96.7 K-Love Signing On Very Soon

[WNTIRadio]

I was thinking the same thing yesterday when I was listening. They REALLY need a local NYC focused morning show and possibly an afternoon host as well. I know the idea is to buy these things and run them on the cheap, but this ain't Peoria. It does sound very out of place here. Not that I'm saying the religious broadcaster has to hire the next Howard Stern, but someone a little more "New York" sounding than what's on the dial now.

All of the jocks remind me of Dana Carvey's church lady.

 

[scottdds]

I was a freqent 96.7 Kool radio listener; then 96.7'the Coast..I heard only STATIC on Wed June 1, 2011 on the North shore of LI....and today I was AGAST to hear more Christian Contemporary radio...similar to Party105 from the east end of LI....was simulcasting on 101.5fm from a Plainview LI tower...and now its become another Christian broadcasting station..This is NOT Peoria...or Boise...or Tuscaloosa or Altoona, PA...its the suburbs of metro NY..The very LAST thing we need is the FCC allowing Christian Contemporary radio on more than ONE NY station..enough is enough..where can I file a formal complaint?

 

[scottdds]

I listened to what was WCTZ the coast now K-love....omg....shoot me now...!!! why would any owner do this????

 

[WNTIRadio]

Scott, you can't file a complaint!!! The FCC, thankfully, doesn't regulate formats. Imagine if someone like you doesn't like "black radio" and files a complaint to get it off the air. Bottom line is this: It will stay if the market supports it. Period.

If you want to complain to anyone, complain to the owners who don't invest in their stations, let them go into the toilet and then sell them to the Christian broadcasters you seem to despise.

It's not Peoria or Boise, but there's still a LOT of Christians in this area. And with a niche format such as CCR, they don't have to get a 10 share to make it work.

Do I listen to it? No, but somebody does and if lots of somebodies do it will stay. What's the alternative, yet another AC station playing the same songs or a rock station playing endless AC/DC? At least it's something different for someone that wants to hear it.

Again, thank goodness the FCC doesn't regulate content. They can barely regulate the radio stations that are here now. See also: Pirate radio.

If you want government regulated content, you can move to Canada and get 40% of songs that nobody's ever heard of outside of Canada.

 

[WPHA]

Scott, you can't file a complaint!!! The FCC, thankfully, doesn't regulate formats. Imagine if someone like you doesn't like "black radio" and files a complaint to get it off the air. Bottom line is this: It will stay if the market supports it. Period.

Thank you, WNTIRadio.

He is probably one of those people who wants everything the same. All stations, everywhere, should play ONLY HIS style of music, and nothing else. As soon as one station does, he wants to squash it, and get it back into HIS definition of radio.

As far as I'm concerned, we do not have anywhere near ENOUGH VARIETY on the radio, now! :-\ There are, literally, DOZENS (yes, plural) of "Top 40" styled stations. Almost the same number of rock/CHR formats. Then you have numerous "Urban", a smattering of college, and a pile of NPR's and a handful of classical. Where is the Smooth Jazz? Country? Christian?

So now we have something we haven't had for DECADES: Contemporary Christian MUSIC, on ONE station, and this guy (Scott) wants to nuke it into oblivion? PUH-LEEZE!! There are DOZENS of other stations to choose from. Please, choose one. Can't we have our ONE AND ONLY full-time Christian music station! PLEASE? ???

Sheesh. ???

 

[GSP163]

Heading south on Route 17 today 96.7 WKLV-FM was crystal clear till about Lodi before the pirate started to kick in......By the time I got to the Meadowlands on Route 3 WKLV-FM was there but putting up a real fight with the pirate.....When i got to Hoboken I could not hear 96.7 well at all as it was filled with mostly static.....I have a feeling that if WKLV-FM can't be heard will in Hoboken, it's got to be worse in Manhatten.

Now two side notes.....First that 103.9 pirate where ever its coming from is really strong.....WFAS-FM started having issues by Garden State Plaza and once past Lodi it was just about gone completely and never came back......Sad since WFAS-FM should be clear thoughout Southern Bergen County......Also while driving down to Hudson County, I was suprised how well 100.7 WHUD came in...For a Class B Hudson Valley station 40 miles away it was really listenable in Hoboken as well as through the hills along the Hudson River.

 

[KyleSmith1988]

I'm not in the area at the moment, anyone know how far south,
like down the Parkway and Turnpike this signal goes into NJ?

Does it reach down towards Monmouth/Middlesex at all,
and is it causing any interference to W244AS?

 

[R.D.P.]

To Willie (WPHA FM)

I know how you feel.  My area has some variety on the radio but not enough to write home about.  Christian Radio is still few and far between and regulated to the talkers mostly.  I'm still working on establishing a CCM outlet for this area of the nation.  I know that West Central Alabama is sparsely populated and has no big metro cities but I believe that if this station was done right, it would indeed be a potential goldmine for an underformatted area like mine.

Just my two cents, on the subject at hand.

R.D.P. <><

P.S. And yes keep on celebrating the arrival of K-Love radio.  Don't let anyone keep you from doing it.  I would celebrate with you, if I was there.

 

[WPHA]

I know how you feel. My area has some variety on the radio but not enough to write home about. Christian Radio is still few and far between and relegated to the talkers mostly. I'm still working on establishing a CCM outlet for this area of the nation. I know that West Central Alabama is sparsely populated and has no big metro cities but I believe that if this station was done right, it would indeed be a potential goldmine for an underformatted area like mine.

P.S. And yes keep on celebrating the arrival of K-Love radio. Don't let anyone keep you from doing it. I would celebrate with you, if I was there.

Oh, no need to worry, nobody is going to stop me from celebrating having Christian music on the air! ;D This is the FIRST, full-power, full-time Christian MUSIC station *EVER* to put a reasonable signal over Fairfield County! This is a WONDERFUL thing! ;D This area has been STARVING for this for a VERY LONG time.

I believe that a CCM station, different from K-Love, could be a goldmine here, also! It would need to be LOCAL and also play a MUCH larger variety of music than K-Love does. (That wouldn't be too difficult!) That is what my WPHA proposal is all about. It's only a matter of time, for the Lord to open the right doors. It would feature more than 1600 songs in its playlist, so repetition would be drastically reduced! (Excessive repetition is K-Love's biggest flaw, IMHO.)

In your case, to serve a sparsely populated area requires a station with a lot of POWER, to cover a large area, so that it can have enough listeners to support it. My prayers are with you!

 

[ansky212]

Oh, no need to worry, nobody is going to stop me from celebrating having Christian music on the air! ;D This is the FIRST, full-power, full-time Christian MUSIC station *EVER* to put a reasonable signal over Fairfield County! This is a WONDERFUL thing! ;D This area has been STARVING for this for a VERY LONG time.

Starving? LOL! If there was any demand for a CCM station there would have been one on the air long ago. Let's not forget the NYC metro area is probably the most liberal area in the entire country (San Francisco being up there too). This isn't the bible belt we're talking about. Even WAWZ that covers the rural/suburban areas of NJ is barely making the middle of the pack in ratings. I don't see how WKLV is going to do well covering mostly urban/suburban areas.

 

[R.D.P.]

I got this one Mr. WPHA (Willie)

Your point is well taken but one issue I need to bring up.

Suppose for the sake of this discussion, that God wanted them to get this station and use it for His purposes.

After all, God has people in NYC that need to hear the Gospel, for their first time ever. 

This new radio station might be His means of getting that important goal accomplished.

Besides that, God may have lead EMF to NYC, after much time in Prayer. 

Although many people may have issues with EMF, they might be firm believers in the power of Praying.

If God did indeed lead EMF to NYC, then He'll help them stay afloat, so that they can help fulfill the Great Commission and lead lost souls to Jesus.

Something to think about.

R.D.P. <><

 

[WPHA]

Re: 96.7 K-Love NYC/CT

First, THANK YOU, R.D.P. Well said.

Now to share a few things that come to my mind about this comment...

Starving? LOL! If there was any demand for a CCM station there would have been one on the air long ago. Let's not forget the NYC metro area is probably the most liberal area in the entire country (San Francisco being up there too). This isn't the bible belt we're talking about. Even WAWZ that covers the rural/suburban areas of NJ is barely making the middle of the pack in ratings. I don't see how WKLV is going to do well covering mostly urban/suburban areas.

< - - - see the little byline, there, under my name? "20 year veteran Christian broadcaster". That's not a boast. It means I've been doing this, and in this unique niche of Radio for a LONG time. I know a lot about it, and the audience. I have lived here all my life, so I know something about the area and the people. Trust me, when I say that these airwaves are STARVING for this, I am not talking out of my hat.

Were you aware of how much it cost EMF to buy 96.7? North of $15 MILLION! That's a lotta Pesos, my friend! For what? Basically, a standard "Class "A" FM signal. What this means is that stations, even "modest" ones, are EXTREMELY expensive in this market! That puts them WELL out-of-reach of all but the VERY wealthy or VERY well-funded organizations. EMF is large enough to be able to afford that, and I say, "God bless them!" They have been able to muster enough $MILLION$ to buy a station in this market!

Although there are many of a Liberal slant here, it is NOT 100%! Even if there are only 2% Evangelical Christians in this market... that amounts to a 2% share of the #1 radio market IN THE WORLD! Do you know how FIERCELY stations in the NYC market compete for mere TENTHS OF A PERCENT of this market? Well, EMF just about has the Christian market all to itself, now. A market (especially the majority of Fairfield County) that until now, was UNSERVED!

Rats... gotta run. I'll write more, later.

 

[R.D.P.]

Taken from this Link: http://www.redeemerbroadcasting.org/ 

Help us place a signal in the Northern NJ / NYC area

Friday, April 1st, 2011
Redeemer Broadcasting is actively seeking to secure an FM broadcast station in the Northern NJ / NYC area.  This is the first phase of our expansion program.  Help us do this by giving a tax deductible gift today.  You may give simply via a check made out to Redeemer Broadcasting, and mailed to P.O. Box 1520, Olivebridge, NY  12461.   Alternatively you may give using the link on this web site and using PayPal.  If you need to give via credit card, look closely on the PayPal link and you will see a place where you may give via credit card there.   Thank you for your interest in this significant project.  Please pray that we will soon be able to move into this new area with a strong signal.

This new station, will be the former WXPK 107.1 FM, if things work out.  Got a letter from their owner, during that time and I checked out the frequency he spoke of.  When I did, that's what I discovered. 

I would've posted it then but I waited till now.  I'm glad I waited till this moment.  With K-Love in NYC now, this was the best time to share this news.

For those wondering about their content, they carry a wonderful mix of great Conservative and Instrumental based Gospel music like Family Radio but unlike them, they cater to the Historical Reformed Based Christian Doctrines in their Teaching and Preaching. 

For more info about that network, visit the link at the top of this post.

R.D.P. <><

P.S. I love the way God is working in the NYC area.  Isn't it good to know that true Christian Radio is on the grow, in the Big Apple, Mr WPHA (Willie)?  Glad that God is blessing that area with even more Christian based programming, on the radio.  I can live with the Moody and AFR talking points a bit longer.  Just to discover all this great news, is amazing to me.  It also lets me know that God is still working and has even more people He wants to see get saved and delivered from their sinful ways. Especially in a place like a NYC.

B.T.W. Thanks for the wonderful response Mr. Willie.  I appreciate it.

 

[Ozman]

I have been getting a 96.9 religious station in Stamford CT area weakly almost all the time. Anoyone know where this is coming from? I was hoping to get WRRB/WRRV no such luck yet.

 

[satech]

Starving? LOL! If there was any demand for a CCM station there would have been one on the air long ago. Let's not forget the NYC metro area is probably the most liberal area in the entire country (San Francisco being up there too). This isn't the bible belt we're talking about. Even WAWZ that covers the rural/suburban areas of NJ is barely making the middle of the pack in ratings. I don't see how WKLV is going to do well covering mostly urban/suburban areas.

WKLV is an urban signal in search of a suburban audience. It would be great for a Gospel format, just like 103.9 WPPZ in Philadelphia, but it just doesn't reach a large enough amount of white, conservative, suburban listeners who would be interested in CCM. In fact, they probably would do better if they left the transmitter where it was in CT, but of course then Cox couldn't have sold it for big bucks as a new "New York City" signal.

 

[WPHA]

Re: 96.7 K-Love in NYC & CT

Starving? LOL! If there was any demand for a CCM station there would have been one on the air long ago. Let's not forget the NYC metro area is probably the most liberal area in the entire country (San Francisco being up there too). This isn't the bible belt we're talking about. Even WAWZ that covers the rural/suburban areas of NJ is barely making the middle of the pack in ratings. I don't see how WKLV is going to do well covering mostly urban/suburban areas.

OK, to summarize my previous post: Radio stations in this area are EXPENSIVE!! This puts them completely out-of-reach of "Mom and Pop" local businesses or small to medium sized churches.

Although we DO have a number of modest-sized Bible-believing Christian churches scattered throughout Connecticut, there aren't any (to my knowledge) that have enough wealthy members to be able to afford a 15 million dollar purchase. So what happens? Nobody with a LOCAL INTEREST in providing Christian programming and/or music to this area, is capable of AFFORDING a radio station!

In other markets, smaller groups have been known to purchase struggling (or dark) stations for well under a million dollars, put them back on the air, and serve their Christian audience with the music and teaching programming that they want. Also, the LARGER Christian radio stations that are scattered around the USA, many of them purchased an FM license back in the 60's or 70's, when they were barely worth more than the paper they were printed upon! They held their ground, served what little audiences they could in those early years, then as listenership increased, could afford to make facility upgrades when things were still not that expensive.

Not so, Southern CT! Being part of the NYC Metro area, radio properties here are exorbitantly expensive, and have been for a very long time. Result: Not many Christian stations exist here. My former employer, WFIF, was bought back in 1982 as a distressed property. Bill Blount has managed it VERY WELL for all these years! Despite being a DAYTIME-ONLY AM on 1500Khz (with ZERO night power) it is still prospering with it's all-talk Bible teaching format. I worked there for 20 years, so I know very well. I talked to MANY listeners, many Church leaders in those 20 years, so I *KNOW* that this area *IS STARVING* for MORE Christian MUSIC on it's airwaves.

 

[DToTheJ]

...So now we have something we haven't had for DECADES: Contemporary Christian MUSIC, on ONE station, and this guy (Scott) wants to nuke it into oblivion? PUH-LEEZE!! There are DOZENS of other stations to choose from. Please, choose one. Can't we have our ONE AND ONLY full-time Christian music station! PLEASE? ???

Did you see his full handle? "ScottDDS" - another dentist involved in radio? :

 

[WPHA]

Re: 96.7 K-Love in NYC & CT

WKLV is an urban signal in search of a suburban audience. It would be great for a Gospel format, just like 103.9 WPPZ in Philadelphia, but it just doesn't reach a large enough amount of white, conservative, suburban listeners who would be interested in CCM. In fact, they probably would do better if they left the transmitter where it was in CT, but of course then Cox couldn't have sold it for big bucks as a new "New York City" signal.

I respectfully disagree. There are PLENTY of "WASP" people in NYC Proper. Believe me. Even if it is only 4% of the population of NYC, and HALF of that wants to listen to CCM on the radio, then they have 2% of a HUGE market! As I mentioned in another post, NYC Market stations compete FIERCELY for mere TENTHS of a percentage point! If any station can actually garner more than one percent of that market, they are in a VERY prosperous position, indeed! This is why stations in this area are so insanely expensive.

Even though the new signal barely reaches the New Haven area of CT, it reaches Bridgeport and West. There are a WHOLE LOTTA LISTENERS in that area, that *WILL* support K-Love and enjoy it's programming, to put it mildly.

It brings happy tears to my eyes to be driving around and FINALLY being able to hear this music ON THE AIRWAVES of this region!! <:'D

 

[WPHA]

Re: 96.7 K-Love (ScottDDS)

Did you see his full handle? "ScottDDS" - another dentist involved in radio? :

LOL! Maybe it means Direct Digital Synthesis? ;D

 

[Barry]

I certainly hope it is not true that WXPK The Peak on 107.1 may be up for sale, as R.D.P. asserted a few posts above. It is a fine AAA station, in an area that has few playing contemporary rock.
But it seems unlikely that a group wanting to provide coverage of northern NJ would be interested in 'XPK, as their rather limited signal does not reach even the Bergen County area very well.