WCFL (FM)

For WCFL-FM which was owned and operated from 1948 to 1950 by the Chicago Federation of Labor, see WCFL (AM).

WCFL

City of license	Morris, Illinois
Broadcast area	South and West Suburban Chicago LaSalle, Illinois Pontiac, Illinois Kankakee, Illinois
Slogan	Faith, Hope, Family
Frequency	104.7 MHz
Format	Christian AC
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	137 meters (449 feet)
Class	B
Former callsigns	WRMI ?-1978 WCSJ-FM 1978-1988 WUEZ 1988-1990 ^[1]^[2]
Owner	Illinois Bible Institute (Illinois District Council of the Assemblies of God^[3])
Sister stations	WBGL, WCIC, WIBI, WTSG
Webcast	Listen Now
Website	http://wbgl.org/

WCFL 104.7 FM is a Christian radio station licensed to Morris, Illinois and owned by the Illinois Bible Institute, the educational branch of the Illinois District Council of the Assemblies of God.^[4] WCFL airs a Contemporary Christian music format, relaying the programming of 91.7 WBGL in Champaign, Illinois.

History

WCFL 104.7 originally held the call letters WRMI before becoming WCSJ-FM in 1978.^[1] In 1988 the station changed its call letters to WUEZ and aired an easy listening music format.^[2]^[5] In 1990 the station changed is callsign to WCFL and adopted an Oldies format with the branding "Super CFL" using slogans and jingles which harkened back to WCFL (AM) 1000.^[5] The original WCFL-FM air staff included Gary Rivers, Bob Zak, Tom Kapsalis, Don Beno, and Len O'Kelly. The station played rock and roll oldies until 1993 when the station was sold to the Illinois District Council of the Assemblies of God.^[6] WCFL adopted its present Contemporary Christian music format in May 1994,^[7] and began relaying the programming of WBGL full-time in 2002.^[8]

References

1 2 The History of WCSJ FM 103.1 WCSJ-FM. Accessed September 1, 2012
1 2 Call Sign History FCC.gov. Accessed September 1, 2012
↑ FCC 316 fcc.gov. Accessed September 1, 2012
↑ WCFL fcc.gov. Accessed September 1, 2012
1 2 Feder, Robert. "Radio's new WCFL will return to oldies". Chicago Sun Times. April 16, 1990
↑ Application Search Details fcc.gov. June 16, 1993. Accessed September 1, 2012
↑ WBGL History WBGL. Accessed September 1, 2012
↑ 104.7 Chicago FM Radio History. Accessed October 22, 2012

External links

91.7 WBGL - official website
New Life Media network - sister station info

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Radio stations in the Chicago market

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By FM frequency	87.7² 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.3 88.3 88.3 88.3 88.5 88.5 88.7 88.7 88.7 88.7 88.9 88.9 89.1 89.1 89.3 89.3 89.5 89.7 90.1 90.5 90.7 90.7 90.9 91.5 91.7 91.9 92.3 92.5 92.7 93.1 93.5 93.9 94.3 94.7 95.1 95.5 95.9 95.9 96.3 96.7 96.7 96.9 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 98.3 98.7 99.5 99.9 99.9 100.3 100.7 100.7 101.1 101.9 102.3 102.3 102.7 103.1 103.1 103.5 103.9 103.9 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.5 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.1 107.5 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 162.425 162.500 162.550

Digital radio	780 1300 1390 1690 89.3-1 89.3-2 89.5-1 89.5-2 90.1-1 90.1-2 90.1-3 90.7-1 90.7-1 90.9-1 90.9-2 90.9-3 91.5-1 91.5-2 92.3-1 92.3-2 93.1-1 93.1-2 93.1-3 93.9-1 93.9-2 94.7-1 94.7-2 95.5-1 95.5-2 95.9-1 95.9-2 96.3-1 96.3-2 96.7-1 97.1-1 97.1-2 97.9-1 97.9-2 97.9-3 98.7-1 99.5-1 99.5-2 100.3-1 100.3-2 101.1-1 101.1-2 101.9-1 101.9-2 102.3-1 102.7-1 102.7-2 103.5-1 103.5-2 104.3-1 104.3-2 105.1-1 105.1-2 105.1-3 105.5-1 105.9-1 105.9-2 106.3-1 106.7-1 106.7-2 107.5-1 107.5-2

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Internet stations	WGN Plus WGN.FM Q101 Chicago

Defunct stations	WCFJ WCFL WCGO WCRW WEDC WENR WKKD WMAQ WMCW WNIB WRLL

Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 217 Sirius Channel 151 Nearby radio markets Benton Harbor-St. Joseph Kankakee LaSalle–Peru Milwaukee-Racine Rockford South Bend See also List of radio stations in Illinois List of radio stations in Indiana ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage ² = Audio signal of WRME-LP (oldies audio, with video of traffic conditions)

Radio stations in the LaSalle–Peru, Illinois market

By AM frequency	1220 1250 1430 1490

By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.9 91.3 95.3 95.7 96.5 97.7 98.1 99.3 100.1 100.5 100.9 102.1 102.9 103.3 103.9 104.7 106.1

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425

By callsign	W280EG WAJK WALS WBZG WCFL WCMY WGLC-FM WIVQ WJDK-FM WLPO WLWF WMKB WNIW WRKX WRVY-FM WSOG WSPL WSTQ WUNT WWGN WYYS WXL22 WZOE WZOE-FM

Nearby radio markets Bloomington Chicago Kankakee Peoria Quad Cities Rockford See also List of radio stations in Illinois

Religious radio stations in the state of Illinois

Stations	WAIT – Crystal Lake WAPO – Mount Vernon WAWF – Kankakee WAWJ – Marion WBEL-FM – Cairo WBJW – Albion WBMF – Crete WBNH – Pekin WBVN – Carrier Mills WCBW-FM – East Saint Louis WDLM – East Moline WDLM-FM – East Moline WDQN-FM – Du Quoin WEFI – Effingham WEGN – Kankakee WFEN – Rockford WGEN-FM – Monee WGNJ – Saint Joseph WGNN – Fisher WGNX – Colchester WHJG – Rockford WHRD – Freeport WIHM – Taylorville WILV – Loves Park WJAF – Centralia WJCH – Joliet WJCZ – Milford WJHV-LP – Fairbury WJLY – Ramsey WJWR – Bloomington WKBM – Sandwich WKZI – Casey WLHW – Casey WLLM – Lincoln WLMM-LP – Channahon WLSE – Canton WLUJ – Springfield WLWJ – Petersburg WMBI – Chicago WMBI-FM – Chicago WOLG – Carlinville WPEO – Peoria WPTH – Olney WQIN – Quincy WRLJ – White Hall WRTK – Paxton WRYT – Edwardsville WSLE – Salem WSOG – Spring Valley WSWS – Smithboro WTIM – Shelbyville WTSG – Carlinville WTZI – Rosemont WTZY – Wonder Lake WUNT – Princeton WVCL – Galesburg WVEL – Pekin WWGN – Ottawa WWKJ – Peoria WWQC – Clifton WWTG – Carpentersville WXAN – Ava WYCA – Crete WYLL – Chicago

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Illinois See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

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