WRMJ
Encyclopedia
WRMJ is a commercial radio station that serves the Aledo, Illinois
area, as well as Mercer
and surrounding counties in the northwest central and west central portions of Illinois, and southeast central and east central portions of Iowa
. The station broadcasts a Country
format. WRMJ is owned by Western Illinois Broadcasting and has its transmitter located on 151st Street in rural Mercer County, just off of Illinois Route 17
west of Aledo.
A typical small town based and locally owned radio station, WRMJ broadcasts a variety of news content, including national news from the ABC Direction Network
, agriculture news from the Brownfield Radio Network, and local news, including weather, sports, and local area farm news. WRMJ also provides coverage of area high school sports in Mercer and surrounding counties, and carries St. Louis Cardinals
Baseball
during the Baseball Season and University of Illinois
Football
and Basketball
during College Football and Basketball seasons respectively. Local religious services are broadcast at various times on Sundays.
Aledo, Illinois
Aledo is a city in Mercer County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,613 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Mercer County.-Geography:Aledo is located at ....
area, as well as Mercer
Mercer County, Illinois
Mercer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 16,434, which is a decrease of 3.1% from 16,957 in 2000. Its county seat is Aledo...
and surrounding counties in the northwest central and west central portions of Illinois, and southeast central and east central portions of Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
. The station broadcasts a Country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
format. WRMJ is owned by Western Illinois Broadcasting and has its transmitter located on 151st Street in rural Mercer County, just off of Illinois Route 17
Illinois Route 17
Illinois Route 17 is a rural, arterial east–west state road that runs east from a former ferry crossing in New Boston along the banks of the Mississippi River to State Road 2 west of Lowell, Indiana. It is long.- Route description :...
west of Aledo.
A typical small town based and locally owned radio station, WRMJ broadcasts a variety of news content, including national news from the ABC Direction Network
ABC News Radio
ABC News Radio is the radio service of ABC News, a division of the ABC Television Network. Formerly known as ABC Radio News, ABC News Radio feeds, through Cumulus Media Networks, newscasts on the hour to its more than 2,000 affiliates...
, agriculture news from the Brownfield Radio Network, and local news, including weather, sports, and local area farm news. WRMJ also provides coverage of area high school sports in Mercer and surrounding counties, and carries St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...
Baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
during the Baseball Season and University of Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
Football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
and Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
during College Football and Basketball seasons respectively. Local religious services are broadcast at various times on Sundays.