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Broadcast area | Champaign-Urbana |
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Frequency | 91.7 MHz |
Branding | WBGL |
Programming | |
Format | Christian AC |
Ownership | |
Owner | |
WCFL, WCIC, WIBI | |
History | |
First air date | October 1982 |
Call sign meaning | We Bring God's Love |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 28296 |
Class | B |
ERP | 20,000 watts |
HAAT | 140 meters (460 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°09′11″N 88°06′58″W / 40.153°N 88.116°W |
Translator(s) | See § Translators |
Repeater(s) | See § Relay stations |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Now |
Website | wbgl |
WBGL (91.7 FM) is a Christian radio station licensed to Champaign, Illinois and owned by the University of Northwestern – St. Paul. Studios are located in Champaign.
Relay stations
[edit]WBGL is relayed by 9 full-power FM stations and three low-power FM translators. Their combined footprint provides at least secondary coverage from the outer southern suburbs of Chicago to the Illinois side of the St. Louis area to southeastern Missouri.
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | State | Facility ID | Class | ERP (W) |
Height (m (ft)) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WIBI | 91.1 FM | Carlinville | Illinois | 28289 | B | 50,000 | 145 m (476 ft) |
WZGL | 88.1 FM | Charleston | Illinois | 83381 | A | 2,100 | 69.9 m (229 ft) |
WBGL | 91.7 FM | Champaign | Illinois | 28296 | B | 20,000 | 140 m (460 ft) |
WNLD | 88.1 FM | Decatur | Illinois | 28294 | A | 1,000 | 93 m (305 ft) |
WCBW-FM | 89.7 FM | East St. Louis | Illinois | 83448 | A | 250 | 57 m (187 ft) |
WCFL | 104.7 FM | Morris | Illinois | 28304 | B | 50,000 | 137 m (449 ft) |
WBMV | 89.7 FM | Mount Vernon | Illinois | 28302 | B1 | 10,500 | 150 m (490 ft) |
WIMB | 89.1 FM | Murphysboro | Illinois | 172907 | A | 3,500 | 31.8 m (104 ft) |
WVNL | 91.7 FM | Vandalia | Illinois | 92248 | A | 100 | 50 m (160 ft) |
WCRT-FM | 88.5 FM | Terre Haute | Indiana | 28293 | A | 1,050 | 98 m (322 ft) |
Translators
[edit]Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | State | Facility ID | Class | ERP (W) |
Height (m (ft)) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W230BS | 93.9 | Effingham | Illinois | 145216 | D | 38 | 64.8 m (213 ft) |
W211AD | 90.1 | Granite City | Illinois | 21503 | D | 60 | 32 m (105 ft) |
K295FB | 106.9 | Cape Girardeau | Missouri | 148624 | D | 92 | 65 m (213 ft) |
Northwestern Media
[edit]WBGL and Peoria-based sister station WCIC are part of Northwestern Media, a ministry of University of Northwestern - St. Paul. Between them, the two stations and their satellites and repeaters cover almost two-thirds of Illinois, as well as portions of Missouri, Iowa, and Indiana.
In August 2019, the Illinois Bible Institute reached an agreement to sell the entire WBGL/WCIC New Life Media Network to the University of Northwestern – St. Paul, which owns and operates a network of contemporary Christian stations and a network of Christian talk and teaching stations, for $9,901,558.34, plus $200,000 in third-party underwriting announcements for the seller's non-broadcast, non-profit activities for one year. The closing date was November 1, 2019.[2][3][4][5][6]
Former Logo
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBGL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Northwestern Media Acquires WBGL/WCIC In Illinois", Radio Insight. August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
- ^ "U. of Northwestern Buys 13 Stations From Illinois Bible Institute", HisAir.net. August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
- ^ "Northwestern Media Moves to Buy New Life Media", All Access Music Group. August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
- ^ "U. of Northwestern Buys 13 Stations From Illinois Bible Institute", Inside Radio. August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
- ^ "Northwest Arkansas Cluster, Michigan AM, Bakersfield FM, Vermont FM Sold". All Access. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 28296 (WBGL) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WBGL in Nielsen Audio's FM station database