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Monitored/Unidentified

  • 151.505 and 153.035, both 71.9 PL heard in Virden (1/21/13)
  • 151.715 156.7 PL, heard in Staunton, sounded like service company talk about having permits to do on driveway, IL-143 (3/14)
  • 151.955 D174 heard in Plainview/Shipman, possible rent-to-own/delivery ops (heard "to Livingston") (1/21/13)
  • 152.18 131.8 Repeater, heard just north of Carlinville (7/13)
  • 152.9075 100.0, heard north of town "on Shipman Tower" (possibly off freq) (3/13)
  • 158.4 D606 - "cleaning up bins"? (south side of Virden 4/13) (heard MC Fairgrounds 6/22/16) (MC Fairground 2/10/17)
  • 160.08 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?)
  • 464.55 85.4 - Repeater, low power, heard at IL-4/Litchfield Rd, possibly pipeline crew (8/30/16)

Former Frequencies

  • 464.6 is a Community Repeater; unknown current uses (6/13) -- No current licenses (6/13)
  • Charter Communications was 100.0 PL WNMX376 License Terminated
  • Wondergreen Inc. WPEF281 [Terminated]
  • 464.6R RM 146.2 PL unknown user * (Carlinville) towing? (not in use 4/18) WPEE414

Countywide Service Companies

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)

Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative (RECC) out of Auburn, serves the area.  Possibly VHF or Cleartalk.

Utilities

Liberty Utilities WEB FB

  • Provides natural gas for Girard, Virden, Thayer, Farmersville, Waggoner

Madison Communications

  • Cable. Telephone (Staunton)
  • Serves: Staunton, Bunker Hill, Mt Olive, New Doulas, Worden (and others) Listed in Madison County, UHF Repeater

Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative (RECC/REA) WEB

  • Primarily serves a five-county area in Illinois: Sangamon, Morgan, Macoupin, Christian, and Montgomery counties. They also provide service to several subdivisions and towns within those counties, according to Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative. 

Ameren Illinois

  • Electrical and Gas supply for much of Illinois

By City

Atwater

  • Grove Farms 461.35 Repeater (NFM; Atwater) WKHN858

Brighton

  • Targetta and Wooldridge Funeral Home 157.56 Base/Mobile WNZW284

Bunker Hill

Strohmeier Farm

  • 12683 Staunton Bunker Hill Rd - Bunker Hill - 461.4 95W Repeater with 35-50W mobiles (DMR, NFM) WSHM879 Issued 3/25

Carlinville

  • Thompson Farms 16342 Standard City Rd: 461.8375 95W ERP Repeater with 20-90W mobiles, 1-25W FX1 (NFM,DMR,NXDN) WSEP876 Issued 9/24

Wal-Mart SuperCenter Carlinville

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

Fast Food
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

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)

  • 154.49 BM 186.2 PL Pleasant View Farms (Carlinville) [Expired 8/13] Closed KNGR285

Gillespie

Macoupin Energy #1 (Gillespie/Carlinville) WEB

Idled plant but may be in use for reclamation. There is 24/7 security at the plant (8/25)

  • 451.725 456.725 KNCK926 RM 173.8 PL Surface Comms [Expired 6/25] FMN Business
  • 451.775 WNSO566 BM Underground Comms [Expired 6/25] FMN Business
  • 451.975 456.975 KNCK926 RM 173.8 PL Underground Comms (also 451.375?) [Expired 6/25] FMN (Still on air 9/6/25)
  • 173.20375 KNNR558 F Water Distribution Data (CSQ) [Expired 4/21] Telm Data
  • Formerly owned by ExxonMobil, (formerly called Monterey Coal Mine #1) (former Shay Coal Mine)
  • 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

  • Christopher Farms 159.555 Base/Mobile (NFM; Shipman) WPAP872
  • Shipman Elevator: 452.025 Repeater 664 DPL [Expired, now on 464.6] WPJH469
  • 464.55 85.4 - heard in Shipman by elevator (11/17)

Staunton

Fast Food

  • Hardees - DT/Customer - Staunton 457.5625 71.9 PL (4/16)(11/17)
  • Hardees - Carrier - Staunton 457.5625 CSQ (4/16)
  • Dairy Queen (Staunton at exit 41, I-55) (CSQ on carrier, voice) 469.0125 CSQ

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

Ogden Midwest Communications WEB

  • of 719 Opdyke Ave, Mt Vernon IL (Water Tower, BUT no site there?) FB6 Repeaters (all sites have 50-150W mobiles, 100-6W portables) (10 150W FX1s on each)
  • This probably serves 1 business that has operations in each of these 4 areas (not necessarily in the city listed) (This info is maintained on each county wiki and statewide page) Statewide Business WIKI
  • 1) 1.2 MI S .5 MI E OF HWY 4, Virden MACOUPIN - 152.3 300W Repeater with 157.56 input (DMR) WSHZ895 Issued 5/25 WIKI
  • 2) HWY 145 S 16 KM S, Harrisburg POPE - 152.36 132W Repeater with 157.62 input (DMR) WSHZ895 Issued 5/25 WIKI
  • 3) HWY 15 2 KM E, Bluford JEFFERSON - 152.315 300W Repeater with 157.575 input (DMR) WSHZ895 Issued 5/25 IN USE 6/25 WIKI
  • 4) 19 KM W INT I24 & I57, Cobden UNION - 152.27 214W Repeater 157.53 input (DMR) WSHZ895 Issued 5/25 WIKI
  • Nationwide Itinerant on 151.505, 151.625, 158.4, 158.4075, 451.8, 451.8125, 456.8, & 456.8125 WSJE275 Issued 7/25

Attractions and Recreation

  • Mother Jones - Mt Olive Miner's Memorial WEB

Boy Scouts of America - Abraham Lincoln Council

  • Camp Operations; DMR only WSDP945 Issued 7/24
  • Camp Bunn - Hettick (Macoupin): 461.475 75W-ERP Repeater, 50-25W mobiles, 2-25W FX1
  • Camp Illinek - Chatham (Sangamon): 462.15 100W-ERP Repeater, 50-25W mobiles, 2-25W FX1
  • Itinerant-Continental US: 100-4W portables on 462.7625, 464.5125

Illinois Assemblies of God - Resource Center (Carlinville)

  • Lake Williamson Christian Center / WIBI 91.1 FM Radio (Simulcasts WOLG Champaign)
  • 463.725 468.725 WPFX795 RM 146.2 PL 100.0 PL Ops / Maintenance w/Phone Patch (updated 9/5/25)
  • 463.6375 no traffic heard 9/5/25
  • 35-5W portables on 463.725, also 463.6375 (DMR, NFM)
  • 946.875 Fixed WIBI Studio Link (also 947.0, 947.125) WPNG813 Unsure if still in use
  • 949.625 Fixed WIBI Studio Link (also 949.5, 949.625) WBB423 Unsure if still in use

Former Use

  • 451.5125, 466.5125 Mobiles Camping / Lodging Ops [Expired] FM WPMG866
  • 461.4, 466.4 Mobiles Camping / Lodging Ops [Expired] FM WPMG866

Media

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