Industry News Bits TUE 12-10-24
Fundraisers this week .. WWIL/Wilmington .. WGTS/Wash DC .. – Let us know when your Station Fundraiser takes place… news@hisair.net
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Nielsen NOV PPM is complete. DEC PPM arrives 12/23
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AQH Share for Persons 12+, Mon-Sun 6AM-Mid – NOV
WYLD AM/New Orleans – 1.7
WXOK/Baton Rouge – 2.1
New CCM W267BX St. Augustine/105.5 WBHU-HD3 St. Augustine Beach FL (The Light 101.3 FM) has gone on the air. The station is playing all Christmas music and will switch to Christian AC on Dec 26th at midnight.
Flagler Broadcasting President/CEO David Ayres says, “We built our first station WNZF 16 years ago when there were no commercial radio stations serving the Flagler County community, and the Palm Coast newspaper just folded,” he said. “We wanted to give northeast Florida a full-service contemporary Christian radio station with local DJs, news, weather, traffic, and support for local churches and other non-profits,” added Ayres.
The station was purchased for $50k by Flagler Broadcasting who operates 7 stations in the St Augustine, FL market.
WayFM has kicked off its “12 Ways of Christmas” Listeners to The Wally Show mornings 6-10am CT have a chance to call in and win prize packs like a CeCe Winans gift basket with some of her favorite things and a Phil Wickham bundle to help get listeners home for the holidays.
WBCL/Ft Wayne has named Glenn Goodwin it’s new midday co-host. Details HERE.
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The NFL announced the pregame entertainment for Super Bowl LIX Feb 9, 2025 in New Orleans. Louisiana native and Centricity artist Lauren Daigle will accompany Trombone Shorty in the pre-game show
Daigle is a multiple Grammy, American Music and Billboard Music Award winner. Her 2018 album Look Up Child debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard Top 200, making her the first female artist to reach the Top 10 on both the Pop and Christian Album charts simultaneously.
TWR has several resources for Christmas for you to consider.
Share Your Glow, a new book for kids, may be a great stocking stuffer. And with the beginning of Advent (Dec. 1) – the Reach the Last Advent Prayer Guide 2024 could be a timely and uplifting gift for yourself or your family. Produced this year by TWR, both softcover items are generously illustrated, packed with information and inspiration, and steeped in missions.
Share Your Glow is the product of a veteran TWR graphic designer Jeannine Klingbeil; a uniquely skilled summer intern, Beatrice Nwaokobia; and a highly creative volunteer, Katie Klingbeil. It’s a lively story blending real-life TWR staff members and ministry partners with fictional grade-school protagonists Ellie and Max. The youngsters meet TWR missionary Garth Kennedy, who takes them on a colorful journey around the world via magical radio waves.
The Advent guide and Share Your Glow can be obtained at twr.org/advent to download the 44-page Reach the Last Advent Prayer Guide 2024 PDF, which can be read on the computer, a tablet or self-printed pages. Share Your Glow is available in paperback for $7 on Amazon. The paperback has a companion website, featuring videos introducing the real-life people upon whom the characters are based.
Daywind Radio Show prep offers imaging free to use by Southern Gospel stations.
Download the Christmas stager HERE.
Bill Gaither’s Homecoming Radio will ramp up to Christmas Day with two weeks of new-for-2024 Christmas programs — and a special focus on the making of “Mary, Did You Know?”
Buddy Greene (who wrote the music) joins Mark Lowry (author of the lyrics) for a special time of tracing God’s hand through a song that points to Christ in the creative questions asked of Mary. Greene and Lowry join fellow co-hosts Lauren Talley, Michael Booth, Gene McDonald, Tori Taff, Kevin Williams, Daniel Britt, and of course Bill Gaither himself! Other special moments in these Christmas specials include the collective reading of Luke 2 along with some fun (and tricky) Bible trivia. Bill Gaither’s Homecoming Radio airs on stations around the world the weekends of December 13 and December 20, 2024.
HisAir remains open and available through the holiday so you can report your Christian Radio stations or labels news. Call 225-306-8383, email news@hisair.net or submit online HERE. If submitting pictures please include captions.
HisAir INDUSTRY NEWS FLASHBACK – On This Day Dec 10, 2015
The FCC has approved a new tower for KJRN/Keene, TX (88.3 The Journey), serving SW Dallas/Ft Worth, the new tower will be 350 feet tall, nearly twice as tall as the current tower, which is 183 feet, and will add about 300,000 people to the station’s coverage area…
Milestones:
Donald Chapman 17 years at Hope Media Group
MaryRose Hamilton 8 years at Salem Media/Dallas
Prayer List:
Adam Hannan
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