Industry News Bits 11-5-18

Today at 3:05pm WBHY/Mobile (Power 88.5FM) will make the jump to 100,000 watts LIVE on air! The station will broadcast the big switch on Facebook live.

Today 11/5 Bill Sammons and Denise Harper celebrate the 27th year of their first morning show broadcast together. Denise says they will celebrate Monday with free coffee and goodies from Amity Coffee Roasters at the WKNZ/Harrington (The Bridge) from 6-10 am. Lots of stories and memories to share.

Moody Bible Institute, an organization that has already trained generations of Christian leaders around the world, distributes millions of books and provides biblically-based programming through one of the oldest Christian radio networks in the country, dedicated its new global media center, The Chapman Center in Chicago on Friday.

One of the most technologically advanced and integrated Christian media centers in the world, the 4-story, 50,000-square-foot facility for the first time in Moody’s history will unite its media ministries of Moody Radio and Moody Publishers under one roof on the Chicago campus.

“The Billy Graham Channel” on SiriusXM will air a special program called “Remembering Billy Graham” to honor the evangelist on what would have been his 100th birthday. This 25-minute program―first aired on the days immediately following Graham’s death―includes audio from his family, presidents, and Christian leaders. The program will air on Nov. 7. 

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