WBMF

{{short description|Radio station in Crete, Illinois}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name                = WBMF
| logo                = SBN Network Logo.png
| logo_size           = 240px
| city                = [[Crete, Illinois]]
| area                = [[Chicago metropolitan area|South Suburban Chicago]]
| branding            = ''"SonLife Radio Network"''
| airdate             = 2002<ref name="BCYearbook2003">''[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2003-04/D-Radio-AL-MT-BC-YB-2003-04.pdf Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2003-2004]'', [[Broadcasting & Cable]], 2003. p. D-143. Retrieved July 21, 2018.</ref>
| frequency           = 88.1 [[Megahertz|MHz]]
| format              = [[Christian Radio]]
| power               =
| erp                 = 90 [[watt]]s
| haat                = {{convert|114|m|sp=us}}
| class               = A
| facility_id         = 89339
| callsign_meaning    = 
| former_callsigns    = 
| owner               = Family Worship Center Church, Inc.
| licensee            = 
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| sister_stations     = [[WAWF]]
| webcast             = [http://sonlifetv.com/listen.html Listen live]
| website             = http://sonlifetv.com/
| affiliations        = SonLife Radio Network 
}}

'''WBMF''' is a [[Christian radio]] [[radio station|station]] licensed to [[Crete, Illinois]], broadcasting on 88.1&nbsp;MHz FM. WBMF is owned and operated by Family Worship Center Church, Inc. The station began broadcasting in 2002.<ref name="BCYearbook2003"/> It was originally owned by the [[American Family Association]] and was an affiliate of [[American Family Radio]].<ref name="BCYearbook2003"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afr.net/newafr/stationlist/stationlist.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030308063103/http://www.afr.net/newafr/stationlist/stationlist.pdf|title=American Family Radio Network |publisher=American Family Radio |date=January 6, 2003|archive-date=March 8, 2003 |access-date=June 27, 2019 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In 2004, the station was sold to Family Worship Center Church, along with [[WAWF]] and [[WWGN]], for $1 million.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rbrepaper.com/epaper/pages/june04/04-124_transactions.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040826170219/http://www.rbrepaper.com/epaper/pages/june04/04-124_transactions.html|title=Transactions |magazine=Radio Business Report |date=June 25, 2004 |volume=21|issue=124|archive-date=August 26, 2004|access-date=July 21, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>"[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2004/RR-2004-06-04.pdf Transactions at a Glance]", ''[[Radio & Records]]''. June 4, 2004. p. 8. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{FM station data|WBMF}}

{{Joliet-Morris-Crete Radio}}
{{Religious Radio Stations in Illinois}}

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[[Category:Christian radio stations in Illinois|BMF]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 2002]]
[[Category:2002 establishments in Illinois]]


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