WBNM

WBNM (1050 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Alexander City, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by Westburg Broadcasting Montgomery, LLC, and simulcasts on FM translator 99.3 W257DL. It airs a Southern Gospel format.

History

In August 2004, Casey Network LLC (Jimmy Jarrell, president/CEO) reached an agreement to sell this station, then known as WRFS, to Joy Christian Communications Inc. (Ed L. Smith, president) for a reported sale price of $175,000. At the time of the sale, the station broadcast an adult contemporary music format.

In January 2007, Joy Christian Communications Inc. (Ed Smith, president) reached an agreement to sell this station to Racquel Humphrey for a reported sale price of $230,000. At the time of the sale, the station broadcast a Southern Gospel music format.

The station was assigned the WBNM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on May 15, 2008.

In 2008, WBNM became an official ESPN Radio affiliate while keeping Southern Gospel music programming on Sunday mornings.