98.9 W255AI (Translates 91.5 WCIC), Christian AC (RDS) (Peoria) 99.5 WZIM "Magic 99.5", Adult contemporary (RDS) 100.1 W261BK (Translates 88.5 WBNH), Religious Music (Pekin) 100.7 WWHX "Hot 100", Rhythmic CHR (RDS) 101.5 WBNQ, CHR/Pop (RDS – Artist/Title) 103.3 WZND-LP Illinois State University Student Radio web (RDS) 104.1 WBWN "B 104", Country (RDS – Artist/Title) (HD Radio) 105.7 WIXO "105.7 The X Rocks", Active Rock (RDS – Artist/Title) (Peoria) 107.7 WIBL "107.7 The Bull", Country (RDS – Artist/Title) AM Radio 1230 WJBC, News/Talk NOAA Weather Radio NOAA Weather Radio station KZZ65 transmits from Bloomington and is licensed to NOAA's National Weather Service Central Illinois Weather Forecast Office at Lincoln, broadcasting on a frequency of 162.525 mHz (channel 6 on most newer weather radios, and most SAME weather radios). The station activates the SAME tone alarm feature and a 1050 Hz tone activating older radios (except for AMBER Alerts, using the SAME feature only) for hazardous weather and non-weather warnings and emergencies, along with selected weather watches, for the Illinois counties of McLean, Tazewell, and Woodford. Weather permitting, a tone alarm test of both the SAME and 1050 Hz tone features are conducted every Wednesday between 11 AM and Noon. Television DTV 17-1 WAND-TV NBC (Springfield/Decatur) DTV 19-1 WHOI, TBD (formerly ABC) (Peoria-Bloomington) DTV 25-1 WEEK-TV NBC (Peoria) DTV 25-2 HOI ABC (Peoria) DTV 25-3 The CW Peoria/Bloomington DTV 31-1 WMBD-TV "Central Illinois Proud", CBS (Peoria) DTV 31-2 “Bounce TV” Peoria/Bloomington DTV 31-3 “Laff TV” DTV 31-4 “Escape” DTV 43-1 WYZZ-TV "Central Illinois Proud", Fox (Bloomington) DTV 43-3 “getTV” Peoria/Bloomington DTV 47-1 WTVP, PBS (Peoria) DTV 47-2 PBS Kids (Peoria) DTV 59-1 WAOE "My59", MyNetworkTV (Peoria) DTV 59-2 “Antenna TV” Print The Pantagraph, local daily newspaper Notable companies Bloomington is home to State Farm Insurance., Country Financial, and Beer Nuts. The original Steak 'n Shake restaurant was opened in Normal, Bloomington's adjoining city, in 1934. It also has the largest Dairy Queen Restaurant. In popular culture A season 4 episode of the Discovery Channel series A Haunting, called The Awakening, takes place in Bloomington in 2003. The AWE DLC for the 2019 video game Control, a game about paranormal events and items, contains a haunted train supposedly derailed in Bloomington. The character Henry Blake from the show M*A*S*H is from Bloomington. In the tv show Dexter, one of a serial killers was active in Bloomington. See also Illinois Prairie Community Foundation Bloomington,