Industry News Bits FRI 9-20-24
Fundraisers this week .. Family Radio/Franklin .. WRBS/Baltimore .. WBSN/New Orleans .. KTLF/Colorado Springs .. KTIS/Minneapolis .. WAKW/Cincinnati .. KCMS/Seattle .. WCVK/Bowling Green .. WPOZ/Orlando .. WCTS/Minneapolis .. KGGN/Hemet, CA .. WNWC/Madison .. KBNJ/Corpus Christi .. Family Life Radio/Tucson .. Let us know when your Station Fundraiser takes place… news@hisair.net
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AUG 2024 PPM is complete.
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AQH Share for Persons 12+, Mon-Sun 6AM-Mid – AUG
WCFJ/Columbia – 0.9
KPZK/Little Rock – 1.8
KVUU HD2/Colorado Springs – 1.4
KNWI/Des Moines – 5.4
WMXC HD2/Mobile – 3.5
WGOK/Mobile – 1.7
KEEH/Spokane – 4.9
Worship 24/7 welcomes new Business Manager Erin Biermann. Erin has over twenty years of experience working in the non-profit world, from overseas missions to Christian universities, inner city after-school programs to the local church, and more. She has a passion in seeing finances stewarded responsibly, which she believes stems from her abiding connection to Christ.
Moody Radio presents a new program – Friends of Israel Today – debuting Saturday, October 5, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. CT
Friends of Israel Today is a magazine style radio program made up multiple segments; bible teaching, Middle East news, interviews, and dramatic readings of Holocaust survivor, Zvi Kalisher’s stories, entitled Apples of Gold. They have intentionally crafted this program to revolve around God’s Word and how it affects our lives today.
Family Life Radio/Tucson (FLR) wraps up its successful Fall Fundraiser. Pictured below are air talent Cece LaBarge and Vidare Creative’s Dave Kirby.
HisAir Job Alert sponsored by FaithSearch Partners
The General Sales Manager is responsible for achieving station annual revenue budgets set by station management for KCMS, KCIS, and KWPZ and will assist the VP/GM in establishing annual station revenue budgets and sales department goals.
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International audio imaging, production library, voiceover, programming, podcasting, and jingle production company Benztown has signed KSBJ/Houston to its growing group of CCM affiliate stations airing the Benztown Contemporary Christian Music Library. In addition, Benztown announces Salem Media has added two new Christian-formatted affiliate stations including KDAR/Oxnard, CA (98.3 The Word), KGU/Honolulu (99.5 The Word), as partners with Benztown for the CCM Library. Salem currently airs content and imaging from Benztown’s CCM Library on 10 stations across the U.S.
The Benztown Contemporary Christian Music Library, launched last year, is the first of its kind and is the only imaging and production library that addresses the artists, community, and lifestyle of the Contemporary Christian Music format.
Randy Fox, Program Director, KSBJ-FM, said: “The Benztown Christian imaging library adds cutting edge imaging elements to KSBJ, that give us the fresh sound that we have been looking for.”
Masa Patterson, Vice President, Sales & Operations, Benztown, commented: “CCM is the fastest growing format in the country, and we are extremely proud that its best and brightest brands turn to the Benztown CCM Library to help curate their sonic identity.”
Benztown’s CCM audio production library is created by Christian radio imaging and production specialists exclusively for Contemporary Christian radio stations. Uplifting, inspirational and fresh, the Benztown Contemporary Christian Library is a complete audio producer’s toolkit of composed music, sound design, artist content, and customizable imaging pieces dedicated to the CCM format. Housed on Benztown’s industry-leading platform, the Benztown Contemporary Christian Library is the first and only imaging and production library in the industry that directly addresses the specific artists, community, and lifestyle of the CCM format.
The Benztown Contemporary Christian Library is available to stations on a market-exclusive basis for barter or cash. Trial accounts are available for interested stations. To listen to a demo of the Benztown Contemporary Christian Library, visit: https://benztownbranding.com/formats/contemporary-christian.
For more information or to get the Benztown Contemporary Christian Library for your station contact Masa Patterson at Benztown at mp@benztown.com or (818) 842-4600.
RTM Colombia has been a national partner of TWR for two decades, and it’s not unusual for the media ministry to receive messages like this from listeners.
“I thank God for your existence. I used to listen to this program more than 25 years ago, before Christ found me, and now I find it again after so many years. What a great blessing. I listened to it on Radio Trans Mundial* in the mountains of Colombia, my country.”
Until this year RTM Columbia didn’t have a fully equipped recording studio and office space for headquarters. That changed with the help of $12,000 in donations in Colombia and an overall total of more than $140,000 contributed by TWR International supporters. A special gathering Aug. 29 in Bogotá, Colombia’s capital, celebrated the major milestone that expands the ministry’s potential both at home and elsewhere in the Latin American region.
Vision Christian Radio/Queensland newest station is in Trangie, New South Wales. The new station went on the air9/11/24.
The agricultural town of Trangie has a population of 1,073 and is located north-west of Sydney.
HisAir NEWS FLASHBACK – Sep 20, 2023
WRXT/Lynchburg (Spirit FM) morning co-host Seth Mela (Seth & Jess) is headed to Moody Radio WDLM/Quad Cities. Seth has been with Spirit FM since Jan 2017. His first day with Moody Radio is Oct 9th and Seth and Deb will begin October 16th. Current WDLM morning co-host Ken Brooks will assume a new role with the station.
Seth says, “I’m so excited and eager to join the amazing family of WDLM! I’ve learned so much and enjoyed being a part of the Morning Show at SpiritFM, but I’ve always sought to be obedient to what and where God leads.”
HisAir NEWS FLASHBACK – Sep 21, 2020
Spring Arbor University (SAU) announces the launch of a new Christian radio station, WJKN/Spring Arbor (89.3 The Arbor). The new station’s student-hosted format compliments WSAE/Sprng Arbor (106.9 HOME.fm) as a sister station, with a strong emphasis on the SAU community.
The mission of 89.3 The Arbor is to share the story of SAU through student broadcasters and Christian music.
Milestones:
Mark Parker celebrates 24 years at WRTP/Raleigh
Nancy Overfield 2 years at Hope Media Group
Matthew Hill 28 years at Appalachian Radio Group
Jason LeFaive 1 year at KDUV/Visalia
Peter Lloyd 1 year at The LifeFM/Greenville
Spark Media/Houston celebrates 5 years
9/21
Carter Kenyon 3 years at The JOY FM/Florida
Lisa Williams 4 years at Northwestern Media
KVNE/Tyler celebrates 41 years
Prayer List:
Chris Chicago
Brian Crowe
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