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Johnny's
Career Capsule
1992-1994 WBLZ (Z-106.7)
Mt.
Vernon /
Evansville,
IN
1994-1996 WYNG (105 WYNG)
Evansville,
IN
1996-1999 WWYC (Young Country)
Lexington,
KY
1999-2001 WLKT (104.5 The Cat)
Lexington,
KY
2001-2004 WQEN (103.7 The Q)
Birmingham,
AL
2004-2005 WYOK (HOT 104)
Mobile,
AL
2005-2007 WBVM (SPIRIT-FM)
Tampa,
FL
1.
Personally how do you keep the ministry in the “business”?
Day by reading from my daily devotional
and before each meeting we all stop and pray that God’s guidance
will be there for us as we touch the lives of our listeners.
2. Overall, how is Christian radio different today, from 5 years
ago?
Better programming. With more secular programmers finding out how
great the CCM world is, the better the product has become. And the
artists are putting out music that rivals, if not better than what
secular radio is playing.
3. What do you think are the main characteristics of today’s
Christian radio PD?
Always continuing to learn. When I was programming with Clear
Channel, there was a saying that “you never know everything about
programming” it was actually more graphic than that, but that was
the culture of Jacor / Clearchannel when Randy Michaels was building
the empire.
4. What criteria do you require for a song to be played on your
station?
I have a handful of people in the building that are in our core demo
to give me their opinion of the song, I also check local Christian
record store sales and we have local research as well as the
national research through the trades and other avenues. I try to
really watch what songs are starting to break out before going out
on the limb on an add. Except when it’s a definite home run (i.e.
Third day, tobymac, Steven Curtis Chapman – Cinderella) those are
easy to pick.
5. What kind of promotions work best for Christian radio?
Promotions that make the listener feel like they are bettering the
community and themselves at the same time, having a
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