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720 AM to flip to Catholic Family Radio in August

Just what the radio dial needs, ANOTHER religious station! Whats going to happen to the regional Mexican/spanish that recently went on there?
 
DaveWilliams said:
Just what the radio dial needs, ANOTHER religious station! Whats going to happen to the regional Mexican/spanish that recently went on there?
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Mexicans/Hispanics are mostly Catholics. Maybe they'll spice it up by tossing on some Mexican Regional tunes between broadcasts of the Mass and the Rosary. (Hey, I can kid them a little--I'm Catholic. I'm sure that some of what I throw in the collection basket will help pay the electric bill)!
 
Unless they're doing web streaming, I'll be curious to see how they broadcast
24 hours a day like the Patriot article said. I think they've been fined before
for staying on after sunset.
 
Has the Patriot ever gotten any story 100% correct about radio?

The station does have some very limited pre-sunrise and post-sunset low power operations authorized, whether they use it or not. They will probably run the Catholic satellite format that I think is running on some stations around the Coatsville area.
 
Yes...the Patriot News did print 24 hours a day and the station is a daytimer with limited pre-post hours. The website for the station has a listen live icon that isn't of course active yet. As to "just what the area needs, another religious station"...right you are, but there is no local Catholic station, except for the WCOJ signal that is not that strong in Central PA. My guess is they will be all Catholic all the time and the regional Mexican program will be gone. That music, which can be fairly risque lyric wise, would not lend itself to partnering with the conservative views of EWTN and Catholic radio.
 
vetguy said:
Has the Patriot ever gotten any story 100% correct about radio?
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Most people under 40 don't know AM exists. And that's generous. It's probably most people under 50. And to anyone who has even a passing knowledge of AM radio, the idea that a radio station would only operate in the daytime has to be totally unthinkable, not even something that would come to mind. The reporter probably just took the word of the news release they received. How they're going to provide 24/7 programming has not been explained, but on-line would be a likely explanation.

I wonder if the long-time polka shows will be gone from Sundays? Too bad if they are. Those are probably the longest-running shows on 720, dating back 20 years or more.

I read somewhere that 720 lost its tower site and will be operating from a long wire until they find a new one. That's not a great way to have to start a new venture, nor a small obstacle to overcome. Let's wish them well.
 
Hispanics may be largely Catholic, but this network offers no Spanish language programming as far as I know.

I believe it is the same Catholic radio network that over took Chester County's local radio stalwart, WCOJ-1420 AM, a couple of years back.

Since the WCOJ take over, there is no true service to the local community. No local news, no local traffic or weather reports, or no local talk or community issue shows.... just piped in Catholic scripture shows.

If the FCC still requires stations to keep a file on how it serves its local community, the Catholic Radio group would fail miserably with WCOJ. It is sad.

Perhaps Lancaster would best be served by an all-news format AM station? That would allow coverage of the explosion of murders and crimes now being committed by illegal aliens there.
 
EWTN (which is carried on WCOJ) indeed has a 24/7 Spanish version of all programming. Go to the EWTN website for more information. Keep in mind, what one radio station does (or doesn't do), another one doesn't (or does). The new operators of AM 720 could surprise us in a few weeks with more local programming. Once they sign on, I'd give them a little time to iron out early issues and see what develops.
 
650AM said:
Hispanics may be largely Catholic, but this network offers no Spanish language programming as far as I know.

Perhaps Lancaster would best be served by an all-news format AM station? That would allow coverage of the explosion of murders and crimes now being committed by illegal aliens there.
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Number one...there are Catholics who are NOT hispanics so why pick that specific demographic to mention.
Number two...720AM is in Shiremanstown. It can be marginally heard in Lancaster (very marginally) so discussing Lancaster in this conversation is a little odd.
Number three...the Spanish speaking population of Lancaster County is served very well by WLCH-FM which runs nothing but Spanish speaking programming including news and public affairs shows.
Number Four...I wasn't aware that Lancaster was having a huge number of crimes being committed by illegal aliens. The crimes are being committed by blacks, hispanics and even caucasians.
 
The AM 720 signal at one time was stronger in the entire region (including portions of Lancaster County and portions of the city), when their tower was up at the old site. Once the station is off the current emergency long-wire transmission system, it is assumed that the signal should improve to its original or possibly better coverage.
 
Don't be upset Sportschick.    The Hispanic-Catholic connection was first mentioned by the third poster, RadioListener66, who says he is Catholic.  So, don't jump on me.

I would venture a bet, though, that if you checked demographic data, more than 3/4 of Hispanics who signify a religous preference, identify themselves as being Catholic.  It is not derrogatory, just a fact of life.

As for Lancaster's crime scene, I hear Lancaster radio news reports at least twice a day, and the people identified as being involved in the crimes there each invariably have three names, all of Latin origin.  Again, not derrogatory, just a fact of life.

Here is a story that ran today on WDAC:
"7/27/11 Lancaster City Drug Raid
LANCASTER – A drug raid was conducted in Lancaster Tuesday. Police went to two residences on the 400 block of East Strawberry Street, after conducting undercover drug buys in recent weeks. Nine people were arrested, including the alleged leader identified as 23-year-old Rennial Flores-Vega. Police found heroin and marijuana at the residences."    
 
Just because a person has an hispanic name (or three names as you so nicely phrased it) does not mean he/she is an illegal alien.

I don't deny that many crimes in downtown Lancaster are committed by people with spanish/hispanic names. A point of fact is that there are now more hispanics in the Lancaster City schools than african americans or caucasians. Many people from Puerto Rica, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, etc have found a home here in Lancaster. And MANY are hard working, law abiding citizens who care for their family and their community.

As to their "radio needs", I still stand by my comment that the Lancaster Hispanic community is well served by WLCH 91.3 FM. All programming (including news and public affairs ) is geared toward the hispanic population and is in Spanish.
 
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