WBNL, which was founded by Jack Sanders and Norman Hall, went on the air in 1950. With an effective radiated power of 250 watts during daytime hours, the station can be heard in all or part of 20 surrounding counties, as far west as southeastern Illinois, and as far south as western Kentucky. At night, however, the station can only be heard in the immediate Boonville area as the station's power is reduced to 1 watt per FCC regulations.
The station has the distinction of being Indiana's first Chicago Cubs radio affiliate. In the late 1950s, Norman Hall went to Chicago and presented the Cubs with thousands of signatures from listeners — doubtless diehard Cubs fans — who wanted to hear Cubs games on WBNL. Cubs games have been broadcast on WBNL to listeners in southwestern Indiana ever since.
By the late 1960s, Sanders and Hall were ready to try their hand at FM, and built a 3,000 watt station broadcasting at 107.1 on the FM dial. WBNL-FM would later be sold to South Central Communications, which now operates the station under the call letters WJPS.
After nearly 60 years on the air, WBNL continues to serve the Boonville and Warrick County community, with mostly locally based programming and high school sporting events. According to the station's website, Turpen is working to bring another FM station to Boonville as a sister station to WBNL.
wbnl, 1540, radio, station, licensed, boonville, indiana, station, owned, ralph, turpen, purchased, 2001, boonville, indianafrequency1540, khzbrandingam, 1540programmingformateasy, listeningownershipownerturpen, communications, llchistoryfirst, date1950call, s. WBNL 1540 AM is a radio station licensed to Boonville Indiana The station is owned by Ralph Turpen who purchased WBNL in 2001 WBNLBoonville IndianaFrequency1540 kHzBrandingAM 1540ProgrammingFormatEasy listeningOwnershipOwnerTurpen Communications LLCHistoryFirst air date1950Call sign meaningW BooNviLleTechnical informationFacility ID6425ClassDPower250 watts day 1 watt night Translator s 99 9 W249BP Boonville LinksWebcastListen LiveWebsiteradio1540 net WBNL which was founded by Jack Sanders and Norman Hall went on the air in 1950 With an effective radiated power of 250 watts during daytime hours the station can be heard in all or part of 20 surrounding counties as far west as southeastern Illinois and as far south as western Kentucky At night however the station can only be heard in the immediate Boonville area as the station s power is reduced to 1 watt per FCC regulations The station has the distinction of being Indiana s first Chicago Cubs radio affiliate In the late 1950s Norman Hall went to Chicago and presented the Cubs with thousands of signatures from listeners doubtless diehard Cubs fans who wanted to hear Cubs games on WBNL Cubs games have been broadcast on WBNL to listeners in southwestern Indiana ever since By the late 1960s Sanders and Hall were ready to try their hand at FM and built a 3 000 watt station broadcasting at 107 1 on the FM dial WBNL FM would later be sold to South Central Communications which now operates the station under the call letters WJPS After nearly 60 years on the air WBNL continues to serve the Boonville and Warrick County community with mostly locally based programming and high school sporting events According to the station s website Turpen is working to bring another FM station to Boonville as a sister station to WBNL External links editWBNL official website WBNL in the FCC AM station database WBNL in Nielsen Audio s AM station database W249BP in the FCC FM station database W249BP at FCCdata org 38 03 58 N 87 16 27 W 38 06611 N 87 27417 W 38 06611 87 27417 nbsp nbsp This article about a radio station in Indiana is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WBNL amp oldid 1101568850, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
