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CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN RADIO STATION?

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Are there any radio stations (AM or FM) in the "true" Boston market that are formatted Contemporary Christian?
 
When I lived in St. Augustine, Florida, it was all over the radio down there as well as other religious stations. I counted 20 religious stations (total A.M. & F.M.) which made me appreciate the amount of format diversity in S.E.N.E.!
 
N1WVQ said:
When I lived in St. Augustine, Florida, it was all over the radio down there as well as other religious stations. I counted 20 religious stations (total A.M. & F.M.) which made me appreciate the amount of format diversity in S.E.N.E.!
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Well, that is in the Bible belt. One AM or FM full time CCM station would not hurt. Besides it is indeed a profitable format in some areas and gets decent ratings.
 
720 is christian all the time, in kreyol. all 40 or so local pirates on MW and FM have gospel/church/christian stuff in unison on sunday mornings, to the point it's almost impossible to find an outlier
 
There ya go! It's on an HD3! That doesn't hurt. But on regular A.M. or F.M.? Maybe an A.M. but oldies would be better around here.
 
WMSX/1410 tried airing the format to no avail as did WJLT/650 & before that WNRB/1510. The genesis of CCM is from the Bible Belt & SBC churches to which the predominantly Catholic North East has no real connection. WSTL in Providence has been muddling along starting with the format but switching to more religious talk a la WARV. The culture around here is more one of a lax Catholic identity which is more for tradition than daily living. Lapsed Catholic is a term I've heard a lot. I don't have any figures but I have to figure church attendance in the north east is the lowest in the country. There's not really a church identity like there is in other parts of the country. For those reasons I don't expect CCM to get a signal up here (unless EMF does one of its spending binges) let alone do well.

For the record: I'm Protestant & have asked people up here to sample WTKL/91.1. They all hated it.
 
I disagree, there are plenty of listeners that could be served by this niche format, which is growing more and more mainstream everyday. The reason why there is no CCM station in Boston is because no one can afford to by a signal legally.
 
Yup I was about to say WMSX had it at one point. Speaking of contemporary Christian, years ago WMWM used to run a show that came to us on records, "Powerline". Still on: "For more than 30 years Powerline has transmitted inspirational messages to an adult contemporary audience around the world. The half-hour program blends Top 40 music from the '70s, '80s and '90s with brief inspirational messages. " Often the host would talk about problems people have and then say, "Well, that's
where Jesus comes in..."

One time the pressing plant for these records accidentally sent out the Dead Kennedys album "Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables" instead of Powerline. Sample lyric: "God told me to skin you alive"...
 
Not to get political (well, yes I am), there are a lot of Catholics in New England. The problem is that many self-described Catholics are Catholic only on Sunday. That's if they go to church.

It's a known fact that the majority of New Englanders, politically and socially, lean to the political left. With that being said, a Contemporary Christian music station would be a waste of time, money and effort.

Spending most of the past 20 years in the south, I have heard numerous CCM stations and they do a fine job in programming. K-Love, for example, is excellent radio. It just wouldn't survive in Boston, Providence, Hartford or any New England metro area.
 
BostonRandy said:
Not to get political (well, yes I am), there are a lot of Catholics in New England. The problem is that many self-described Catholics are Catholic only on Sunday. That's if they go to church.

It's a known fact that the majority of New Englanders, politically and socially, lean to the political left. With that being said, a Contemporary Christian music station would be a waste of time, money and effort.

Spending most of the past 20 years in the south, I have heard numerous CCM stations and they do a fine job in programming. K-Love, for example, is excellent radio. It just wouldn't survive in Boston, Providence, Hartford or any New England metro area.
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Some 10 years ago there was a brokered CCM show on an AM station in Hartford. It was a decent show and had quite a few sponsors, but the host had to give up the show when he got a full-time job which ate up most of his free time.
 
It's a known fact that the majority of New Englanders, politically and socially, lean to the political left. With that being said, a Contemporary Christian music station would be a waste of time, money and effort.
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I totally disagree. CCM is providing a service, maybe even good radio? Remember that which always seems to float around here. And they would program to protestants, not Catholics. Besides, the Salem Stations still get one half percent of the pie generally. That is pretty good when you consider the area.
 
The low power repeater of WRYP will soon be on 103.7 from the top of the Hancock.

Mostly preaching stuff, but some music I understand. Not sure if any of the music would be considered "Contemporary Christian".
 
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