WJBC is Giving Away $100 A Day to Celebrate 100 Years in Central Illinois

Posted on January 10, 2025

WJBC is celebrating 100 years in 2025 and we are kicking off the celebration with a daily thank you to those who make this milestone possible, our listeners!

Listen every weekday* during The Scott Miller Show (6:00-10:00am) for your chance to win with our $100 A Day Giveaway!

Each weekday, Scott Miller will announce the daily keyword. When you hear the word, send a text with the daily keyword spelled correctly to 309-829-2345 to be entered for that day’s drawing!

After 10:00am each weekday, we will draw one winner to win $100!

*There will be no contesting on January 20, February 13, February 14, or February 17.

Click here to find complete contest rules.

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…