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DeKalb (/ d ɪ ˈ k æ l b / dih-KALB) is a city in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 40,290 at the 2020 census . The city is named after decorated Franconian -French war hero Johann de Kalb , who died during the American Revolutionary War .
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WLBK broadcasts a mix of news/talk and adult contemporary music formats to DeKalb County, Illinois, and surrounding communities, and was an affiliate of ABC News Radio as of 2023. [ 3 ] In season, WLBK broadcasts local high school football , the Chicago White Sox ( MLB ), Chicago Bulls ( NBA ), and Chicago Bears ( NFL ).
DeKalb High School accepted an invitation to join the DVC for the 2019-2020 season following the break-up of the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference. In 2024–25, the DVC merged with Southwest Suburban Conference called "Southwest Valley Conference" for football only. The conference would create into 3 divisions, one consisting of 5 schools:
WCLR (92.5 FM) is a radio station located in DeKalb, Illinois. The station is owned by Educational Media Foundation , and airs a Christian contemporary format, as an affiliate of K-Love . The station's signal can be heard from Rockford to Joliet and includes the Fox Valley region.
The newspaper has published continuously since 1899. It was originally called the Northern Illinois, until 1954 when it was renamed the Northern Star. [1] The paper became a daily (M-F) in 1965. The Northern Star Online was launched in 1995.
DeKalb's 22 athletic teams are known as the Barbs.This name comes from the fact that barbed wire was invented in DeKalb.Over the past century DeKalb has been a charter member of six high school athletic conferences: The Northern Illinois Football Conference in 1916, the North Central Illinois Conference in 1929, the Upstate Eight Conference in 1963, the Western Sun Conference in 2006, the ...
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