Industry News Bits FRI 10/30/26
Fundraisers this week .. KWND/Springdield, MO .. CJLF/Barrie, ONT .. WORQ/Green Bay .. WLCQ, Springfield, MA ,, WKJA/Barberton, OH .. Prayz Network/WI .. SOS Radio/Las Vegas
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Lauren Daigle has signed with Interscope/Capitol/CCMG. While with Centricity Music Daigle amassed more than a billion combined global streams with chart-topping hits as “You Say,” “How Can It Be,” “Rescue” and “Thank God I Do.” She has earned two Grammy Awards, seven Billboard Music Awards, four American Music Awards and ten GMA Dove Music Awards.
“I’m really happy to be joining the Interscope/Capitol and CCMG family as we set sail for the adventure of creating new music,” Daigle says. “I have such respect for the talented visionaries leading these great companies and deeply look forward with excitement to all that is to come!”
“Lauren is the rare kind of artist who has simultaneously built an exceptionally loyal following while creating music that transcends boundaries in very powerful ways,” shares John Janick, Chairman & CEO of Interscope Capitol Label Group. “We are so happy to have her in the Interscope Capitol family and are excited to be working with her and her incredible team.”
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EWTN Chairman and CEO Michael Warsaw announced October 30 that the network would discontinue shortwave operations effective October 31, 2026. The decision was confirmed by EWTN’s board of governors. Launched in 1992, WEWN provided Catholic programming to listeners around the world. However, declining shortwave audiences, increasing operating expenses, and the growing availability of digital distribution contributed to the decision to shut down the service.
“As we shift the use of shortwave to newer and more far-reaching distribution channels, we remain grateful for the co-workers and benefactors who sustained the service for so long,” Warsaw said.
Warsaw said the aging shortwave facility required substantial repairs and upgrades, an investment the network could no longer justify given changing listening habits.
The closure marks another shift away from traditional shortwave broadcasting as religious broadcasters increasingly rely on streaming, mobile apps, podcasts, and other digital platforms to reach international audiences.
WEWN discontinued direct shortwave broadcasts to North America in 2008. In recent years, its English-language programming primarily served Africa and the Middle East, while Spanish-language broadcasts targeted Latin America.
The shortwave operation was made possible through a $26 million donation from Dutch Catholic businessman Piet Derkson and his wife, Trudy. Their financial support helped EWTN founder Mother Angelica expand the network’s international outreach.
“As we shift the use of shortwave to newer and more far-reaching distribution channels, we remain grateful for the co-workers and benefactors who sustained the service for so long,” Warsaw said.
Despite the shutdown, EWTN Radio programming remains available worldwide through its AM/FM affiliate network, satellite distribution, online streaming, mobile applications, and podcasts.
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On this week’s episode of Cause+Effect podcast Trent Dunham chats with JP, Head of Innovation at Dunham+Co . JP has led innovation work everywhere from LEGO to AI companies, and he takes a refreshingly practical view: you don’t have to be the most creative person in the room to lead a culture of innovation. You can facilitate it.
Here are a few things we cover:
- Why innovative cultures are systematic, not accidental
- How to give your team the time and space new ideas need to form
- Why outside voices keep organizations from getting stuck in an echo chamber
- How to save good ideas until the timing is right, and when to bring in partners to carry them out
JP’s definition of innovation has stuck with me: “to see the obvious thing and to choose to do something else.”
Listen HERE
Singer-songwriter Colton Dixon says Charlie Kirk’s killing changed his outlook, pushing him to examine more closely what he believes and why.
“So now I just feel more steadfast in why I believe what I believe,” Dixon CBN News last week.
Read more HERE.
HisAir Christian Radio & Records Industry News TIMELINE – Oct 30, 2019
KFSH/Los Angeles (95.9 The Fish) PD Scott Valentine (Santa Scott pictured at left) checks in with HisAir. Scott told us, “What a fun opportunity to let the marketplace know you’re going All Christmas … by dressing the Fish up like Christmas on Halloween! While we’re All Christmas on a kind of dark holiday, KFSH will be sharing Christmas cheer & will tell the marketplace it’s only a costume & that we promise not to play All Christmas until the DAY AFTER Thanksgiving.” According to Scott, in his years programming KCMS/Seattle, they saw a HUGE SPIKE in listening on the days they did it. Scott continues,”So I thought I’d have some fun and do it again in LA; we’re the first station to ever go All Christmas this early in this market. It really stirs up the marketplace and many, many people tune to your signal, (that otherwise they might never find)! After all isn’t going All Christmas a way to grow your niche CCM format into the general market?!”
HisAir Christian Radio & Records Industry News TIMELINE – Oct 31, 2022
WPOZ/Orlando (Z88.3) morning host Ellis B Feaster visited the 450,000 watt transmitter site of Trans World Radio, on the island of Bonaire, in the Dutch West Indies recently.
Ellis says, “I used to listen to this Caribbean radio station every night. I especially loved the radio drama they ran called, Unshackeled.”
Milestones:
KVNE/Tyler 44 years on the air
Olivia Hoegstrom 7 years at WBVM/Tampa Bay
Adam McCain 17 years at Positive Alternative Radio
Brent Anderson celebrates 31 years with KNLR/Bend, OR
KFMK/Austin FLIPPED to K-LOVE 6 years ago
10/31
John Harrison 49 years at Family Life Radio/Tucson
WBGL/Champaign celebrates 44 years on the air
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