AAC |
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Last successful stream
3 hours ago
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About station About WDZ "1050 ESPN" Decatur, IL
WDZ (1050 AM) is a commercial radio station, licensed to Decatur, Illinois. It broadcasts a sports radio format and calls itself "Fox Sports 1050".
It is owned by the Champaign Multimedia Group, which also owns four other local radio stations, WDZQ, WKIO, WSOY and WSOY-FM. Studios and offices are located on North Water Street. It is one of the oldest radio stations in Illinois, and one of the few that still carry a three-letter call sign along with WGN and WLS in Chicago. WDZ operates on 1050 kHz, a clear channel frequency reserved for Mexico. By day, WDZ is powered at 1,000 watts non-directional. It must reduce power to 250 watts at night so it does not interfere with other stations on the frequency. WDZ is diplexed (i.e., shares the vertical radiator) with WSOY. The transmitter site is on St. Louis Bridge Road at Wesley Road in Decatur.
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