WJBC and The Scott Miller Show are in the giving spirit this holiday season with the 12 Days of Scott-mas contest!… MORE
Category Archives: Contests
Win A Mother’s Day Floral Arrangement From Casey’s Garden Shop For Mom
Win a gorgeous floral hanging basket for Mother’s Day thanks to Casey’s Garden Shop & Florist! It’s time to remember all of the amazing mothers in our lives and show them just how much they mean to us, so Casey’s Garden Shop & Florist is giving you a chance to win an amazing hanging basket…… MORE
Bracket Buster 2020 CANCELLED
Due to the cancellation of the basketball tournament, the WJBC 2020 Bracket Buster contest has been suspended and indefinitely postponed. … MORE
Bracket Buster 2020
WJBC’s Bracket Buster contest has returned!… MORE
WJBC Stocking Stuffers
Enter To Win The Prizes On Your Wish List, Or Enter Them ALL!… MORE
WJBC and Nybakke Vacuum Giveaway
Nybakke Vacuum and AM 1230 WJBC pay tribute to the hardest working people in the Twin Cities.… MORE
WJBC’s Football Monday Night
WJBC has teamed up again with Maguire’s Pub and Bud Light for football on Monday night and your chance to WIN!… MORE
WJBC Bracket Buster 2019
It’s March and you know what that brings! The return of WJBC’s Bracket Buster with The Den at Fox Creek, Prairie Vista, and Highland Park Golf Courses. It’s our basketball bracket contest at Furlong’s Sports Grill on March 20th! Register online with your VIP account now through Sunday, March 17th HERE You’ll be matched up…… MORE
Jimmy John’s Freaky Fast Secret Sandwich
How does a freaky fast free lunch for you and your co-workers sound?… MORE
Windy City Red-Diamond Getaway
WJBC and Scott Miller have put together an extra special giveaway for you!… 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…