Not to be confused with WGN-TV, an independent television station in nearby Chicago. Radio station in Ottawa, Illinois WWGN * Ottawa, Illinois Broadcast area| LaSalle, Illinois Peru, Illinois Ottawa, Illinois Streator, Illinois Frequency| 88.9 MHz Branding| "SONLIFE Radio Network" Programming Format| Religious Affiliations| SONLIFE Radio Network Ownership Owner| Family Worship Center Church, Inc. History First air date | September 24, 1994[1] Technical information Facility ID| 13926 Class| B1 ERP| 4,100 watts vertical 1,400 watts horizontal HAAT| 148.4 meters (487 ft) Links Webcast| Listen live Website| http://sonlifetv.com/ WWGN is a religious formatted radio station broadcasting on 88.9 FM. The station is licensed to Ottawa, Illinois, and serving the areas of LaSalle, Illinois, Peru, Illinois, Ottawa, Illinois, and Streator, Illinois. WWGN is owned and operated by Family Worship Center Church, Inc. ## History[edit] The station began broadcasting on September 24, 1994, and was owned by Cornerstone Community Radio, airing a religious format.[1] In 1999, the station was sold to American Family Association for $250,000, and it became an affiliate of American Family Radio.[2][3][4] In 2004, the station was sold to Family Worship Center Church, along with WAWF and WBMF, for $1 million.[5][6] ## References[edit] 1. ^ a b Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1996, Broadcasting & Cable, 1996. p. B-132. Retrieved June 26, 2019. 2. ^ Application Search Details – BALED-19981028GE, fcc.gov. Retrieved June 26, 2019. 3. ^ "Transactions", Radio & Records. November 20, 1998. p. 6. Retrieved June 26, 2019. 4. ^ "American Family Radio Network" (PDF). American Family Radio. January 6, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2003. Retrieved June 26, 2019. 5. ^ "Transactions". Radio Business Report. Vol. 21, no. 124\. June 25, 2004. Archived from the original on August 26, 2004. Retrieved June 27, 2018. 6. ^ "Transactions at a Glance", Radio & Records. June 4, 2004. p. 8. Retrieved June 7, 2021. ## External links[edit] * * WWGN in the FCC FM station database * WWGN on Radio-Locator * WWGN in Nielsen Audio's FM station database * v * t * e Radio stations in LaSalle-Peru, Illinois (LaSalle County) By AM frequency| * 1220 * 1250 * 1430 * 1490 By FM frequency| * 88.1 * 88.9 * 90.7 * 91.3 * 95.3 * 95.7 * 96.5 * 97.7 * 98.1 * 99.3 * 100.1 * 100.5 * 100.9 * 102.1 * 102.9 * 103.3 * 104.7 * 106.1 | LPFM| * 94.5 | Translators| * 98.5 * 103.9 NOAA Weather Radio frequency| * 162.425 By call sign| * W253BX * W280EG * WAJK * WALS * WBZG * WCFL * WCMY * WGLC-FM * WIVQ * WJDK-FM * WLPO * WLWF * WMKB * WNIW * WRKX * WRVY-FM * WRWO-LP * WSOG * WSPL * WSTQ * WWGN * WYYS * WXL22 * WZIV * WZOE * WZOE-FM Defunct| * WGLC (1090 AM) Nearby regions Aurora/Elgin/Wheaton Bloomington DeKalb Joliet/Morris/Crete Kankakee Peoria Quad Cities Rockford See also List of radio stations in Illinois * v * t * e Religious radio stations in the state of Illinois Stations| * WAGI-LP – Kankakee * WAPO – Mount Vernon * WAWF – Kankakee * WAWJ – Marion * WBEL-FM – Cairo * WBJW – Albion * WBMF – Crete * WBNH – Pekin * WBVN – Carrier Mills * WCBW-FM – East Saint Louis * WDLM – East Moline * WDLM-FM – East Moline * WDQN-FM – Du Quoin * WEFI – Effingham * WEGN – Kankakee * WFEN – Rockford * WGNJ – Saint Joseph * WGNN – Fisher * WGNX – Colchester * WGRN – Greenville * WHJG – Rockford * WHPA – Macomb * WHRD – Freeport * WIHM – Taylorville * WILV – Loves Park * WJAF-LP – Centralia * WJCH – Joliet * WJCZ – Milford * WJHV-LP – Fairbury * WJLY – Ramsey * WJWR – Bloomington * WKBM – Sandwich * WKZI – Casey * WLGS-LP – Lake Villa * WLHW – Casey * WLLM – Lincoln * WLLM-FM – Carlinville * WLSE – Canton * WLTM – Harrisburg * WLUJ – Springfield * WLUV – Loves Park * WLWJ – Petersburg * WMBI-FM – Chicago * WNTD – Chicago * WOLG – Carlinville * WPEO – Peoria * WPEO-FM – Farmer City * WPJC – Pontiac * WPTH – Olney * WQIN – Quincy * WRLJ – White Hall * WRTK – Paxton * WRYT – Edwardsville * WSFI – Antioch * WSLE – Salem * WSOG – Spring Valley * WSWS – Smithboro * WTIM – Shelbyville * WTTT – Springfield * WTZY – Wonder Lake * WVEL – Pekin * WWGN – Ottawa * WWKJ-LP – Peoria * WWQC – Clifton * WWTG – Carpentersville * WXAN – Ava * WYCA – Crete * WXES – Chicago * WYHI - Park Forest * WYLL – Chicago * WYNG – Mount Carmel * WZIV – Princeton See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Illinois See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other Coordinates: 41°18′05″N 88°57′11″W / 41.30139°N 88.95306°W / 41.30139; -88.95306 *[v]: View this template *[t]: Discuss this template *[e]: Edit this template