WYLV / Knoxville
morning personality Jason McKay is going into ministry full-time
and exits the station. (10/31)
Drew Powell is the
new PD at WPSM / Ft Walton Beach. Drew returns to the station
from Nashville where he was involved in music. (10/31)
The
KSBJ / Houston morning show is spearheading an effort to provide
Thanksgiving food for as many of those families as possible.
They've teamed up with local ministries to gather canned goods
and non-perishable food items to be distributed during the
holidays and will start the collection during a live broadcast
of the Morning Show at a local mall on November 8th. They'll
also be collecting at the November Brown Bag concert with Joy
Williams November 12th at Memorial City Mall and wrap up the
drive at the Michael W. Smith/Third Day concert November 16th at
the Compaq Center.
10/30)
KLTY / Dallas scores
big in the latest Metroplex Arbitron ratings. Women 25-54 the
station now ranks #2 and #3 in adults 25-54 in the nations 5th
largest market! KLTY tied with CHR KHKS for 6th place with a 3.9
overall 12+.
"The Summer 2002 ratings success for 94.9 KLTY-FM is a
landmark achievement for the station and Christian radio as a
whole, illustrating its broad appeal while stretching the genre
to new levels. Never before has a CCM station posted such strong
results in any ratings period," said John Peroyea, General
Manager of 94.9 KLTY-FM. "Contemporary Christian Music continues
to be one of the best selling music genres in the country, in
large part due to the roll-out of Salem's Fish stations."
(10/29)
WAYFM.com
named Best Radio Station Website. Get the details
from
CMCentral.com. (10/28)
Jeff Scott is the new
PD at WBGL / Champaign coming in from KSBJ / Houston. (10/28)
Lisa Bowen is the new
Director of Audience Development at New Life 91.9 WRCM
Charlotte. She was previously with the Charlotte Hornets in
Promotions. (10/25)
Kim Bindell joins
Doug Griffin and Don Burns on the morning show at The New 93.7 /
94.1 The One WYYB and WRLT / Nashville doing news. Kim comes
from positions at The Salem Music Network and WAYM both in
Nashville also at KSLT Rapid City and KOFR Lubbuck.
(10/25)
106.5 The Promise
WBGB / Jacksonville midday personality Kelly O'Brien has decided
to move on to other interests. Her last day is today 10/25. The
Promise welcomes former weekender Sherri Myers to midday's and
promotions coming from the Jacksonville Fox TV affiliate.
(10/25)
Colleen
Colloton is new to WFZH "The Fish" Milwaukee joining PD Danny
Clayton on the morning show beginning Monday, October 28.
Colleen comes from positions with "The Jonathon Brandmeier
Show", WPST in Stevens Point, and HBO in New York. (10/25)
News
from CMCentral.com:
It's official- Beanbag is no more; band in
car accident,
18th Annual Stellar Award Nominees,
dc Talk's Free At Last movie to finally be
released; 10th Anniversary CD, too.
(10/25)
Spirit
FM (WRXT/WPAR) raised over $323,000 during its "In God We Trust"
fall sharathon on October 21-23, exceeding the goal by over
$20,000. In addition to funding Spirit FM's operational budget,
the successful sharathon means the Virginia-based network will
be able to send 323 solar-powered missionary radios to Africa in
partnership with HCJB World Radio. In addition to raising funds
for the missionary radios, Spirit FM's sharathon also included
the "In God We Trust" Radio Tour, 15 remote broadcasts over
three days from locations throughout Virginia and West Virginia.
Visitors to the remote broadcasts registered to win a WOW Hits
2003 cd library, a 31-cd collection worth over six hundred
dollars. (10/25)
Internet station
Planetlightforce.com based in Houston will change to a CHR
format November 1st. The station has been Rock. (10/25)
There's a brand new
place on the net to discuss Christian Radio topics. Log on to
www.radioboard.net to check it out and make a post. (10/23)
Sean
Caldwell adds to his Christian radio clients and is the new
station voice at Spirit FM WBVM Tampa. Hear Sean Caldwell demos
and get details at
www.seancaldwell.com. (10/23)
Dove
Award-winning Curb recording artist Selah is featured on the
current edition of Musicforce.com's "Street Week," the website's
bi-weekly webcast highlighting upcoming releases in Christian
music. In promotion of their first holiday recording, Rose of
Bethlehem, Selah performed three selections from the album:
"Silent Night," "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" and "Joy," an
original song and the project's first single. For more log onto
www.musicforce.com.
(10/22)
The
Gospel Music Association has announced deadlines and guidelines
for the 2003 GMA Radio Station of the Year contest. The radio
station awards are designed to publicly acknowledge those
Christian radio stations that meet the highest standards of
quality and have the strongest impact on their listening areas,
according to Frank Breeden, president of GMA. Awards are given
to major, large, medium, and small market stations.
The entry deadline is January 31,
2003. Eligible stations must play Christian music for at least
50 percent of their broadcast day. They will be judged in four
areas -- community involvement, ratings, air check, and industry
leadership. Complete guidelines are attached to this release and
are available at the GMA office at 615-242-0303 or online at
www.gospelmusic.org/ncra.
Three finalists in each market
category will be announced on March 3 and winners named before
the 34th Annual Dove Awards on April 10, 2003. The winners will
be acknowledged during the Dove broadcast. The Dove Awards are
the culminating event for Gospel Music Week 2003, which includes
radio specific programming through the National Christian Radio
Seminar (NCRS).
The 2002 Radio Station of the
Year winners were WFSH-FM in Atlanta for major market; KXOJ-FM
in Tulsa, OK for large market; KTSY-FM in Boise, ID for medium
market; and KLRC-FM in Siloam Springs, AR for small market.
(10/18)
WHMX
/ Bangor PD Steve Strout is leaving the station to enter the
record business as Radio Promotions Manager at Reunion Records
startin November 1st. (10/17)
News
from CMCentral.com:
Souljahz makes history at Christian Radio,
iWORSHIP signs up as title sponsor for
Michael W. Smith's Christmastime Tour 2002,
The Elms shoot video for first single from
new album. (10/17)
Religious
and Gospel music now total 7.2% of all music sold in the US
according to a new report from Interep Radio. Religious music
sales jumped 70% from $549 million in 1997 to $920 million in
2001. The report stated that Country totaled 11.2%, Jazz 3.6%,
and classical 3.4%. (10/17)
Allaccess.com
reports: The FCC cancels the proposed $8,000 fine against FAITH
BIBLE COLLEGE, INC. for failure to maintain EAS equipment at
WTGF/MILTON, FL but does admonish the licensee for willfully
violating the rule. The fine was dropped due to the licensee's
financial hardship. (10/17)
Lori
Lenz has now joined Northern Records in promotions. Reach out to
her at
Lori@northernrecords.com. She leaves a similar position at
Metro 1 Music. (10/16)
John
Reuben & Everyday Sunday visit The Bridge 100.7
SanFrancisco. Get story details from
CMCentral.com (10/14)
Kim
Nelly is the new Director of Promotions at Salem / Los Angeles.
Kim has previously worked at L.A. stations KFI, KCBS, and KOST.
Salem owns KFSH, KRLA, and KKLA. (10/14)
Looks
like a new Christian"Rock" station will be on the air soon in
Tulsa. The Adonai Radio Group, owners of KXOJ / Tulsa, are
buying KHJM and plan to name it "The Kross". The change is
expected sometime in January of next year. You'll recall
Clear Channel pulled the plug on Christian Rock "Live 101.5"
KMRX in July this year. Adonai National PD Bob Thornton is
requesting record label support for the station looking for all
singles from the Rock and CHR charts dating back 5 years. Send
it to Adonai Radio
Group c/o Bob Thornton, 2448 E. 81st St., Suite 4500 Tulsa, OK
74137.
(10/11)
KWVE / Orange County,
CA drops "Focus On The Family" with Dr. James Dobson citing
concerns about the daily features content. (10/11)
Christian
Music Pioneer Steve Camp has announced the formation of Audience
One Music, a new record label "dedicated to recovering,
reforming, and restoring Christ-centered music ministry for God
and His glory and for the good of His people."Audience One Music
has partnered with Discovery House Music for marketing and
promotion. The first release from Audience One Music is Steve
Camp's "Desiring God." "After many years of prayer and
planning, I am humbled that in God's providence He has allowed
the formation of Audience One Music," said Camp. "I am thrilled
that the Lord has brought us together in partnership for
ministry with Discovery House. We are completely unified in one
heart and mind in ministry goals and convictions." (10/10)
News
from CMCentral.com:
Word Records drops Sarah Masen,
Kevin Max recording second solo album,
MercyMe achieves 2 recordings in Top 10 at
Christian retail. (10/10)
Salem
Communications today announced that it will release third
quarter 2002 financial results prior to market hours on
Thursday, November 7, 2002.
(10/10)
Congratulations to
K-LOVE and AIR-1 land in the top 25 September Arbitron
Webcast ratings! (10/10)
Jeff
Taylor has been named Station Manager of WAYJ-FM in Ft. Myers,
Florida. Taylor will assume all the duties of Station Manager
immediately, where he has been serving as Program Director for
the past 1 ½ years. This will actually be Taylor’s second time
in that role there, serving as manager for 3 years in the late
1990’s before departing for a teaching career. His promotion
comes just as WAYJ-FM is celebrating 15 years as one of the
nation’s first Christian CHR stations. Prior to WAY-FM Taylor
worked at radio stations in Seattle, Washington; Fargo, North
Dakota; and New Haven, Connecticut.
He has been a youth pastor for 15 years, an accomplished speaker
at conferences and retreats nationwide, and authored the
book
Life
Support: A Prescription For Prolonging The Ministry Life of
Your Youth Worker. “Ft. Myers is my home and no one
loves this community more than I do,” says Taylor. “I pray that
God will continue to open doors for WAY-FM so that we can
creatively minister to people who need Christ.” (10/9)
Burt
Perrault has joined Dave Garland Media Brokerage. Burt is a
former Christian radio manager and can be reached at
perrault@radiobroker.com or (832) 498-4600. (10/9)
Faron
Dice has been named the new Affiliate Manager for the Christian
Hit Radio Satellite Network (CHRSN), owned and operated by
WAY-FM Media Group, Inc. He will immediately work with existing
CHRSN affiliates around the country, seek out potential
affiliates nationwide that can be serviced by this contemporary
Christian hit music format, and handle all corporate
underwriting announcements group and network-wide. “Faron Dice
brings a wealth of experience of relationship building and
servicing radio clients nationwide,” said WAY-FM Media Group’s
Chief Operating Officer Dusty Rhodes. He is a real quality
person I know our affiliates and future affiliates will
appreciate. (10/9)
Crosswalk.com
has been re-launched by Salem Communications as it's purchase by
the Broadcast Company is completed on Oct. 4. The Internet
portal is to expand its coverage of news and information, as
well as to provide teaching resources and community interaction
targeted to the religious and family-values audience on the
Internet.
One of the big
reasons this acquisition made sense for Salem Communications was
that we already had access to tremendous Christian content, from
our ministry partnerships on radio, from our own news, public
affairs, magazines and music sources,” said Rick Killingsworth,
Vice President of OnePlace.com. “Our re-launch of Crosswalk.com
follows months of user analysis, research and planning. We have
a good appreciation of what the Christian audience wants from
the Internet and we think the combined forces of Crosswalk and
OnePlace will be the preeminent source for Christian content on
the Internet for many years to come.” (10/7)
From
Allaccess.com:
Smaller webcasters and the
recording industry reached a royalty agreement yesterday 10/6
that lowers the rates for most small webcasters. The plan,
covering 1998-2004, calls for rates between 8 and 12% of yearly
revenues (the higher of 8% of revenues of 5% of expenses
retroactive to 1998, minimum $2,000/year, and rates graduating
to 10% of the first $250,000/year of revenues and 12% beyond
that level) and allows for three installment payments of the
retroactive portion; the agreement could face trouble from the
NAB and musicians' unions, which might fight the deal.
(10/7)
"106.7
The Fish" in Chicago morning personality Johnny Stone announces
the syndication of a new AC radio countdown show. The show
called "Looking Up to Number One with Johnny Stone-The
Contemporary Christian Music Count-up" will be a two hour
program based on the top 20 from the Radio & Records AC
Christian chart, featuring artist interviews and information.
For more information call 312-593-3337. (10/7)
Christian
Broadcasting Incorporated names Tom Steigleman as Executive Vice
President. CBI owns KAFC 93.7 and KATB 89.3 in Anchorage,
Alaska. In the past Tom has served as Operations Manager,
Promotions Manager, and Program Director of all three stations.
(10/7)
Thom
Ewing is the new Station Manager for 88.1 WAYH-FM in Huntsville.
The station is scheduled to go on the air serving Huntsville,
Decatur, Athens, and all of Northern Alabama in March of next
year with a full power signal and local staff. Ewing comes to
Alabama via Indianapolis where he worked in public radio and TV
the last 7 years. (10/7)
News
from CMCentral.com:
CMCentral.com teams with HisAir
Productions for new syndicated radio show!
Come Together & Worship Tour dates already
selling out:,
True Vibe readies for Pure Pop Tour with
Plus One and more: (10/4)
The
K-LOVE Network and Worldwide Worship make Kip Johns the music
assistant. Kip will take those music calls at
(916) 251-1674. (10/4)
