Look
for an interview with Christian Future Hits co-hosts Ted and
Fred Kelly this week on AllAccess.com. Go to the interview
by clicking
here. And CFH is featured on the very first PraiseDemo
(cut 4) from TMCentury being mailed this week to over 1800
Christian Radio stations worldwide. Christian Future Hits is
a 60-minute syndicated show focusing on brand-new Christian
AC, CHR and INSPO songs and available on barter. For more
information on the program, visit
www.ChristianFutureHits.com or call (225) 262-7563.
(8/29)
Movement:
Michelle Price has been named OM at WAY FM's new
Clarksville, TN station that is scheduled to debut in
October at 88.3 FM.
Michelle has previous experience in Christian Radio at Flow
93.5 Toronto, KXHT Memphis and WNPL Nashville.
Grace Mitchell is the new PM Drive / Promotions person at
Moody Broadcasting WAFS Atlanta.
Cindy Ripee joins KADI in Springfield, MO. as the new Midday
personality effective September 1st. (8/29)
WAY-FM
/ South Florida has completed their power increase project
that was originally announced September 12, 2002. The new
signal boost has increased their signal strength throughout
Broward County, including all of Ft. Lauderdale to just
south of Hollywood. The new antenna on a new tower has gone
from 460 ft to 1050 ft increasing to 50,000 watts from
37,000 watts. The potential listening audience has increased
to 3.6 million people from 1.9 million. (8/29)
Todd
Agnew holds onto #1 single six weeks in a row...get
details from CMCentral. (8/28)
Ever
wonder what worship songs churches are using most.
Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI) has
released its list of Top Songs from the most recent Church
Reporting Period, October 2002 through March 2003. "The CCLI
Top 25 List is a true benchmark for church music, since it
represents a clear measure of which songs the churches are
using most in their congregational singing," said Howard
Rachinski, Founder and President/CEO of CCLI. Here are
the Top 25 Songs, as reported by churches across the United
States:
1. Open the Eyes of My
Heart - Paul Baloche
2. Lord I Lift Your Name
on High - Rick Founds
3. Shout To the Lord -
Darlene Zschech
4. Come Now Is The Time To
Worship - Brian Doerksen
5. Breathe - Marie Barnett
6. Trading My Sorrows -
Darrell Evans
7. You Are My All In All -
Dennis Jernigan
8. You Are My King - Billy
James Foote
9. I Could Sing of Your
Love Forever - Martin Smith
10. The Heart of Worship -
Matt Redman
(8/26)
Michelle
Morgan joins AIR 1 as night personality from KNLR Bend
Oregon on August 26th. Air 1 is also looking for a morning
co-host so if you're interested contact Bryan Oneal at
916-251-1617 or
boneal@emfbroadcasting.com. (8/25)
Chris Carmichael
moves into the morning slot from middays at WQFL Rockford.
(8/22)
Educational
Media Foundation
owners of K-Love & Air1 Networks, has purchased WSOH/New
Washington, IN; WJYC/Delhi Hills, OH; and KLRO/Niles, WA
from Life Talk Radio for $1.2 million. (8/21)
The
R&R Christian Summit that was to take place in Dallas next
month has been called off and will be rescheduled to next
year. In the release R&R executives stated "after careful
evaluation of the Christian marketplace, R&R recognizes that
this year's summit is ill timed with consideration to the
changing economics of the music industry. R&R is committed
to presenting the Christian Summit in 2004 and a search is
underway for an appropriate date." Contact Rick Welke at
615-244-8822. (8/20)
Crowne
Music Group announces a strategic partnership with
Tovah Records. Started as a
platform to showcase upcoming Messianic Jewish talent,
Tovah currently has 5 artists
signed to its roster. The label is not limiting itself to
any religious / denominational titles, as it plans to sign
acts in the contemporary Christian and
latin genres in the near
future.
The first release under this
partnership will be Marty Goetz, and his new project “Songs
of Israel”.
Crowne
Music is home for Seventh Day Slumber, a hard band;
Motivo, a Latin pop group; and
Larnelle Harris and prides itself in diversity. Both
Tovah and
Crowne Music are located in Franklin, TN and are
distributed through Word Entertainment / WEA. (8/18)
After
almost four years, The UnNamed Daily free show prep service
is going to cease publication in all of its forms. That
means The UnNamed Daily will no longer be available at
www.MarlarHouse.com,
it won't be emailed to its members, and it will no longer be
available at www.HisAir.net either...
sorry! Founder Darren Marlar says "God is working in areas
of my life and career that require me to focus my energies
and efforts in directions other than a free show prep
service - although I will truly miss doing it every single
day." The last day of free prep will be this Friday, August
15th, 2003. (8/14)
Kurt
Hanson will give the keynote address at the PDA 2003 AC
Radio Seminar September 5-7 in Atlanta. Get more info on the
seminar at 770-518-8811 or via email at
ACSeminar@ChristianMedia.net (8/13)
WNAZ
Nashville as we now know it, will become a thing of the past
on August 13th flipping formats to Christian CHR and be
called "The All New NAZ The New Music Revolution". WNAZ has
been a Christian formatted station for over 36 years. (8/12)
Beach
Street Records will be the name of the new label formed by
Mark Miller, founder and frontman of Country music group
Sawyer Brown. The Label roster includes The Casting Crowns.
(8/12)
WQFL
Rockford Program Director/Morning Drive Host, Mike "The
SchloMan" Schlote has resigned his position effective August
22, 2003. "It is not a matter of leaving QFL or accepting a
different position elsewhere, but rather our specific
calling to obey God's will and timing in our lives. Keep
checking these pages to see what God has done!" Current
Afternoon host and MD, Greg Saunders will be taking the PD
duties and Chris Carmichael (Production Director and mid-day
host) will move to mornings. (8/12)
"Bill
& Friends is the new morning show at WJIS in Sarasota
starting August 11th. (8/11)
CMRadio
Networks (
www.cmradio.net ), announces that it will once again
partner with the Purple Door Festival to provide live audio
streaming of the event. Purple Door the premier alternative
Christian arts and music festival on the east coast, will be
held August 15th and 16th in Lewisberry, PA and features
three stages of music, an art gallery, paintball, and skate
park. CMRadio.Net will stream all three stages as well as
live interviews and commentary of the two-day event. (8/8)
Quickclips:
Charles
Alexander has resigned
his GM position at WQFL Rockford and will join
Ron
Hembry's Pittsburgh Christian TV ministry
as VP/Finance ...At WAUG Raleigh's they make some on air
changes moving
Judy
"Radio Angel" Bowden to mornings and
afternoons
are now handled by Bobby Parker ... WYSZ Toledo
launches a new Internet radio station targeting Detroit and
tri-state area ... (8/8)
Johnny
Stone will exit the morning show "The Fish" WZFS Chicago and
join Star 99.1 WAWZ New York as their new PD and morning
personality. Star PD Scott Taylor will become the stations
Assitant Manager while Stone starts his new position
September 1st. (8/7)
Scott Michaels is
named PD / Morning personality at
"Spirit 93" KKJM St. Cloud,
MN. Scott will be in the big chair starting August 25th.
Scott was previously with WQCK Baton Rouge and WCLQ Wausau.
(8/5)
Colleen Colloton will
exit her morning co-host spot by the end of the month at The
Fish WFZH Milwaukee
in order to spend some more time with her family. (8/5)
CC Matthews is now OM
for the Salem Louisville cluster. (8/4)
Salem
Communications announced results for the quarter ending June
30, 2003. Edward G. Atsinger III, President and CEO, said,
"Salem's results demonstrate a strong and successful
performance for the first half of 2003, despite an uncertain
economic environment. Our same station revenue growth rates
have, once again, led the industry as a result of the
continued growth of our music stations, complemented by the
consistent and reliable nature of our block programming
business. This revenue growth, combined with careful cost
management, has resulted in a very noteworthy 21% growth in
station operating income." Meanwhile Salem also
announced that it has closed the acquisition of WJGR 1320AM,
WZNZ 1460AM, WZAZ 1400AM and WBGB 106.5FM, in Jacksonville,
for approximately $8.5 million, from Concord Media Group
Inc. These stations will continue to be programmed in their
existing formats. (8/4)
