The Life FM

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The Life FM
The Life FM logo.png
Country
BrandingThe Life FM
Programming
Format Southern Gospel music
Ownership
OwnerThe Power Foundation [1] [2]
History
Launch date2010
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.thelifefm.com

The Life FM is a network of Christian radio stations in the United States, broadcasting southern gospel music. [3]

Contents

History

In 2015, 103.1 WHQA in Honea Path, South Carolina became the flagship station of The Life FM, after the station, then WRIX-FM, was donated to The Power Foundation. [4]

Stations

The Life FM is currently heard on 22 full-powered stations, 6 translators, and 2 HD signals with stations in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. [3] [5]

Owned and operated stations

Call sign Frequency City of license State Facility ID Class Power
(W)
ERP
(W)
Height
(m (ft))
WBNB91.3 FM Equality Alabama 173302 C226,00054 m (177 ft)
WILF88.9 FM Monroeville Alabama 89620 C187,000118 m (387 ft)
KKJJ88.5 FM Diamond City Arkansas 174525 A2,00081 m (266 ft)
WWQA 90.7 FM Albany Georgia 36447 A5,50093 m (305 ft)
WWQE89.7 FM Elberton Georgia 175775 A1,15095 m (312 ft)
WQTS 102.9 FM Statesboro Georgia 51398 C325,000100 m (330 ft)
WWQC107.3 FM Clifton Illinois 185080 A6,00096.3 m (316 ft)
WEGN88.7 FM Kankakee Illinois 171523 A5,00065 m (213 ft)
WSWS89.9 FM Smithboro Illinois 177172 A2,000110 m (360 ft)
WWQI91.3 FM Morristown Indiana 172815 B15,000 horizontal
14,500 vertical
56 m (184 ft)
WWDL 91.3 FM Plainfield Indiana 91476 A29543 m (141 ft)
WWQD90.3 FM De Kalb Mississippi 171740 A4,000 vertical81 m (266 ft)
WWQY90.3 FM Lexington North Carolina 175503 A1,60032.1 m (105 ft)
WWQT 1160 AM Tryon North Carolina 54614 B25,000 day
500 night
WABB 1390 AM Belton South Carolina 10076 B1,000 day
17 night
WHQB90.5 FM Gray Court South Carolina 173384 C221,000 vertical136 m (446 ft)
WHQA [lower-alpha 1] 103.1 FM Honea Path South Carolina 21830 A6,000100 m (330 ft)
WLFW 92.7 FM Johnston South Carolina 18656 A1,800176 m (577 ft)
WWQS88.5 FM Decatur Tennessee 173912 A6,00094 m (308 ft)
WWQK88.7 FM Oak Ridge Tennessee 176955 C24,800 horizontal
2,900 vertical
324 m (1,063 ft)
WWQW90.3 FM Wartburg Tennessee 174041 A120314 m (1,030 ft)

Translators

Call sign Frequency
(MHz)
City of license State Facility ID
W246DF97.1 Americus Georgia 141675
W278BY103.5 Muncie Indiana 143722
W271BY102.1 Pendleton Indiana 143506
W252EJ98.3 Hendersonville North Carolina 202532
W286DD105.1 Anderson South Carolina 200692
W290BW105.9 Greenville South Carolina 156090

HD Radio affiliates

Call sign Frequency City of license State Facility ID ERP
(W)
WLBC-FMHD3 104.1-3 FM (HD) Muncie Indiana 17602 41,000
WTPT-HD2 93.3-2 FM (HD) Forest City North Carolina 4677 93,000

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References

  1. About, The Life FM. Retrieved August 16, 2017
  2. WWQS fcc.gov. Accessed August 9, 2012
  3. 1 2 The Life FM www.thelifefm.com. Accessed August 9, 2012
  4. "Power Foundation To Launch 103.1 WHQA Sunday", RadioInsight, February 27, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  5. Stations, The Life FM. Retrieved August 16, 2017.