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The Essentials
Frequency: 1540am
Frequency: Formerly 107.1fm
City of License: Boonville
Metro(s): Evansville
Power: AM: 250 watts - Day (ND-D) FM: 3000 watts @ 185 feet
Format: AM: Soft AC FM: Standards
Address: P.O. Box 270, Boonville, IN 47601-0270
Address: 2177 North State Route 61, Boonville, IN 47601-8341
Phone: 812.897.2080
FAX: 812.897.2081
FAX: 812.897.2130
AM Ownership: Turpen Communications LLC
FM Ownership: John P. Engelbrecht
Network Affiliation(s): Brickyard 400, Chicago Cubs (AM), Indiana University (basketball & football),
Indianapolis 500, Network Indiana, Purdue Sports Radio Network (basketball), USA Radio Network
Web Presence: http://www.radio1540.net
Notes: FM is in Mono
Station Personnel
Current
Owner/GM: Ralph Turpen
Chief Engineer: Jerry Kissenger
PD: Carolyn Bryant
News Director: Larry Schweizer
MD: Greg Hebner
Former
President/GM/SM: Norman Hall (? - October, 1999)
GM: John P. Engelbrecht
Chief Engineer: Artie Hinsley
PD: Gary Krick
Station History
WBNL-AM:
WBNL(AM) signed on September 10, 1950. WBNL(AM) & FM were sold by Norman Hall's
Boonville Broadcasting Co. to John P.
Engelbrecht in October, 1999. WBNL(AM) & FM transfer of control granted by the FCC, 17 August 2000. WBNL(AM) was
later sold to Turpen Communications LLC in May, 2001. WBNL(AM) purchased and
installed a new transmitter in Feburary, 2002.
WBNL-AM:
WBNL-FM signed on in December 19, 1967. WBNL-FM changed calls to WYXY.
It's now WEJK.
For Further Reading...
"FCC Looking at Cox/AMFM Swap" Radio & Records October 15, 1999. Page 4.
"Changing Hands" Broadcasting & Cable October 25, 1999. Page 86.
"Radio Business" Radio & Records May 18, 2001. Page 6.
Simmons, Denny. "Highways and Byways: Weekly photographic feature" Evansville
Courier & Press 12 December 2005.
RadioWatch Mentions
10 March 1999
6 November 1999
9 June 2001
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