{"id":419746,"date":"2026-01-21T00:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T00:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/419746\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T00:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T00:29:11","slug":"a-new-rb-vibe-for-peoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/419746\/","title":{"rendered":"A New R&#038;B Vibe For Peoria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-removed-loading=\"lazy\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='jeg_viewport']\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::P]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1075thevibe-200x200-jpeg.webp.jpeg\" alt=\"92.9 107.5 The Vibe WOAM Peoria\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-335407\"  \/>Spoon River Media has closed on its <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/308013\/station-sales-week-of-9-5\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$65,000 purchase<\/a> of 1350 WOAM Tremont IL and translators 92.9 W225DC and 107.5 W298BH Peoria from American Educational Foundation and launched Adult R&amp;B \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/vibepeoria.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">92.9\/107.5 The Vibe<\/a>\u201d on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Launching with 10,000 songs commercial-free, the station debuted at 12pm on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day following a weekend of stunting with Stevie Wonder\u2019s \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d. Core artists for the new brand include Mary J. Blige, Bruno Mars, Jodeci, TLC, Rihanna, Michael Jackson, Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey, and Keith Sweat. The company said that the choice to launch on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a purposeful one, tying the station\u2019s debut to a national holiday that honors Dr. King\u2019s vision of community and equality.<\/p>\n<p>The station joins Spoon River Media\u2019s pair of stations in nearby Canton IL and three in Laporte IN. The company says it intends to open a local office in Peoria and will be building a staff of local talent and sales. Co-owner\/Managing Partner Matt Moore said, \u201cWe\u2019re local broadcasters who believe in creating connections between individuals, businesses, and other community stakeholders by being active in the communities we serve, by producing excellent local content, and by engaging our listeners in positive, enriching, and meaningful ways. We\u2019re excited to bring this vision into the Peoria radio market with the launch of 92.9 &amp; 107.5 The Vibe.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spoon River Media has closed on its $65,000 purchase of 1350 WOAM Tremont IL and translators 92.9 W225DC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":["post-419746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}