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Ag Headlines Archives for 2022-12

WSMI AG PROGRAMMING

WSMI and WSMI-FM are very much AG radio stations.  WSMI has a long tradition of broadcasting farm programming since its very beginning in 1950, that’s over 72 years of bringing ag news to Illinois farmers and agricultural professionals.   In addition to WSMI’s regular programming in the 1950s, live reports were aired by Emma Talley from the Illinois State Fair. When WSMI-FM joined the airwaves in 1960 farm programming continued to be a staple of our programming.  In the 1980s WSMI AM/FM added a full-time farm director, Max Stewart, who became a member of the NAFB organization, now known as the National Association of Farm Broadcasting.  Since Max, WSMI has had several NAFB Farm Directors including: Ellen Grant, Kevin Olson, our long time Farm Director Rita Frazer, Katie Bowles, and Gabe Osborn.  Rita Frazer is now the Director Of Audio Services and co-host of RFD Illinois.  Randy Prange, who doubles as our morning announcer, is our current interim NAFB Farm Director.  Our agricultural programming includes:

 

RFD IL - Rita Frazer, Deloss Jahnke, Jim Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:36 AM

 

WSMI Ag News Director, Randy Prange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:08 AM & 12:45 PM

 

Grain & Commodities,………………  9:30 AM, 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM, 12:40 PM, 1:35PM

 

Radar Weather . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .:15 & :45

 

Expanded Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:55 AM & 7:55 AM

 

WSMI’s long time ag heritage and programming is the backbone of WSMI’s appeal to farmers and agricultural professionals.  WSMI & WSMI-FM have been among the top-rated Ag radio stations in Illinois for many years according to the AMR (Ag Media Research) Farmer Radio Listening Study, a biannual survey. 

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