Music News
from CMCentral.com:
Earthsuit goes independent...Bebo
Norman wraps Fall Circa 2002 Tour...Provident
to release WOW Worship (Yellow) March 18; includes 7 brand new
tracks (12/31)
CR20,
a Christian Rock Top 20 Countdown, is set to debut this week.
CR20 will make its debut on three radio stations airing around
the country, with more stations coming on board later in
January. Charter radio stations include Radio Eternal, Bigloo
Radio, Radical Psalms, and High Desert Christian Rock all will
begin airing CR20 in January. Log onto
www.CR20.net for information
and hear a demo. Todd Stuart will be hosting CR20. (12/31)
99.1
WAWZ / Zarephath, NJ, serving the greater New York City, New
Jersey, and Eastern Pennsylvania metropolitan regions, has
modified it's format from inspirational to CCM calling itself
"Today's Christian Music". The station says it is building a
positive new sound of 99.1 and promoting a "40 days and 40
nights" preview of what listeners can expect this February.
Listen on line by going
here. (12/27)
Oldies
station 95.7 WOTO / Memphis has switched to a black gospel
format. (12/26)
WMQM
/ Memphis has begun regular broadcasts as of December21st. The
station is the sister to WWCR Shortwave (World Wide Christian
Radio) based in Nashville and has a 50kw signal at 1600AM.
(12/26)
Flicker
Records’ newest band The Swift are releasing their debut
self-titled project just in time for Christmas with their album
dropping in stores Christmas Eve. The Swift was invited by Audio
Adrenaline and Mercy Me to join them as special guests on the
spring 2003 “Go Show” tour.
The Swift members have kept
themselves more than busy these past couple of months gearing up
for their album release. The band recently completed a two-week
radio promo tour where they visited with top AC and CHR
reporting stations to support their radio singles “Under the
Sun,” (CHR) and “More than Gold,” (AC). The band was recently
invited to play on LeSea
Broadcasting’s “Live from Studio B”, where they performed five
songs in front of a live studio audience. The show is slated to
air world-wide on January 2nd. The Swift will also be featured
in several media outlets including: CCM Magazine, Brio,
Breakaway, Campus Life, Plugged-In Magazine,
Christianitytoday.com, and CMCentral.com to name a few. (12/20)
As
announced in the December 13th issue of R&R Magazine, Uprok
claimed the #1 spot in the Christian Rhythmic Label Share
category with a 19.7%. Of the top 25 songs of the year, 6 were
from Uprok artists. (12/20)
Don't miss
Grammy-award artist Steven Curtis
Chapman tonight on the fourth annual CBS special “A Home For The
Holidays. That's tonight 12/20 at 8pm/ET, PT and 7pm CT on CBS.
(12/20)
Salem
Communications announced that it has closed on the acquisition
of WRLG-FM and WYYB-FM, in Nashville, Tennessee, for $5.6
million from Tuned In Broadcasting Inc. The company has been
operating the stations under a Local Marketing Agreement since
August 5, 2002. Salem also owns and operates WBOZ-FM and
WVRY-FM, both programmed in a Southern Gospel format, in the
Nashville market. (12/20)
Radio
& Records magazine, one of the music industry’s premier trade
publications, recently named Essential Records its Overall Label
of the Year. The distinction is awarded annually to the label
receiving the most total spins. R & R began charting
Christian music in 2001, and this is the first time the honor
has been extended to any Christian label. The announcement is
published in the Dec. 13 issue. During the year Essential
released 24 singles from seven artists, including No. 1 radio
hits by Caedmon’s Call ("Before There Was Time"), FFH ("Before
It Was Said," "Watching Over Me" and "On My Cross"), Jars of
Clay ("I Need You" and "Fly"), Paul Colman Trio ("Turn") and
Third Day ("Show Me Your Glory," "Come Together" and "It’s
Alright"). (12/20)
Music News
from CMCentral.com:
Selah on The 700 Club Christmas day...Newsong
announces Winter Jam 2003 tour dates; band appears on CNN
Headline News...Michael
W. Smith wraps up Christmastime Tour (12/19)
Look
for
Amy Grant, The Blind Boys Of Alabama, and Pat Boone to be
honored during the 34th annual Dove Awards show, April 10 in
Nashville.
The Gospel Music Association has inducted all of them into the
Gospel Music Hall of Fame! (12/16)
HisAir.Net is sorry
to report the death of
former KOBC/Joplin, MO and KNLB/Lake Havasu City, AZ, PD
Lisa
Lunsford,
who passed away at her Knoxville home last week of natural
causes. She was 36. (12/16)
K-LOVE
ranked as the number 8 network in Arbitron's MeasureCast Ratings
with 671,955 hours of Total Time Spent Listening (TTSL) or
Aggregate Tuning Hours (ATH) for the month of November.(12/16)
Music News
from CMCentral.com:
Jars of Clay urgently asks fans to call
the White House over African AIDS epidimic...GMA
releases first Dove Award ballot to members; eligible entry list
available online...Newsong
appears on The Wayne Brady Show (12/16)
Michelle
Moy DeVilbiss exits the Editor position at Wireless Age Magazine
due to budget cuts at Westar Media Group. She joined the group
in 1998. (12/11)
Congratulations to
Warner Bros. Christian Director of National Promotion Andrew
Patton and wife on the birth of their new baby boy Kyle Thomas,
their second. (12/11)
Attention all radio
people. Want to know how to go to the Gospel Music awards for
free? Well Compassion International has developed a program
where
for every 10 sponsorships that your station generates,
your station receives one registration to Gospel Music Week
2003!
Sounds interesting.....click here to get all the
details. (12/11)
From Allaccess.com:
Educational Media Foundation's
(KLOVE and AIR1) Bob Anthony has exited the network to pursue
opportunities with Gospel Spots, an evangelistic media ministry
that he started over 4 years ago. Gospel Spoys,
www.GospelSpots.com,
puts Gospel messages up on billboards, up on movie screens, and
on mainstream TV and radio. While BOB will be focusing on Gospel
Spots, he still has some interest in voice-tracking for a couple
of stations. Those interested in contacting Bob can do so by
phone at (888) 956-8400 or via email at
Bob@GospelSpots.com
(12/9)
Music News
from CMCentral.com:
Nichole Nordeman ties record for
longest-running #1 single...Big
Daddy Weave's One and Only named highest-charting debut
Christian album of 2002...Rebecca
St. James helps Fort Campbell soldiers & families...Christmas
Shoes movie seen by 17 million viewers; book hits #1 again
(12/9)
Salem
Communications has announced that it is on track to meet its
fourth-quarter targets for broadcast revenue and earnings. For
stations owned longer than one year, the company anticipates
revenue growth of approximately 15 percent, and is predicting
that net broadcast revenue will fall in a range of $40 million
to $40.5 million, compared with $36.1 million a year ago. Q4
earnings are expected to be in a range of 5 cents to 6 cents a
share, compared with 4 cents a year ago, while free cash flow
should be 25 cents to 27 cents a share. Get complete story
here. (12/6)
Len O'Kelley is the
production director at Salem / Chicago. (12/6)
Now
that Webrock.net has ceased operations President Scott Hawk is
available for his next opportunity. Reach him at
615-871-7204 or e-mail Scott
info@scotthawk.com. (12/3)
The
Come Together and Worship Tour with Third Day and Michael W.
Smith finished it's 16 city tour with an average attendance of
11,500. (12/3)
WAYF (WAY
FM) / West Palm Beach welcomes Donna Cruz as it's new PD /
morning co-host personality effective today 12/2. Donna was last
at KSTP / Minneapolis as APD. By the way...There is still a PD
opening at WAY FM Huntsville and Ft. Myers. Go to "jobs"
page for info. (12/2)
Joe
Buchanan joins WCFL / Chicago as MD / PM Drive personality. Joe
comes from WGSL Rockford where he was PD the last seven years.
(12/2)
