Industry News Bits Wed 3-30-22

Having Fundraisers this week .. KGLY/Tyler .. KBIQ/Colorado Springs .. KJNW/Kansas City .. Real Southern Gospel Radio .. WMIT/Asheville ..

Bill Maier is the new host for Insight for Living with Chuck Swindoll. Maier replaces CDave Spiker who held the position for 25 years.

Maier told HisAir today, “It’s an honor to work with the great team at Insight for Living and to be associated with Chuck Swindoll’s teaching! During my days in LA radio, I had the opportunity to hear Chuck preach when he served as the senior pastor of Fullerton Evangelical Free Church in Orange County.  Did you know that Chuck rode a HARLEY back in those days???”

WCIF/Melbourne, FL (Hope 106.3) recently teamed up with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes to sponsor this summer’s Leadership Camp. The goal was 110 teens.

WCIF PD Penny Galloway says, “The Hope 106.3 listeners rose to the occasion and they me the goal! FCA Leadership Camp is full and completely sponsored!”

The new KSWP/KAVX/Lufkin transmitters will broadcast the hope of Jesus through music and spoken word to people all over the broadcast area.

General Manager, Michelle Ross, said, “For many months, the engineering team has been working hard to keep the old transmitters on the air. Parts were getting hard to find. They recommended getting new ones or risk being off the air. That’s where the listeners stepped up and helped fund the new ones. And now they are here!”

“It’s so exciting to see these upgrades become a reality. Thanks to our generous donors we now have the most reliable signal since we signed on more than 35 years ago,” states Chief Engineer, Tim Swanson. The new transmitters and the generators will keep your stations on the air for years to come 24 hours a day -7 days a week.

Daywind Records is offering the its “Echoes of Easter” special presentation to stations. The special features anthem versions of songs such as “He Walked Out” and “I Love You (From A Rugged Old Cross).”. Many stations have already committed to air the special!  If you plan on airing it, Greg Goodman wants you to let him know  Ggoodman@daywind.com

Download “Echoes of Easter” HERE.

WCVK/Bowling Green, KY (Christian Family Radio) hit their pledge drive goal nearly two hours early on Friday, March 25, 2022.

Christian Family Radio PD Derek Gregory tells HisAir, “The fundraiser saw a good number of first time supporters. The remaining time of the drive focused on raising funds for a new automation system, computers for the on air studio, and a computer for video editing.”

This weekend on The Singing News Top 20 Weekly Countdown guest artists will include Jason Crabb of The Crabb Family, Matthew Browder of The Browders, Misty Treece of Sunday Drive and Ricky Carden of The Down East Boys.