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[CTListener]

Point of clarification: We are not against religious organizations having non-profit tax breaks, but we expect them to follow the rules and not cross the lines into politics. That's not our opinion ... that's IRS regulations.

As has been stated, there is a lot of value in churches and other religious entities. They do a lot of humanitarian work by seeing to their congregation's needs. And when you are truly doing God's work in that way, they deserve their tax-exempt status.

Political activity on their part, though, crosses the line, and it is those organizations -- a subset of the whole, if you will -- should have that status revoked. Last I knew, God did not endorse candidates or ballot measures.

I'd also require that humanitarian aid not come with strings attached in the form of proselytization -- speaking as an adherent (though more for the philosophy, food and humor than for the supernatural aspects) of a religion that doesn't proselytize -- but that, unquestionably, steps on Constitutional rights. I'm reminded of the line in Mary Chapin Carpenter's "I Take My Chances," in which she sneers at a greedy televangelist by rejecting his plea for donations in return for salvation by singing "Forgiveness doesn't come with a debt."

 

[b-turner]

CTListener, it seems you might be confusing actual Christians with those who are Christian in name only.

 

[dmargalotti]

As a Christian who also works for a tax-exempt, not for profit ministry, I do not believe that it's the role of the church or faith-based institutions to tell people how to vote. We do not do that where I work. How someone reconciles their vote with their faith on election day is their business. I do however think that we are well within our rights to talk about issues and where the various candidates stand on those issues that matter to people of faith. That being said, we are not here to be a platform for either political party. We are here to share the gospel and grow followers of Jesus. Organizations that allow that mission to take a backseat to their political advocacy are way off track.

 

[Delete My Account]

(Edited as was already posted.)

 

[davideduardo]

As a Christian who also works for a tax-exempt, not for profit ministry, I do not believe that it's the role of the church or faith-based institutions to tell people how to vote. We do not do that where I work. How someone reconciles their vote with their faith on election day is their business. I do however think that we are well within our rights to talk about issues and where the various candidates stand on those issues that matter to people of faith. That being said, we are not here to be a platform for either political party. We are here to share the gospel and grow followers of Jesus. Organizations that allow that mission to take a backseat to their political advocacy are way off track.

Question: if one of the candidates in a race local residents can vote on is either an atheist or speaks against churches and religion, is it wrong for a Christian station to alert "believers" to the "threat" of an anti-religion candidate?

Personally, I have mixed feelings. The station might best serve its cause by promoting gatherings, assemblies and the like where this is discussed, while not anti-candidate campaigning on the air.

 

[b-turner]

CT Listener - if a church or ministry is providing the aid they have the right to set the rules. Likewise if your system of belief chose to offer aid, your rules apply.

 

[dmargalotti]

Question: if one of the candidates in a race local residents can vote on is either an atheist or speaks against churches and religion, is it wrong for a Christian station to alert "believers" to the "threat" of an anti-religion candidate?

I cannot answer for anyone else, but where I work we do not campaign for or against candidates. We do have a fully staffed news department and offer more news reports and coverage of our service area (as well as what's happening on a national and international level) than most music stations and certainly more than most radio ministries, especially ones like K-Love that have no news at all. Reporting on what candidates and elected officials say, whether we agree with their statements or not, is part of news. So, if a candidate was making public comments about religion and the church, and it was part of his/her platform (either for our against), it would therefore be part of our reporting. At no time would we tell listeners how to vote.

 

[Yeziknoradio]

Seems like only yesterday, the late great WMJQ "With more power! Serving MORE People!! MAJIC ONE OH TWO FIVE!!!!"
Now it's come to this? Barely even being able to stay on the air under the current owner?
Sad.
Very sad.

 

[K.M. Richards]

I cannot answer for anyone else, but where I work we do not campaign for or against candidates. We do have a fully staffed news department and offer more news reports and coverage of our service area (as well as what's happening on a national and international level) than most music stations and certainly more than most radio ministries, especially ones like K-Love that have no news at all. Reporting on what candidates and elected officials say, whether we agree with their statements or not, is part of news. So, if a candidate was making public comments about religion and the church, and it was part of his/her platform (either for our against), it would therefore be part of our reporting. At no time would we tell listeners how to vote.

It sounds like your organization has looked at this rationally. In fact, unbiased reporting of a candidate making public statements that opposed religion would be far better in terms of educating the faithful than would be preaching against said candidate.

 

[dmargalotti]

It sounds like your organization has looked at this rationally. In fact, unbiased reporting of a candidate making public statements that opposed religion would be far better in terms of educating the faithful than would be preaching against said candidate.

The last ten years (which is how long I've worked here) has helped to bring greater focus to what we do and what we are called to do. As the political divide has grown wider and as people have become more polarized in their political beliefs, I have repeatedly told our team that we never want to do something, especially when it comes to news and politics, that would cause someone to turn off the radio or tune out because if they do, we have lost to opportunity to minister to them and ministering to them is our ONLY mission. It's the sole reason why this ministry exists.

Sadly, there are a lot of churches and religious organizations that have made people who want to grow in their faith feel that they not welcomed or do not belong because they hold different political views.

 

[K.M. Richards]

Sadly, there are a lot of churches and religious organizations that have made people who want to grow in their faith feel that they not welcomed or do not belong because they hold different political views.

That one sentence, standing alone, shows me how wrong it was to mix politics and religion. We should have put a definitive end to that when it first started ... and now it appears to be too late.

As a self-identified Christian, I have no use for "organized religion". My own faith and upbringing tells me that I can talk to God anywhere, anytime I feel the need. I also believe that He sends me signs to guide me, and the one consistent prayer I have is for Him to give me the clarity of vision to recognize those signs.

I have spoken in other threads about the programming instinct being a God-given talent. I am thankful that He chose to give me that gift.

 

[Radio-Bored-Op]

There is. Employees are expected to agree to a statement of faith.

That's pretty common with many religious broadcasters.

did u make a punny... or just clever choice of words..

 

[Radio-Bored-Op]

There are a lot of guesses and misunderstandings here about how K-Love's engineering operation works.

From what I've seen from a number of people who do local engineering for the company, their engineering operation is (usually) a very tight ship. When they take over a station, they install a full rack of equipment that comes already assembled from HQ, which used to be in California and has now relocated to their new home base in Tennessee. Everything is standardized across every station right up until it hits the transmitter, and EVERYTHING is remoted back to their network operations center, including monitoring of every piece of gear, security cameras on the site, etc.

They don't leave anything connected from the previous operation.

They employ regional contract engineers who usually oversee multiple stations in a region. I'm not sure who that is for western New York, other than it's not any of the contract engineers I work with around here.

The engineering operation is entirely separate from any local outreach team they might have on the programming side. They report to different sets of management in Tennessee.

I am quite certain that they're well aware in Tennessee that there's a problem with the transmitter in Colden, and that they were aware of it as soon as it went off the air. I can also say that the top level of engineering at K-Love is in flux right now, which may explain why 102.5 isn't back to full power more quickly.

Thank you.
Thats all I was asking .......

Appreciate you @fybush

 

[Radio-Bored-Op]

Could it be that the remote transmitter controller is not programmed to contact the correct person? How long have they had this station? I know I got a call from a transmitter controller for a station I no longer worked for once.

It has been over 3 years.... which is also wild to think about