Highway 309
Saturdays 1 to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to midnight | Sundays 1 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
An updated roots-based format featuring blues and folk while including pop, soul, gospel, Americana, and country, and seasoned with a dash of adult rock.
The Highway 309 stream was deactivated July 1, 2024. Please join us on the WCBU stream on the weekends for Highway 309 from 9 p.m. to midnights Fridays, 6 p.m. to midnight Saturdays, and 1-4 p.m. and 5-9 p.m. Sundays.
Music Stories
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A 35-year-old man is dead following a stabbing Thursday night in Peoria’s West Bluff neighborhood. -
Oil shot to its highest price since 2023 after surging again because of the Iran war, and a weak update on the U.S. job market knocked stocks lower to cap Wall Street's worst week since October. -
Emily Dawson, a Peoria Public Schools teacher who also advises an afterschool research club as she pursues a third masters degree at Western Illinois University, received a $10,000 Chocolate History grant from Mars, Inc., for a project examining cacao grown in Hawaii. -
U.S. Customs told the trade court it aims for a streamlined process in 45 days to return importers' money without requiring individual lawsuits. -
Most Americans disapprove of President Trump's handling of Iran, and a majority sees Iran as either only a minor threat or no threat at all, an NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds. -
Hundreds of para athletes are competing in Italy through March 15. Many Americans are defending past titles, with the U.S. sled hockey team hoping to fend off rival Canada for its fifth straight gold. -
The move followed Wednesday's sinking of another Iranian warship by a U.S. submarine. Australia confirmed three Australians were on that submarine. -
Sean Grayson’s medical needs prompt request to delay hearing -
The governor was quick to deny any ties to Jeffrey Epstein, and Clinton later retracted that part of his testimony. -
The Peoria County Sheriff’s Office is getting 45 new automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, thanks to a grant of nearly $53,000 from the Gary Sinise Foundation.
