Industry News Bits 12-30-20

December 30, 2020January 15, 2021

Nielsen December PPM results from subscribing stations in all markets have been released.

Check the latest numbers HERE. Christian Radio Ratings are sponsored by Dunham+Company. Holiday 2021 PPM numbers arrive Monday 1/25/01.

Family Life Radio PD/mornings Mike Kankelfritz posted a video/audio on YouTube from his time at KSBJ/Houston. The caller is a 13-year-old boy named Logan who listened on the Sky Angel Network from his home in Nebraska. The video is a conversation between Mike and Logan. The video went viral and took down the KSBJ website from all the traffic. Today its at over 10 million views.

Listen HERE.

Christian Radio For Russia President Daniel Johnson checks in with HisAir. Daniel says, “Since late October, the New Life Satellite Network (NLR) staff has been busy producing vast amounts of Christmas-themed programs and compiling new musical archives that aired December 1 through January 7. The Christmas program period ends Jan 7th. Why January 7? That’s when most Russians celebrate Christmas according to the old Julian calendar.

NLR is now approaching its 25th year on the air.

Christian Radio For Russia is the sponsor of the New Life Satellite Network—broadcasting from Odessa, Ukraine via satellite and Internet at www.NLRadio.net.

HisAir is sorry to report the passing of Christian music audio engineer and producer Bryan Lenox December 24 at age 56 after a lengthy illness. In his career that spanned over 30 Bryan received 7 Dove Awards and 1 Grammy award.

The funeral service will be private, but can be viewed via livestream on Bryan’s facebook page on Thursday, December 31st, 2020 at 11:00am central time. The burial site will be at Williamson Memorial Gardens in Franklin, TN.