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Businesses, Railroads, Media, Attractions and Recreation Macoupin County (IL)

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Businesses

  • 151.5050 and 153.035, both 71.9 PL heard in Virden (1/21/13)
  • 151.7150 156.7 PL, heard in Staunton, sounded like service company talk about having permits to do on driveway, IL-143 (3/14)
  • 151.9550 D174 heard in Plainview/Shipman, possible rent-to-own/delivery ops (heard "to Livingston") (1/21/13)
  • 152.1800 131.8 Repeater, heard just north of Carlinville (7/13)
  • 152.9075 100.0, heard north of town "on Shipman Tower" (possibly off freq) (3/13)
  • 158.4000 D606 - "cleaning up bins"? (south side of virden 4/13) (heard MC Fairgrounds 6/22/16) (MC Fairground 2/10/17)
  • 160.0800 D036 - heard North of Girard, talking about Farms? (10/13)
      • 160.08 D036 - mobiles have been heard in use in northern Macoupin County, as trucks on farms (12/13) (TriCounty - Calhoun?)
  • 464.5500 85.4 - Repeater, low power, heard at IL-4/Litchfeld Rd, possibly pipeline crew (8/30/16)
  • 464.5500 85.4 - heard in Shipman by elevator (11/17)

Wal-Mart SuperCenter Carlinville

  • 6/08 - Has 2 channel portables that scan channels 1 & 2 (Close Call on one frequency found)

Former Frequencies

  • 464.6 is a Community Repeater; unknown current uses (6/13) -- No current licenses (6/13)
  • Charter Communications was 100.0 WNMX376 License Terminated
  • WONDERGREEN INC WPEF281 [Terminated]
  • 464.6R RM 146.2 PL unknown user * (Carlinville) towing? (not in use 4/18) WPEE414
  • 154.49 BM 186.2 PL Pleasant View Farms (Carlinville) [Expired 8/13] Closed KNGR285

Agricultural

  • Christopher Farms 159.555 Base/Mobile (NFM; Shipman) WPAP872
  • Grove Farms 461.35 Repeater (NFM; Atwater) WKHN858

M and M Service Company

  • Control Stations at: 201 E Center, Girard; 309 N Clinton, Bunker Hill; W of Village Limits, Chesterfield; FS Elevator, Palmyra; S Bissel, Virden; 606 W First North, Carlinville)

Attractions and Recreation

Illinois Assemblies of God - Resource Center (Carlinville)

  • Lake Williamson Christian Center / WIBI 91.1 FM Radio (Simulcasts WOLG Champaign)
  • 451.5125, 466.5125 Mobiles Camping / Lodging Ops [Expired] FM WPMG866
  • 461.4, 466.4 Mobiles Camping / Lodging Ops [Expired] FM WPMG866
  • 946.875 Fixed WIBI Studio Link (also 947.0, 947.125) WPNG813
  • 949.625 Fixed WIBI Studio Link (also 949.5, 949.625) WBB423

Media

  • W22BC FM 93.1 #145215 Brighton - Translator (Educational Media Foundation)
  • WOLG-FM Carlinville (Convenant Network)

Utilities

Madison Communications: Cable. Telephone (Staunton) --Serves: Staunton, Bunker Hill, Mt Olive, New Doulas, Worden (and others)

Carlinville Utilities Power by AmerenIIllinois (Electric/Gas) and rural provided by MJM Electric CoOp Telephone/Internet by Frontier Communications Cable TV by (a Charter Company)


Fast Food

Staunton

  • Hardees - DT/Customer - Staunton 457.5625 71.9 PL (4/16)(11/17)
  • Hardees - Carrier - Staunton 457.5625 CSQ (4/16)
  • 469.01250 CSQ Dairy Queen (Staunton at exit 41, I-55) (CSQ on carrier, voice)

Carlinville 457.52500 M Hardees Drive Thru (& other freqs) KD36487 Expired 2003 457.51250 71.9 PL McDonald's: Drive Thru (Customer / Order Taker) 468.48750 88.5 PL McDonalds: Car-to-Drive Thru


Miscellaneous

  • Targetta and Wooldridge Funeral Home 157.56 Base/Mobile (Brighton) WNZW284

Attractions and Recreation


By City

Carlinville

Gillespie

Macoupin Energy/Shay Coal Mine #1 (Gillespie/Carlinville)

  • Idled, but may be in use for reclamation. Formerly owned by ExxonMobil, (formerly called Monterey Coal Mine #1)
  • Operated by MaRyan Mining, 2 continuous miner units, 1 Flexible Conveyor Train system, 750 tons per hour preparation plant, Productive Capacity: 2.5 million tons per year, Coal Reserves: 72.6 million tons
  • Transportation: Rail (Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific), barge on the Ohio River and Mississippi River (via truck or railroad)

Shipman

Old

  • 452.025 Repeater 664 DPL Shipman Elevator [Expired, now on 464.6] WPJH469

Virden

  • 460.825 Repeater CC 12 TG 8254332 SL 1/2 Sugar Creek Acres (Farm 6710 Lorton Ln) (last confirmed in Carlinville 1900 Sun 9/9/23) WQZF821
    • RIDs: 2 [III'R] ??, 7, 12 [3820-12],
  • 460.825 Repeater 226 DPL farming (Craig Antenna Svc.) WQZF821
  • 460.825 Repeater 271 DPL farming (Craig Antenna Svc.) WQZF821