Neil A. Rhones and Luann C. Dahl applied for a new station on 101.1 MHz at Canton, Illinois, and were granted a construction permit in 1996.

[4] In June 1999, Rhones and Dahl assigned their construction permit to Two Petaz, Inc.,[5] which was based in Nashville, Tennessee and whose president was Bargard H.

[9] The River was born as an adult contemporary station and was attempting to compete with heritage 50 kW signal WSWT.

[7] In September 2006, as part of a larger station swap between multiple Peoria groups, Regent Broadcasting sold 101.1 to newly formed Independence Media Holdings.

[17] WHPI remained jockless for the majority of its history after the "Jack FM" format signed on, only adding a local morning show in 2017.

[18] On June 6, 2018, at 3 p.m., Jack announced he had "gone to find himself in Tahiti", and at that point, 101.1 became the new primary station for ESPN Radio in the Peoria market, with 96.5 serving as the simulcast until a new format for the latter is planned.