# WBGL

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Christian radio station in Champaign, Illinois

"WCRT-FM" redirects here. For other, unrelated radio stations with similar callsigns, including WCRT-FM1, see [WCRT (disambiguation)](/source/WCRT_(disambiguation)).

For the airport serving [Long Akah](/source/Long_Akah), Sarawak, Malaysia assigned the ICAO code WBGL, see [Long Akah Airport](/source/Long_Akah_Airport).

WBGL Champaign, Illinois United States Broadcast area Champaign-Urbana Frequency 91.7 MHz Branding WBGL Programming Format Christian adult contemporary Ownership Owner Northwestern Media (University of Northwestern – St. Paul) Sister stations WCFL WCIC WIBI History First air date October 1982 (1982-10) 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 / 40.153; -88.116 Translator See § Translators Repeater See § Relay stations Links Public license information Public file LMS Webcast Listen Now Website wbgl.org

**WBGL** (91.7 [FM](/source/FM_broadcasting)) is a [non-commercial](/source/Non-commercial_educational_station), listener-supported radio station [licensed](/source/City_of_license) to [Champaign, Illinois](/source/Champaign%2C_Illinois) and owned by the [University of Northwestern – St. Paul](/source/University_of_Northwestern_%E2%80%93_St._Paul). It carries a [Christian](/source/Christian_contemporary) [adult contemporary](/source/Adult_contemporary) [format](/source/Radio_format). The studios are on Fieldstone Road in Champaign.

WBGL is a [Class B](/source/List_of_broadcast_station_classes#FM) FM station. It has an [effective radiated power](/source/Effective_radiated_power) (ERP) of 20,000 watts. The signal covers [Champaign-Urbana](/source/Champaign-Urbana) and part of Central Illinois.

## Relay stations

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](/source/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

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

Logo prior to the sale to Northwestern Media

WBGL and [Peoria](/source/Peoria%2C_Illinois)-based sister station [WCIC](/source/WCIC) are part of [Northwestern Media](/source/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](/source/Missouri), [Iowa](/source/Iowa), and [Indiana](/source/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](/source/University_of_Northwestern_%E2%80%93_St._Paul), which owns and operates [a network](/source/Northwestern_Media) of [contemporary Christian](/source/Contemporary_Christian_music) stations and a network of [Christian talk and teaching](/source/Christian_talk_and_teaching) stations. The price tag was $9,901,558.34, plus $200,000 in third-party underwriting announcements for the seller's non-broadcast, non-profit activities, that would continue for one year. The closing date was November 1, 2019.[2][3][4][5][6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FCC-LMS-28296_1-0)** ["Facility Technical Data for WBGL"](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityTechDetails.html?facilityId=28296). *Licensing and Management System*. [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** "[Northwestern Media Acquires WBGL/WCIC In Illinois](https://radioinsight.com/headlines/179462/northwestern-media-acquires-wbgl-wcic-in-illinois/)", Radio Insight. August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** "[U. of Northwestern Buys 13 Stations From Illinois Bible Institute](http://www.hisair.net/northwestern-media-makes-huge-aquisition/)", HisAir.net. August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "[Northwestern Media Moves to Buy New Life Media](https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/188458/northwestern-media-moves-to-buy-new-life-media)", *All Access Music Group*. August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "[U. of Northwestern Buys 13 Stations From Illinois Bible Institute](http://www.insideradio.com/free/u-of-northwestern-buys-stations-from-illinois-bible-institute/article_cd683e04-b820-11e9-933a-c3cf360139c1.html)", *Inside Radio*. August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Northwest Arkansas Cluster, Michigan AM, Bakersfield FM, Vermont FM Sold"](https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/191084/northwest-arkansas-cluster-michigan-am-bakersfield). *All Access*. Retrieved November 14, 2019.

## External links

- [Official website](http://wbgl.org)

- [Facility details for Facility ID 28296 (WBGL)](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=28296) in the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) Licensing and Management System

- [WBGL](https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SP26&band=fm&callLetter=WBGL) in [Nielsen Audio](/source/Nielsen_Audio)'s FM station database

v t e Radio stations in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area (Illinois) By AM frequency 580 1400 1460 1490 By FM frequency 88.7 89.3 90.1 90.9 91.7 92.5 93.5 94.5 95.3 96.1 97.5 98.3 99.1 100.3 102.1 102.5 103.1 104.9 105.5 105.9 107.1 107.9 LPFM 95.7 104.5 Translators 88.3 96.9 97.1 97.9 99.7 101.1 103.9 106.5 Digital radio by frequency & subchannel 90.9-1 90.9-2 90.9-3 94.5-1 94.5-2 100.3-1 100.3-2 100.3-3 By call sign W202CF W245DP W246BD W250BL W259BG W266AF W280DE W293AF WBGL WDAN WDNL WDWS WDWS-FM WEFT WGKC WGNJ WGNN WHMS-FM WILL WILL-FM HD2 HD3 WIXY HD2 HD3 WJEK WKIO WKJR WKZS WLHF-LP WLRW HD2 WPCD WPEO-FM WPGU WPXN WQQB WREE WRFU-LP WSJK WYXY Defunct WBCP (1580 AM) Nearby regions Bloomington Decatur Kankakee Lafayette Springfield Terre Haute See also List of radio stations in Illinois

v t e Radio stations in Decatur, Illinois (Macon County) By AM frequency 870 1050 1340 By FM frequency 88.1 88.9 89.5 93.1 95.1 95.9 99.3 100.9 102.9 105.1 106.7 107.3 LPFM 107.9 Translators 88.5 90.5 91.3 93.5 95.5 96.5 98.1 100.1 102.3 Digital radio by frequency & subchannel 93.1-1 93.1-2 93.1-3 93.1-4 By call sign W203BD W213BI W217BB W228CK W238CH W243DF W251BN W261CQ W272CB WDCR WDKR WDZ WDZQ WEJT WEZC WJMU WLLU-LP WNLD WSOY WSOY-FM WTIM WXFM WYDS HD2 HD3 HD4 WZNX WZUS Nearby regions Bloomington Champaign Chicago Peoria St. Louis Springfield Terre Haute See also List of radio stations in Illinois

v t e Radio stations in the St. Louis metropolitan area (Missouri) and the Metro East (Illinois) By AM frequency 550 630 690 730 770 850 880 920 1010 1080 1120 1260 1280 1320 1350 1380 1400 1460 1570 1600 By FM frequency 88.1 88.7 89.1 89.5 KCFV KNLH 89.7 KGNX WCBW-FM 89.9 KGNA-FM WLCA 90.3 90.7 91.5 92.3 93.3 93.7 94.7 95.5 96.3 97.1 98.1 98.5 99.1 99.9 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.7 102.5 103.3 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.7 106.5 107.7 LPFM 106.9 Translators 91.9 92.7 94.3 95.1 95.9 96.7 98.7 101.5 101.9 102.9 103.7 104.5 105.3 106.1 106.9 107.1 K296HA W296DR 107.3 NOAA Weather Radio frequency 162.45 162.55 Digital radio by frequency & subchannel 850 89.1-1 89.1-2 89.1-3 89.9-1 89.9-2 90.7-1 90.7-2 90.7-3 92.3-1 92.3-2 93.7-1 93.7-2 94.7-1 94.7-2 94.7-3 95.5-1 95.5-2 95.5-3 96.3-1 96.3-2 96.3-3 97.1-1 97.1-2 98.1-1 98.1-2 98.1-3 99.1-1 99.1-2 100.3-1 100.3-2 101.1-1 101.1-2 101.1-3 102.5-1 102.5-2 102.5-3 103.3-1 104.1-1 104.9-1 104.9-2 105.7-1 105.7-2 106.5-1 106.5-2 106.5-3 107.7-1 107.7-2 By call sign K220HT K236CS K240ES K244FO K254CR K268CT K296HA K270BW K275CI K283CI K287BY K291CW K295CQ K297BI KATZ KATZ-FM HD2 KCFV KCLC HD2 HD3 KDHX KDO89 KEZK-FM HD2 HD3 KFAV KFNS-FM KFTK-FM HD2 KFUO KGNA-FM KGNX KHOJ KHZR KJFF KLJT KLJY HD2 KLOU KMOX KMOX-FM KNLH KPNT HD2 KRAP KRTK KSD HD2 KSHE HD2 HD3 KSIV KSIV-FM KSLQ KSLZ HD2 KSTL KTJJ KTLK-FM HD2 KTRS KWEC-LP KWMU HD2 HD3 KWRE KWUL KWUL-FM KWUR KXBS KXFN KXI70 KYFI KYKY HD2 HD3 KYRO W224DC W232CR W296DR W279AQ WARH HD2 HD3 WBGZ WCBW-FM WEW WFUN-FM HD2 HD3 WIJR WIL-FM HD2 WLCA HD2 WRYT WSDZ WSIE WXOS HD2 HD3 Defunct WBBY/WRTH/WKLL/WCEO/KEZK/KFNS/KLIS (590 AM) KHAD/KRFT/KQQZ (1190 AM) KADY (1460 AM) WEB/WIL/WRTH/KZQZ (1430 AM) WTMV/WAMV/WBBR (1490 AM) WESL/WFFX/WQQX/KFTK (1490 AM) WINU/WDID/WXOZ/WQQW (1510 AM) KDNA (102.5 FM) Nearby regions Cape Girardeau-Jackson Columbia Hannibal/Quincy Marion–Carbondale Mount Vernon Springfield, IL See also List of radio stations in Missouri List of radio stations in Illinois

v t e Radio stations in Marion, Carbondale, and the Southern Illinois area By AM frequency 940 960 1020 1060 1150 1300 1340 1420 1440 By FM frequency 88.3 88.7 89.1 90.1 90.5 91.1 91.9 92.7 94.1 95.1 95.9 96.5 97.7 98.9 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.9 103.5 103.9 104.5 105.1 106.3 107.3 Translators 93.5 95.9 98.1 99.5 107.9 NOAA Weather Radio frequency 162.425 By call sign KEZS-FM KGMO KZIM W228DP W238CQ W251DC W258DP W300DY WAWJ WBVN WCIL WCIL-FM WDBX WDDD-FM WDQN WDQN-FM WFRX WGGH WHET WHJR WIBH WIMB WINI WISH-FM WITM-FM WJPF WKIB WMCL WMIX WMIX-FM WOOZ-FM WQRL WSIU WTAO-FM WTLG WUEZ WVZA WXAN WXLT WXM49 Defunct WDDD (810 AM) WDQN (1580 AM) Nearby regions Cape Girardeau-Jackson Evansville Mount Vernon Paducah-Mayfield St. Louis See also List of radio stations in Illinois

v t e Radio stations in Terre Haute, Indiana, metropolitan area By AM frequency 1130 1480 1550 By FM frequency 88.5 88.9 89.7 90.7 91.9 92.7 93.3 93.7 95.3 95.9 98.5 99.9 100.7 102.7 104.3 104.9 105.5 105.9 107.5 LPFM 96.9 Translators 91.3 95.1 97.9 99.5 106.9 NOAA Weather Radio by frequency 162.525 By call sign KXI47 W217AS W236AE W250BZ W258BA W295CQ WAXI WBOW WCBH WCRT-FM WEHP WFNB WFNF WHLR WHOJ WISU WMGI WMKI-LP WMMC WNDI WNDI-FM WPFR WQTY WTHI-FM WVIG WVWG WWVR WYLJ WZIS-FM Defunct WBOW 640 AM 1230 AM WIBQ (1230 AM) WIBU (1440 AM) WZZQ (107.5 FM) Nearby regions Bloomington Champaign Decatur Evansville Indianapolis Lafayette See also List of radio stations in Indiana

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