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WBNH(FM)
Call Sign History
WBNH from 10/26/1988
821005AD from ???
88.5 MHz

Pekin, IL
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





WBNH Channel: 203B 88.5 MHz
Pekin, Illinois
Service: FM - A full-service FM station or application.
Facility ID: 9893
FRN: 0008650384
Fac. Service: FM

Status: LIC
Application Accepted: 09/06/2006
Application Granted: 09/25/2006
File Number: BLED-20060906AAM
License Expires: 12/01/2028
Prefix Type: This is a license for a noncommercial educational FM station
Application Type: Amendment

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Facility Type: NON-COMMERCIAL EDUC. FM
Class: B, A Zone I or I-A station; with 25kW-50kW ERP and a class contour distance 39km-52km

Site Location: 40-38-53.1 N 89-33-26.3 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 40-38-53.0 N 89-33-25.9 W (Converted to NAD 27)

Effective Radiated Power: 48 kW
Transmitter Output Power: 7.61 kW
Antenna Center HAAT: 154 m (505 ft.)
Antenna Center AMSL: 339 m (1112 ft.)
Antenna Center HAG: 141 m (463 ft.)

Site Elevation: 198 m. (650 ft.)
Height Overall*: 152 m (499 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Directional Antenna
Antenna Make/Model: Electronics Research Inc. 1094-6CP-DA, six sections one wavelength spaced
Antenna ID: 68961
Polarization:

Associated Translators
W261BK(FX) Ch. 261Bloomington, Illinois
Antenna Data for Antenna Id: 68961
WBNH FM File: BLED-20060906AAM
Electronics Research Inc. - 1094-6CP-DA, six sections one wavelength spaced
Service: FM
AzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatio
00.400100.430200.541300.600
400.700500.770600.820700.820
801.000901.0001000.8901100.707
1200.7071300.8901401.0001501.000
1601.0001701.0001801.0001901.000
2000.8782100.6972200.5542300.440
2400.4202500.4352600.5052700.636
2800.8002901.0003000.9573100.760
3200.6603300.6103400.5503500.504
Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1247127

Structure Type: GTOWER
Registered To:
Illinois Central Radio Fellowship Inc.
Structure Address:
Wooded Area Near End Of Highpoint (a South Frontage Road To I-74)
Near East Peoria, IL
County Name: Tazewell County
ASR Issued: 04/10/2014
Date Built: 03/22/2006
Site Elevation: 198 m (650 ft.)
Structure Height: 150 m (492 ft.)
Height Overall: 152 m (499 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 350 m (1148 ft.)
FAA Determination: 04/08/2013
FAA Study #: 2013-AGL-1294-OE
FAA Circular #: 70/7460-1K
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 4, 6, 12
PRIOR STUDY 2004-AGL-7661-OE CHAPTERS 4,6,12 (1K) ADD SPECIAL CONDITION FOR LIGHTING DEVIATION
40-38-53.0 N 89-33-26.0 W (NAD 83)
40-38-52.9 N 89-33-25.6 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
WBNH(FM) Licensee Information

Central Illinois Radio Fellowship, Inc.
1919 Mayflower Drive
Pekin, IL 61554
Phone: 309-636-8850
Not-for-Profit
20060906AAM Applicant Information

Scott Krus
Date: 09/06/2006
Application Certifier
Central Illinois Radio Fellowship, Inc.
P.O. Box 1132
Pekin, IL 61555-1132
Applicant
Robert Moore
1908 Sweetbriar Dr
Goshen, IN 46528
Consulting Engineer
Jeffrey D. Southmayd
Southmayd & Miller

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Study Date: 7/03/2025; Study Duration: 0.1018 Seconds.
Database Sources:
07/03/2025 FCC LMS,
7/1/2025 FCC ASR,
7/1/2025 FCC ULS Microwave, and
7/1/2025 FCC ULS Broadcast Land Mobile.



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