This summer, KSBJ/Houston invited listeners to be part of their “Go, Live, and Give” campaign by becoming and supporting missionaries. KSBJ encouraged listeners and their families to GO on a mission trip to Baja, Mexico with Global Expeditions, LIVE along with us by becoming an “online missionary” with Global Media Outreach or GIVE to provide brand new homes for underprivileged families in Baja, Mexico.  KSBJ staff, the Newsboys, and more than 50 listeners traveled to Baja, Mexico to take part in the mission trip while, back in Houston, donations poured in to raise over $37,000 to build 6 additional homes for needy families.   

His Radio Network PD/morning man Rob Dempsey has been known recently for going from obese to fit. He lost nearly 140 lbs and inspires others to do the same. NBC's Biggest Loser caught wind of Rob's story and is helping to offer a little hope to others. Rob & Kristin along with Word artist Meredith Andrews are in search of the next Biggest Loser. In 5 different His Radio markets Their Morning Show are gathering stories and giving VIP passes to get in front of the South East Biggest Loser casting call line in South Carolina.

Picture: Winners from Savannah for a VIP Biggest Loser casting call with His Radio's Rob Dempsey, Kristin Roberts and Jody Robinson.   

The WBGL/Champaign Morning Show with Tim & Pam visited 5 parks in June and July for the Morning Show Backyard Bounce. The duo broadcast live from the events which saw families and summer day camps come out to bounce in the giant inflatables, play games, and participate in giveaways. The event was free, but it gave those attending an opportunity to “Change their Community” by

donating change for local area food pantries. The change collected at each event benefited local organizations. The combined total donations of the Morning Show Backyard Bounce events reached just over $3,100 for the local area food pantries

The WRBS/Baltimore (95.1 Shine FM) morning team of Tracey, Mike & Dave was in Baltimore with Chick-fil-A's CEO visiting area Chick-fil-A restaurants, speaking to the American Marketing Association of Baltimore, FCA Networking Luncheon (emceed by Mike Alley), playing the National Anthem at the Orioles game (it didn’t help them win though). 

His Radio Network teamed up with Bruster’s Real Ice Cream to dish-up free ice cream to people who give regularly to His Radio.

There are 10 His Radio Nights at Bruster’s where lots of families came out in the hot Southern heat to dig in.  (And the work-out guru, Rob Dempsey, did not have a taste of the ice cream.  Talk about will power!)

Pictured:  His Radio PD Rob Dempsey (center) with volunteers Mark and Tricia Johnson

The Listener Appreciation Tour featuring VSR Music artists Chris & Conrad, Tal & Acacia along with Living Anthem wrapped up their tour in Orlando. The event, which was sponsored by WPOZ/Orlando (Z88.3).

Pictured: Chris & Conrad, Tal & Acacia along with Living Anthem pose for a group photo.

KSBJ/Houston Special Events has kicked off their ‘Boomin’ by the Bay’ concert series at the Kemah Boardwalk. Over 4,000 attendees gathered at the Boardwalk for free performances by the Second Baptist Jump Dance Team and Christian pop artist, KJ-52.  “We are thrilled to provide a concert series with hope filled music that pulls in such a diverse crowd.  The artists and audience exude so much energy and excitement that it’s like bringing a party to Kemah Boardwalk every Tuesday night. I’m still sore from dancing, singing, and groovin’ at KJ52!!  It was a blast, but my favorite part was seeing the lives impacted…the families, the youth groups, the kids and adults,” said Tammy Johnson, executive director of KSBJ Special Events.

Pictured: L to R: Kent Matthews, KSBJ Saturday Night Light Force Show Host & Boomin by the Bay emcee, KJ52, KSBJ Summer Intern, Crystal Lopez.

Take a look at WHZN/Indianapolis (88.3 The Walk’s) FINAL 4 in their recent OPENING ACT competition.  Joe Banua, Jim Gearries, Brianna Patrick and Dena Shomali all made it to the online voting round and might be the Opening Act for Matthew West at the Indiana State Fair, August 15^th!   Indy’s own 1000 Generations (FAIL US NOT), backed up the performers at the ELITE 8 event. 

See their performances at www.883thewalk.org

Memorial Day weekend in Central Florida is synonymous with the Zellwood Sweet Corn Festival. For over 40 years, Central Florida spent Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day weekend camped out in the Zellwood field waiting for country acts to take the stage. Six years ago, WPOZ/Orlando (Z88.3) partnered with Zellwood to bring the first ever family friendly night to the festival. This year, the station continued the tradition on Friday night of Memorial Day weekend by bringing in Mark Schultz, Josh Wilson, Sidewalk Prophets and Robert Pierre. Over 6,000 Z listeners attended the Z88.3 Family Night on Friday, May 28, 2010. The festival not only included great music, but admission also included all you could eat Zellwood sweet corn. Over 1,600 ears of corn were cooked and ready to serve every nine minutes thanks to the help of Big Bertha, Zellwood's own corn cooking machine. Kids under 10 were free and tickets were just $12 in advance. In this economy, families couldn't find a better deal!

WAY-FM asked listeners to help them find World Vision sponsors for 1203 kids in El Salvador this week, and they responded in a huge way! Over 1500 kids were sponsored! Early in the week, Pablo from “Mornings with Brant” offered to shave off all of his hair if they hit the goal. well here's the before and after pictures.
 

105.3 K-LOVE Milwaukee and F.C.A. hosted a Faith & Family Day tailgate party at Miller Park with the Milwaukee Brewers before the “Brew Crew’s” game against the Phillies.  Over 800 fans heard the personal testimonies from Brewers players and heard an acoustic performance from Sidewalk Prophets. 

Pictured is K-LOVE Promotions Manager Johnny V. (Left) along with Sidewalk Prophets Ben and Dave in front of the Brewers pitching staff.  Johnny, Ben and Dave struggled to smile because they’re Die-Hard Chicago Cubs Fans.

WRXT/Lynchburg (Spirit FM) sponsored a “Mom 2 Mom Diaper Drive” to benefit local pregnancy centers across the central Virginia area.  Churches, businesses, and individuals were asked to collect diapers throughout April to help with the pregnancy centers’ current diaper shortage.  After four live remote broadcasts in four different cities, the response from people in the community was overwhelming!  Over 27,000 diapers were collected to benefit moms who choose life.

From a 2009 on-air fundraiser for global Christian radio network Trans World Radio, listeners of WMIT/Black Mountain (106.9 the Light) contributed 29 percent – more than $118,000 – of the amount needed for a station in Tartu, Estonia, to double its transmitting power to 200,000 watts. The increased power now allows the station, Radio Tartu, to serve western Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, including the cities of Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Kiev – a population of 159 million in all – with Christian programming. On Monday, May 10, two new towers and a high-power transmitter were dedicated at the station.

Pictured above is Jim Kirkland, executive director of 106.9 the Light and director of radio for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, who participated in the dedication and reported live on 106.9 the Light from the Estonia transmitter site.

In response to the flooding Tennesseans flooding WAYM/Nashville (88.7 WAY-FM) launched a multi-phased response. From 10am to 2pm Saturday, May 8, the station broke away from normal programming for a live, local 4-hour broadcast originating from the new Spring Hill Kroger. 88.7 WAY-FM’s Donna Cruz along with operations director, Jeff Brown, hosted.  Joining them were several artists, including Johnny Diaz, Shaun Groves and MIKESCHAIR, plus community leaders and local pastors. 

During the broadcast, listeners were asked to gather any new or gently used sleeping bags and/or tents, as well as any hygiene-related items they may have, and bring them to the event.  In all, WAY-FM staff collected 400 hygiene kits, 300 lbs. of canned food, 400 rolls of toilet paper, 40 tents, 40 sleeping bags, 30 cases of water and $1000 in monetary donations. 

For the second year in a row, Reunion Records artist Brandon Heath was surrounded by friends in his kitchen, as The Joy FM morning show The Morning Cruise broadcast Live From Brandon Heath’s Kitchen Table show the morning of the awards show taping. Guests for the live show included Jars of Clay, MIKESCHAIR, Josh Wilson, and Dave Barnes. After last year’s broadcast during which MIKESCHAIR received news of their debut album release date, the “Kitchen Table” show quickly became a popular venue for surprises and breaking news. This year, Brandon Heath debuted a song from his upcoming album, Leaving Eden. Heath said of the breakfast show, “It felt like Christmas morning coming downstairs before the sun came up with friends pouring in the door and breakfast cooking.  This event is one of my favorite things all year.”

Sitting in a prison waiting room, visiting their incarcerated parent, kids will now be able to pick up and enjoy a book. Living in foster care, visiting the clinic, staying in daycare; all of these children will have the opportunity to read because of the WAWZ/New York STAR 99.1 Children’s Book Drive with Thing 1 and Thing 2 from The Cat in the Hat.

During the month of March, STAR 99.1 collected more than 8,000 gently used children’s books. Then the staff sorted and cleaned the books before delivering them all over the state of New Jersey.

“To know that kids in tough situations will find comfort in these books is a great thing,” says Johnny Stone, STAR 99.1’s Morning Show Host and Director of Programming. “It’s a little touch that reminds these kids that someone cares about what they are going through.”

The STAR 99.1 Children’s Book Drive with Thing 1 and Thing 2 is a continuation of the station’s dedication to community service through quarterly events.

Pictured above: Thing 1 (Ashley Best), Thing 2 (Jenn Garibay-Weiss), morning show co-hosts Stacey Stone, PD Johnny Stone, David A. Dein and Dawn Wheeler and lots and lots of books!

WFSH/Atlanta (104.7 The Fish) morning hosts Kevin and Taylor auctioned off an autographed guitar from Amy Grant to raise money for Food for the Poor and their relief efforts in Haiti.

Brian Conn outbid everyone with an offer of $700! Brian is pictured here with his new guitar along with Kevin and Taylor

In connection with the new INO Mercy Me release The Generous Mr. Lovewell SOS Radio/Las Vegas asked listeners to "Lovewell" and nominate friends or family in need.  An SOS listener nominated her mother-in-law who lost her job last year and is still unemployed. SOS Radio arranged for her 14-year-old car to be repaired. She was unaware that the car was being repaired and was surprised when it was returned to her by the members of Mercy Me.

"She was out in the driveway [at her son and daughter-in-law's house] waiting for her son to return with her car when the guys of Mercy Me rolled up in her KIA and surprised her. She freaked out!" said SOS PD Scott Herrold.

All expenses for the car repairs were covered and Mercy Me added $500 for her bills.
 

WEMI/Appleton/Oshkosh and WEMY/Green Bay (Christian Family Radio) collected more than $200,000 worth of personal hygiene items and cleaning products donated to 43 local crisis and homeless agencies through their 18^th annual Help for the Homeless Campaign.

More than 460 generous area businesses, schools, and churches in the Fox Cities, Green Bay, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, and Manitowoc worked together with area homeless coalition agencies to stock their shelves for the coming year. All of the donations remained in the communities where they were given.

Pictured WEMI Executive Director Paul Cameron unloads donations.

KLOVE and Air1 partnered with the Oklahoma Office of Faith Based & Community Initiatives and Anna’s House Foundation to collect Easter baskets for foster children.  Metro Oklahoma City Jersey Mike’s Subs offered a free sandwich in exchange for each Easter basket, which resulted in a collection of 215 baskets.

WHPZ/South Bend (Pulse FM) morning personality Corey Mann spent a week living in a local homeless shelter hoping to bring awareness and support to their cause. Corey broadcast daily on Pulse FM, sharing his experience with listeners throughout the week.

“I just needed an education on what happens here, and I thought what better way to do that then to let it all play out live on the radio as well, because if I need the education, I'm sure there are a couple more people that need to know what's going on here. And it's a lot more than a homeless shelter, I can tell you that,” said Corey.

His Radio Network collected hand-made Valentines Day cards for kids in the hospitals in the Carolinas and Georgia.  This year, more love than ever was shown.  Schools, churches, nursing homes, and families got together and sent in “Hearts for Kids”.  This year, the response was more than double a typical year.   His Radio network received 62,000 Valentines to give out to the kids.  (typical year:  about 25,000)

 Pictured are morning personalities PD Rob Dempsey and Kristin Roberts

WCQR/Johnson City TN afternoon host Mike Riddles has been selected to participate in this years “Dancing with the Tri-Cities Stars”. The local ballroom dancing competition features ten local celebrities dancing two different dances. Dancing with the Tri-Cities Stars is a benefit fundraiser for Steppin Stone Youth Treatment Facility for young men 12-18 years old. Mike says, “I’ve wrestled and I’ve boxed, but nothing has been harder than learning the Sugar Push!”  Mike will take listeners along for the entire process with pictures, videos and updates on his blog: http://mikeriddlesblog.blogspot.com/

Pictured is Mike practicing with his instructor and world champion dancer Kim Adler.

WAY-FM/Louisville had a chance for listeners to win the “Hoop with Toby” promotion on a full 5 on 5 four quarter game before his recent show in town! 

WCVK/Bowling Green (Christian Family Radio) recently hosted a marriage vow renewal ceremony. Eleven couples enjoyed a meaningful ceremony celebrating Christian marriage and a renewed commitment to one another!


Each couple received a personalized certificate to commemorate the special occasion as well as individual photographs.

105.3 K-LOVE Milwaukee gave listeners a chance to enjoy “A NIGHT WITH THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS” as a fundraiser for the Fellowship for Christian Athletes.  Those who scored the exclusive tickets gained access to a pre-game event where they heard the personal testimonies of Bucks’ players Michael Redd and Luke Ridenour.   They were also treated to a game between the Bucks and the Pacers followed by a chance to shoot freethrows on the Bradley Center court after the game. 

Pictured is K-LOVE Regional Promotions Manager Johnny V. Clements (Left), the Bucks mascot “BANGO” and the Director of F.C.A. Rick Mathison at one of the ticket giveaways.  Over 600 listeners took advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity to get to know the faith life of their favorite Milwaukee Bucks players.


 

The Lighthouse Radio Network (88.5 WHCF/Bangor and WHMX/Bangor 105.7 Solution FM) held their first ever Diaper Drive during the month of January to celebrate the Sanctity of Human Life Month.  Hundreds of diapers were collected at five locations state-wide, and will be distributed to local pregnancy resource centers.

 Pictured: WHCF & WHMX Promotions Director, Joe Polek, along with the Executive Director of First Step Pregnancy Resource Center, Suz Kasprzak, surrounded by diapers collected from two of the five locations.

The Spirit FM Network in Missouri just wrapped up Missouri’s Biggest Baby Shower.  The crew split up to go to different locations all over the state from all the way up toward Kirksville to far south in Mountain Grove.  They collected grocery carts full of items & money to benefit Pregnancy Resource Centers all across the listening area.  The lobby of Spirit FM was completely full of baby items & there was a lot more not even in the picture. (pictured…left to right…Jim McDermott, Karen Dye & Jack Davis)

 

WRXT / WPAR / WPVA/Lynchburg / Roanoke / Charlottesville, VA (Spirit FM) teamed up with God's Pit Crew and World Help to provide water and food to those in need after the Haiti earthquake.  At last check, 12 tractor trailors of materials had been collected along with tens of thousands of dollars in financial donations. 

God's Pit Crew, a crisis response team based in Danville, Va is warehousing the donations and then transporting it to the appropriate sea port.  From that point World Help, an international missions group based in Forest, VA, is having the product transported by sea to Haiti.

WPOZ/Orlando (Z88.3) partnered with the Orlando Union Rescue Mission, who was seeing over 100 extra people each night. Z88.3 asked their listeners to help by donating extra winter coats, gloves, blankets and anything else they had to keep people warm. Z listeners answered the call.  Within a few hours of going on the air with the Coats for OURM campaign, Z’s conference room was filled to capacity with hundreds of blankets and coats.

Pictured: The Z88.3 air staff (from left to right: Jeff Cruz- APD/Music Director, Jim Davis, Tim Wolf-Van Man/Overnights, Melony McKaye- Middays, Tracy Leek-Afternoons, Dean O’Neal- GM/PD/Afternoons) in the Z conference room filled with winter coats, gloves and blankets that were all donated by Z listeners in ONE (1) day.

WIBI/Springfield, IL and WCIC/Peoria recently hosted Sara Groves' "O Holy Night" Christmas Tour at Lincoln Women's Correctional Center.  Over 600 women, prison administration and prison guards attended two shows at the medium security facility.  Each woman in attendance received a "ticket for admission" to the concert with a scripture verse or message of encouragement on it (handwritten by attendees from two Remedy Drive concerts earlier in the year) along with incredible encouragement, a clear opportunity to respond to the Gospel and -- of course -- an incredible Christmas concert with Sara and her band.  A local church will continue the discipleship begun that evening with DCFS approved courses on parenting, money management, skill development and Bible studies." 

KFSH/Los Angeles (95.9 The Fish) hosted the annual FISH Christmas Concert, December 1^st, 2009 featuring Matthew West, Tenth Avenue North, and Tim Timmons to a standing room only crowd! Every seat in the venue was given away – as the Fish’s “Christmas gift to our listeners.”  95.9 The Fish recorded a live On-Demand online concert with Tenth Avenue North, currently exclusively featured on Salem Music Station’s websites through the holidays.  www.fish959.com

KWND/Springfield MO. (88.3 The Wind) is pleased to announce their new 88.3 The Wind iPhone App for iPhone and iPod Touch.  Owners of either of these devises can download the app from the iPhone App Store and listen to 88.3 The Wind wherever they go.  Station Manager, Ben Birdsong, says "What a surprise when I found out the station won an iPhone App from Spodtronic.com, an exhibitor at Gospel Music Week 2009."  He continues, "The app works great and response has already started coming in.  We have already contacted Spontronic about apps for Blackberry and Google Android phones as well.

KFSH/Los Angeles (95.9 The Fish) is throwing a baby shower for midday personality Lara Scott. The event will include a performance from Sarah Kelly, tons of prizes, and free food!  The whole thing is free to Fish listeners, and the station is asking the ladies to bring donations of baby items that will all go to charity.  Lara will go on maternity leave in a few weeks, and then she'll be working from a home studio when she returns in January.

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