WBGL
Encyclopedia
WBGL is a Christian radio
station licensed to Champaign, Illinois
and owned by the Illinois Bible Institute, the educational branch of the Illinois District Council of the Assemblies of God
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Christian radio
Christian radio is a category of radio formats that focus on transmitting programming with a Christian message. In the United States, where it is more established, many such broadcasters play popular music of Christian influence, though many programs have talk or news programming covering...
station licensed to Champaign, Illinois
Champaign, Illinois
Champaign is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, in the United States. The city is located south of Chicago, west of Indianapolis, Indiana, and 178 miles northeast of St. Louis, Missouri. Though surrounded by farm communities, Champaign is notable for sharing the campus of the University of...
and owned by the Illinois Bible Institute, the educational branch of the Illinois District Council of the Assemblies of God
Assemblies of God
The Assemblies of God , officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 140 autonomous but loosely-associated national groupings of churches which together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination...
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Relay stations
WBGL is relayed by 3 other FM stations also owned by IBI:- 88.1 WNLD Decatur, IllinoisDecatur, IllinoisDecatur is the largest city and the county seat of Macon County in the U.S. state of Illinois. The city, sometimes called "the Soybean Capital of the World", was founded in 1823 and is located along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. In 2000 the city population was 81,500,...
- 88.1 WZGL Charleston, Illinois
- 88.5 WCRT-FM Terre Haute, IndianaTerre Haute, IndianaTerre Haute is a city and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, near the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a population of 170,943. The city is the county seat of Vigo County and...
, which is not related to any other "WCRT" - 104.7 WCFL Morris, IllinoisMorris, IllinoisMorris is a city in Grundy County, Illinois, United States. The population was 13,636 at the 2010 census.Morris is home to the Dresden Nuclear Power Plant, which provides a substantial portion of the electricity supply for the Chicago metropolitan area...
, which was similar in format to the original WCFL (AM)WCFL (AM)WCFL was the callsign of a commercial radio station in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was owned by the Chicago Federation of Labor, hence its call letters. The station is now known as WMVP. Its transmitter is located in Downers Grove and is still in use by WMVP...
before being sold to IBI
Sister stations
The Illinois Bible Institute owns 3 other station clusters in addition to WBGL's:- WCICWCIC-Sister stations:The Illinois Bible Institute owns 3 other station clusters in addition to WCIC's:* WBGL in Eastern Illinois* WIBI in the St. Louis area* WTSG southeast of Springfield-External links:* - official website* - sister station info...
in Central Illinois - WIBIWIBI-External links:**...
in the St. Louis area - WTSG southeast of Springfield
External links
- 91.7 WBGL - official website
- New Life Media network - sister station info