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00000179-e1ff-d2b2-a3fb-ffffd9510001WNIJ is celebrating 30 years of broadcasting this year - we went on the air April 28, 1991 - and we're asking you to celebrate with us! We're compiling 30 reasons (or more!) to love WNIJ.So tell us about your favorite program, host, story, or driveway moment, and we'll add it to our list. Leave us a voicemail at 815-753-9300, or click here to submit a message from your computer or mobile device.

Reason #5: Keeping Up With Technology

A lot has changed in radio in the 30 years since WNIJ signed on the air.

In 1991, our listener dollars kept us supplied with the typewriter ribbons, razor blades, and miles of reel-to-reel tape that it took to keep our audience informed and entertained. Today? The same commitment to quality sound – but with computers, digital recorders, and upgraded studios and transmitters.

Reason #5 to love WNIJ? Susan Stephens and David Tallacksen explain by visiting WNIJ’s Museum of Ancient Technology for a quick round of “Stump the Chump.”  It takes a lot of work – and sometimes a little magic – to keep your 50-thousand watt source for news and entertainment on the air for three decades.

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