WIHN

WIHN, branded 96.7 I-Rock, is an FM active rock radio station on the Normal, Illinois, frequency of 96.7 MHz and studios in Bloomington, Illinois, in the Bloomington-Normal area. It is owned by Elizabeth Neuhoff's Neuhoff Corp., through licensee Neuhoff Media Bloomington, LLC, and switched to its current rock format in early 1995 (as I-97) from its former Adult Contemporary format.

History

The station signed on the air Friday, December 21, 1973, from studios located on the second floor of the Castle Theater Building on Washington Street in Bloomington, Illinois. These studios were previously occupied by WJBC/WBNQ until their earlier move to the transmitter site on Greenwood Avenue.

The WIHN transmitter was located at Nord Farm on the West side of Bloomington/Normal. The antenna was side-mounted at the maximum allowable height of 300 feet (91 m) on an already existing communications tower owned by Dr. Stanley Nord with a studio/transmitter link from downtown. The Collins 3 kW transmitter was housed within an enclosure constructed inside one of the farm buildings.