| 2026-08-30 | City on the Illinois River |
| 2025-02-22 | Classic stop on the vaudeville circuit |
| 2025-01-15 | Illinois city whose name serves as shorthand for mainstream taste |
| 2023-02-13 | Illinois city that's a symbol of Middle America |
| 2022-07-03 | Symbol of Middle America |
| 2021-08-13 | Midwest city that shares its name with a suburb of Phoenix |
| 2021-04-04 | Stand-in for Middle America |
| 2020-07-06 | Illinois city on the Illinois River |
| 2020-01-25 | Middle America, symbolically |
| 2017-02-08 | Caterpillar's Illinois home |
| 2016-11-01 | Metonym for Middle America |
| 2016-08-17 | Where Caterpillar is headquartered |
| 2016-03-10 | "Will it play in ___?" |
| 2015-12-27 | Symbol of Middle America |
| 2015-07-13 | "Will it play in ___?" |
| 2014-07-24 | Bradley University site |
| 2014-05-20 | Illinois home of Caterpillar |
| 2013-12-28 | Phoenix suburb larger than the Midwest city it's named for |
| 2012-08-08 | "Will it play in ___?" |
| 2012-03-27 | Midwest city representing average tastes |
| 2011-11-17 | Average Town, U.S.A. |
| 2011-10-06 | Symbol of Middle America |
| 2011-05-03 | "But will it play in ___?" |
| 2011-02-20 | Hometown of old radio's Fibber McGee and Molly |
| 2009-02-15 | Home of Caterpillar |
| 2008-12-09 | Largest city on the Illinois River |
| 2007-03-07 | Place to play? |
| 2006-12-06 | Illinois River city |
| 2006-08-12 | Where the Chiefs play minor-league baseball |
| 2006-05-30 | People wonder if it'll play there |
| 2006-01-09 | Central Illinois city |
| 2005-10-01 | Home of the Chiefs in minor-league baseball |
| 2005-04-04 | Illinois city symbolizing middle America |
| 2002-08-09 | Illinois River city |
| 2002-03-18 | Bradley University site |
| 2002-01-04 | Midwest city founded as Fort Clark |
| 1999-09-29 | City on the Illinois River |
| 1999-05-01 | Noted spot in test-marketing |
| 1997-05-24 | Bradley University site |
| 1997-01-09 | Bradley University site |
| 1995-11-13 | Illinois city |
| 1995-08-23 | Vaudevillian's bellwether |
| 1995-04-22 | Noted test-marketing site |
| 1993-12-02 | "Will it play in ___?" |
| 1993-11-26 | Bradley University site |