Industry News Bits Thu 2-24-22
Jan Nielsen PPM Day 3 arrives today including Kansas City, Las Vegas, and more. Christian Radio Ratings are sponsored by Dunham+Company. Latest ratings are HERE.
On Day 2 WCIE/Tampa (The JOY FM) continued its steady hold at #2 overall trending 6.6-6.9 AQH 6+ Mon-Sun 6am-mid.
KLJY/St Louis, KCMS/Seattle, and WGTS/Wash DC all maintained positions in the top 10 in their respective markets.
Remember WayFM .. WCIF/Melbourne, FL .. having fundraisers this week.
At Family Life Radio/Tucson Matt Elkins assumes a new position as Director of Production & Asset Management. Matt has been with FLR for over 25 years. Check out his Feature Guest Article on HisAir this week HERE.
Family Life/Bath, NY just signed an agreement to purchase the construction permit for a new station near Erie, PA. It will be licensed to North East Township, PA and will reach over 300,000 people in western NY and northwestern PA from Erie to Dunkirk.
“Family Life has been blessed to use its programming to impact lives with the message of hope in many areas of New York and Pennsylvania for nearly 40 years now. We have developed a relationship with Rick Rambaldo of R Brilliant Media over the past several years. That relationship has now culminated in the acquisition of The Erie Radio Company’s construction permit for 100.9 FM. We are extremely excited about bringing our listener-supported programming to a large geographic area along Lake Erie from Dunkirk, NY to Erie, PA and further west! Family Life anticipates having this signal on the air later this year.”
This weekend on The Singing News Top 20 Weekly Countdown guest artist include Jay Parrack of The LeFevre Quartet, Lauren Talley, Mark Trammell of The Mark Trammell Quartet, Jason Griggs of Endless Highway, Phil Collingsworth, Sr. of The Collingsworth Family and Jonathan Wilburn.
HisAir is saddened to hear Lee M Bailey passed away this morning. Lee was the owner/creator of MoreJoy Radio based in Northern Virginia.
Milestones:
Paul Tipton celebrates 32 years at Christian FM/Vero Beach
Matt Stockman 2 years at WAWZ/NYC/NJ
Prayer List:
Kenny Noble Cortes
Randy Zachary
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