Listen for your chance to WIN a trip to see Taylor Swift in concert!… MORE
Category Archives: Contests
WJBC’s Ultimate Winter Warm Up with Popejoy Plumbing, Heating, & Electric
Are you warm enough this winter? How about were you cool enough last summer? Starting Jan. 25, be listening to AM 1230, FM 102.1 and WJBC.com for your chance to qualify and you could win a brand new $13,000 heating and air-conditioning system from Popejoy Plumbing, Heating, & Electric in the WJBC Ultimate Winter Warmup contest!…… MORE
Win a Trip for four to Mexico from Direct Travel on WJBC
Direct Travel and WJBC want to send you on our Beach Release Getaway!… MORE
Come Home for the Holidays
WJBC and flyhomebn.org have teamed up so that someone you know and love can Come Home for the Holidays!… MORE
The Great Garage Transformation Giveaway from Storage Options & Solutions!
Be listening to WJBC to qualify and win a garage makeover from Storage Options & Solutions!… MORE
Scott Miller is Spreading the Love This Valentine’s Day
WJBC and The Scott Miller Show has your opportunity to surprise your Valentine this February with the gift they want!… MORE
Control Your Clutter with a Makeover from Storage Options & Solutions
WJBC and Storage Options & Solutions have teamed up to control your clutter. Whether it’s in your closet, garage, man cave, pantry, laundry room or office, you could win a complete makeover valued at over $6,000!… MORE
WJBC VIP: Win Tickets to Matilda The Musical at Community Players Theater
Matilda The Musical is coming to the Community Players Theater and we have your tickets!… MORE
WJBC VIP: Win a Round of Golf at Any of the Bloomington Golf Courses
WJBC is giving away a round of golf for two with cart to any of the Bloomington Golf Courses!… MORE
WJBC VIP: Win Tickets to Forever Motown at the BCPA
‘Forever Motown’ is coming to the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts and we have your tickets!… MORE
Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…