AM 740 Rises Up!

[Russty]

From Huntington NY, this is WNYH, 740 on the AM Dial.

The station formerly known as WGSM has been re-born as WNYH, playing a collection of commercial free Hymns. Unlike their prior owner, they seem to be making use of their night time low power Authorization.

 

[radiogoogoo]

I wrote about this to people last Friday but refused to report it.... I am interested in the how's and why's of so-called local ownership. Is playing religious music, korean language or any other form of niche religious or foreign language format serving the community of it's city of license?

Am I still the only one who believes in the airways belonging to the people?

 

[mkdanz]

> I wrote about this to people last Friday but refused to
> report it.... I am interested in the how's and why's of
> so-called local ownership. Is playing religious music,
> korean language or any other form of niche religious or
> foreign language format serving the community of it's city
> of license?
>
> Am I still the only one who believes in the airways
> belonging to the people?
>
There is a significant Korean population in Dix Hills. It seems to me that Korean programming serves a segment of the community. I personally have no issue with it. <P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Michael D on 09/26/05 09:30 PM.</FONT></P>

 

[cspence]

> From Huntington NY, this is WNYH, 740 on the AM Dial.
>
> The station formerly known as WGSM has been re-born as WNYH,
> playing a collection of commercial free Hymns. Unlike their
> prior owner, they seem to be making use of their night time
> low power Authorization.

Sound like a non-directional signal, its coming in too strong here in southwest Nassau county. Who owns the place these days???

 

[AlexBrowne]

> I wrote about this to people last Friday but refused to
> report it.... I am interested in the how's and why's of
> so-called local ownership. Is playing religious music,
> korean language or any other form of niche religious or
> foreign language format serving the community of it's city
> of license?
>
> Am I still the only one who believes in the airways
> belonging to the people?

While I have no use for religious music and would much prefer to hear some other format on a one-time great station, there are people on the Island who want to hear religious music on radio -- and the airwaves "belong" to them, too. (But why can't they just listen to WTHE?)

 

[MikeConway]

Thanks to "deregulation" and relaxed rules at the FCC, the days of operating "in the public interest" requiring local news and public service for the City of License is gone. This began during the Reagan administration. The final ax fell thanks to the Telecommunications Act of 1996. There was a time when the public could protest if a station with a special format would be gone under a new owner. The FCC would require the the old format be retained before the sale was approved. Now a station can air anything the owner wants. In the words of Cornelius Vanderbilt, "the public be damned".

 

[DG02816]

WNYH is testing, but I hear from an engineer friend of mine that the station's ground system is in need of work and the directional array needs to be re adjusted. The station was clobbering CHWO last night between 6:30 and 7 pm on my car radio on I-476 just outside Philly, and was probably cutting into my station's coverage as well. I will admit, the audio was pristine!


Dave Gardiner

WVCH 740

Chester/Philadelphia

 

[MorningLight]

> From Huntington NY, this is WNYH, 740 on the AM Dial.
>
> The station formerly known as WGSM has been re-born as WNYH,
> playing a collection of commercial free Hymns. Unlike their
> prior owner, they seem to be making use of their night time
> low power Authorization.
>

I've been spot-checking them off-and-on since the day after they signed back on.

What it sounds like, is that they have a 3-CD changer in the studio. They have ONE custom-burned CD which has all instrumental hymns on it, and two short liner/ID's which alternate. It is the same 3 CD's playing over and over and over. Last week, someone changed two of them. (It used to be one of George Beverly Shea and one other.) Now one is foreign language hymns. (GB Shea is gone.)

Does ANYONE know what the deal is? Are they going to be playing "Sacred Music" as a permenent format? Is this just what the Engineer prefers? Is it the Engineer's voice on those liner/ID's? It's been the same thing for three weeks, now. Let's just say that it's gone BEYOND old & stale.

Someone else in this thread asked why people who want Religious music can't just listen to WTHE... the answer is both simple AND complex.

It's like asking why people who like Country & Western can't listen to Hip-hop.

Religious music has just as many genre's and styles as non-religious music:

1) There is "Black Gospel" which is like R&B and/or Urban.
2) There is "CCM" which is like Top 40.
3) There's Rock, and Metal, which are self-explanatory.
4) There is "Inspirational" which is like a "Lite" or "Soft rock" format.
5) There is "Sacred" which is all hymns and choirs, similar to what WNYH is doing. (Only with VASTLY more variety!)
6) There is "Southern Gospel" which is like Country.

ETC... I think you get the idea.

WTHE falls into the "Black Gospel" category, which is a very, very different style from "Sacred".

Willie...