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The Essentials

Frequency: 90.3fm
City of License: Fort Wayne
Metro(s): Fort Wayne
Power: 26,000 watts @ 692 feet (Class B)
Format: Religious
Address: 1025 W. Rudisill Boulevard, Fort Wayne, IN 46807-2197
Phone: 260.745.0576
FAX: 260.745.2001
Ownership: Taylor University Broadcasting, Inc.
Network Affiliation(s): AP
Web Presence: http://www.wbcl.org
Notes: WBCL is simulcast on WBCJ, and WBCY (89.5fm, Spencerville, Ohio). WBCL is also simulcast on translators W249BT (97.7fm, Adrian, Michigan), and W291AH.

Station Personnel

Current

GM: Marsha Bunker (2006 - Current)
OM: Craig Albrecht
PD: Scott Tsuleff
APD: Ross McCampbell
News Director: Larry Bower
Production Director: Ron Schneemann
Promotions Director: Jill Johnston
Mornings: Phil Reaser (May 1996 - Current) (5am - 9am)
Mornings: Jim Barron (May 2004 - Current) (5am - 9am)
Mornings: Larry Bower (5am - 9am)
Mid-Mornings: Char Binkley (9am - 10am)
Mid-Mornings: Lynne Ford (9am - 10am)
Middays: Ross McCampbell (10am - 2pm)
Afternoons: Scott Tsuleff (2pm - 6pm)
Nights: Ron Schneemann (6pm - 11pm)

Former

GM: Jim Schweickart (January 1979 - ?)
Chief Engineer: Jeff Carlson (Deceased 8 December 1995)
OM/Mornings: Jeff Carlson (? - December 8, 1995) (Deceased 8 December 1995)
OM: Tim Yazel (March 1996 - ?)
PD: John Skillman
News Director: Phil Richard
News Director: Jason Craner (September 2000 - ?) (From News Director/mornings at WLGH in Lansing, Michigan)
Nights: Jim Dunn (6pm - 9pm) (July 2001 - ?)

Station History

90.3fm started on the air with a partial schedule on January 8, 1976 and went 24-hours in July 1978.

For Further Reading...

"WBCL Names Manager." Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. 27 January 1979. Page 5A.
"Reaser Fills WBCL Spot." Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. 23 April 1996. Page 4D.
Robinson, Dean. "Reaser rebuilds life, returns to local radio." Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. 4 May 1996. Page 1D, 6D.
"WBCL to dedicate studio for Jeff Carlson on Sunday." Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. 18 October 1996. Page 3D.

RadioWatch Mentions

26 March 1996
1 May 1996
23 September 2000
21 July 2001
20 October 2007
6 May 2008
11 March 2009

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