WBFN

Infobox Radio station
name = WBFN


city = Battle Creek, Michigan
area = [http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WBFN&service=AM&status=L&hours=D]
branding =
slogan =
airdate = 1926
frequency = 1400 (kHz)
format = Religious
power = 1,000 watts
erp =
class = C
callsign_meaning = Battle Creek's The Fan
former_callsigns = WRCC (1/10/97-7/27/06)
WWKN (3/18/96-1/10/97)
WELL (8/1/88-3/18/96)
WKNR (?-8/1/88)
WKFR
WKBP (1926-?)
owner = Clear Channel, transfer to Cumulus and gift to Family Life Radio pending
sister_stations =
webcast =
website = [http://www.myflr.org/]
affiliations =

WBFN is a radio station in Battle Creek, Michigan, that broadcasts at 1400 kHz. Formerly known as "The Fan," WBFN had an all-sports schedule. The station previously carried the Music of Your Life adult standards format and was known as "Unforgettable 1400."

Clear Channel Communications has agreed to transfer the license of WBFN to Cumulus Broadcasting as part of Clear Channel's private equity takeover, which requires the new entity to conform to the FCC's market current ownership limits. Cumulus in turn has agreed to donate the license for WBFN to Family Life Communications at it is also at the market ownership caps. [http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6407352.html] . The FCC approved the transfer on December 20, 2007 [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1172867&Service=AM&Form_id=314&Facility_id=37462] , however the actual transfer is still contingent on the private equity takeover of Clear Channel, which has not closed as of March 2008, reportedly because the current credit crunch is making it difficult for the private equity firms to raise the necessary funds. [http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=comktNews&rpc=33&storyid=2008-03-11T170152Z_01_N11593528_RTRIDST_0_CLEARCHANNEL-UPDATE-1.XML]

In the 1960s and 1970s, the station was WKFR "Keener 14," a Top 40 sister station to WKNR "Keener 13" in Detroit. WKFR's hit format transferred to the FM dial in the late 1970s and continues on 103.3 MHz. In September 2007, after a brief period of silence, WBFN returned to the air simulcasting Family Life's WUFN 96.7 FM in Albion, Michigan.

Sources

* [http://www.michiguide.com/dials/rad-a/wbfn.html Michiguide.com - WBFN History]

External links

*AMQ|WBFN
*AML|WBFN