The station is currently owned by Duey E. Wright, through licensee Midwest Communications, Inc.[3] WIBQ's history combines a now-defunct 1300 AM intellectual unit with a newer license on 1230 kHz.
The Mobley and Ford families, organized as the Citizens Broadcasting Company, received the construction permit for WWVR on 1300 kHz.
In 1992, current WAXI morning personality Ronn Mott purchased the station with the help of banker Terry Tevlin, the call sign had been changed to WJSH prior to the sale on October 22, 1991.
In 1998 the simulcast ended and the format was changed to Southern Gospel with some programming coming from Reach Network out of Nashville, Tennessee.
On June 14, 2011, the Bott Broadcasting Company obtained the construction permit for 1230 AM in Terre Haute as WYGJ, bringing the frequency back to life in the city since the demise of WBUZ, the station that had replaced WBOW when it moved to a new 640 AM facility in the early 1990s.