WYZZ-TV (Peoria, IL)

WYZZ-TV (Peoria, IL)

WYZZ-TV is a television station affiliated with Fox, located in Bloomington, Illinois. It serves the Peoria area and the broader North-Central Illinois market. The station transmits a high-definition digital signal on UHF channel 28, which appears as virtual channel 43 due to PSIP, from a transmitter situated near Congerville, in Woodford County. WYZZ-TV is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting, while Nexstar Media Group, which also owns CBS affiliate WMBD-TV (channel 31) in Peoria, oversees WYZZ's operations through a local marketing agreement. Both stations share their studio space on North University Street in Peoria. Additionally, while WYZZ is a sister station to WHOI (channel 19), which is operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group, WHOI is managed directly by Sinclair.

Local
English
Television

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Domain Authority
61
Ranking

Global

#180930

United States

#36801

Arts and Entertainment/TV Movies and Streaming

#1018

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Monthly visitors

Articles

  • 2 days ago | centralillinoisproud.com | Thomas Pickering |Shabnam Danesh |Andy Kravetz

    PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. (WMBD) — An early morning fire on Friday caused major damage to an iconic restaurant in Peoria Heights. Interim Fire Chief Tony Ardis said the alarm came at 4 a.m. and crews responded to Peoria Pizza Works, 921 N. Prospect Road. When they arrived, flames, the chief said, were shooting out of the roof, prompting an immediate call for backup and a request for mutual aid from their neighbor, the city of Peoria. Other departments that responded included Dunlap and West Peoria.

  • 2 days ago | centralillinoisproud.com | Kurt Pegler

    PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Four area high schools could be celebrating state championships this weekend. Eureka and Lexington are heading to the state baseball finals in Champaign. Leroy is headed to Peoria for state softball and Notre Dame to Naperville for the girls soccer state tournament. Eureka is at the state baseball tournament for the first time since 2013 when it finished fourth.

  • 3 days ago | centralillinoisproud.com | Kurt Pegler

    PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Senior Carter Prina allowed one run on four hits as Washington defeated Joliet Catholic in the semifinals of the class 3A Metamora Sectional on Wednesday. Prina doubled home a run in as Washington took a 2-0 lead in the first inning and never trailed. The run allowed was unearned and Prina added four strikeouts in a clutch postseason performance. The Panthers advance to play Morris in Saturday’s sectional championship at 10:30 a.m. at Metamora.

  • 3 days ago | centralillinoisproud.com | Kurt Pegler

    EAST PEORIA, ILL. (WMBD/WYZZ) — This year’s class 3A sectional softball championship will look a lot like last year’s game. It’s Pontiac and Metamora meeting for the sectional title again. Pontiac is making third appearance in four years in the game while Metamora is playing for a sectional title for the fourth straight year. “To be here every year is like a dream for some teams,” said Pontiac head coach Nicole Hayner.

  • 3 days ago | centralillinoisproud.com | Kurt Pegler

    PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Notre Dame is headed to the girls state soccer finals for the 12th time in school history. But the Irish are still searching for their first state championship. Riley Bare is channeling some state mojo. The junior has been wearing the jerseys of her older brother Dillon all season. It started when she didn’t like how the women’s jerseys felt on her. “She told me she didn’t really love the fit of them,” said her father Mike Bare, an assistant coach for the team.