Industry News Bits 8-21-19

WDJC/Birmingham has launched a new nightly call-in show that airs Mondays-Sundays from 7PM-Midnight. The host of “Night Lights” is Birmingham radio vet Jill Friday. She hopes to offer her own wisdom and ability to listen and empathize with callers and listeners of the program. Night Lights with Jill Friday invites listeners to share their stories and God’s love through dedications, testimonies and the perfect song to help them shine their light. This show will be followed on WDJC by a new overnight program, “A New Day with Brother John”.

Dash Radio outlet God’s House of Hip-Hop (GH3), marked its one-year anniversary yesterday (Aug. 20). GH3 received the Stellar Awards’ first Gospel Hip-Hop Station of the Year honor in April.  GH3 plans to host a new music festival next summer. The 20/20 Summer Fest, focusing on fans of Christian, Latin Christian and Gospel hip-hop, is slated to take place in Los Angeles July 17-18, 2020. Dash Radio is a digital radio broadcasting platform with 80 original stations.

Hope 103.2/Sydney took part in the annual Miracles Day appeal, aiming to perform more than 40,000 cataract removal surgeries for some of the Australia’s poorest people.  Hope 103.2 reached its station goal of 8000 yesterday.

Congratulations to CMG artist Danny Gokey on the birth of a baby boy last week.

Milestones:
Ana Herrador 6 years at KSBJ/Houston
Matt Rhodes 24 years at Whip of Chords Radio

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