CRISTA Media Seattle Promotes Channah Hanberg To General Manager

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://radioinsight.com/headlines/...-promotes-channah-hanberg-to-general-manager/

CRISTA Media has promoted Channah Hanberg to General Manager of Christian AC “Spirit 105.3” KCMS and 630 KCIS Seattle.

Hanberg joined CRISTA in 2008 as Digital Sales Manager and has since served as Digital Media Manager, Local Sales Manager and since last May as General Sales Manager. The General Manager position has been vacant since Ann Marie Mulholland left for Hubbard Seattle in October 2018.

Starts on January 13th, 2020.

 

[guruofradio]

My wife listens to Christian radio and says there has been a LOT of change at KCMS. Guess they let their afternoon show go, fired their morning guy and GM left.
She prefers music on FISH in Portland and KCMS over K-Love. All sounds the same to me as a AAA fan.

 

[bobdavcav]

Wait, Ana Kelly is gone? When did that happen? There definitely has been a lot of change at KCMS since I quit listening 10 years ago. Didn't they just get a new morning show, Scott and Erica?

 

[Bongwater]

Guess they let their afternoon show go, fired their morning guy and GM left....

Now if there were only some benevolent deity they can turn to in these troubled times....

 

[boombox4]

Not a big Christian music radio fan here. But obviously there is competition in the field here -- KLove, online streams, and even Air One (88.1, audible in many sections of the metro) for example.

 

[Kelly A]

https://radioinsight.com/headlines/...-promotes-channah-hanberg-to-general-manager/



Starts on January 13th, 2020.

My guess is that with the rampant expansion of EMF/KLove, a smaller group like Crista is feeling the heat (so to speak). Over the years, Crista has gone from a local owner and division of Crista Ministries, to buying several stations North and South of KCMS/KCIS in Seattle. With the competition from EMF and other nation-wide Christian music and talk station networks, just like secular commercial stations, small groups like Crista just aren't making money like they used to. The Board of Directors at Crista have never understood radio or media. Only that there must be someone to blame because the money isn't flowing as they expect.

 

[boombox4]

My guess is that with the rampant expansion of EMF/KLove, a smaller group like Crista is feeling the heat (so to speak). Over the years, Crista has gone from a local owner and division of Crista Ministries, to buying several stations North and South of KCMS/KCIS in Seattle. With the competition from EMF and other nation-wide Christian music and talk station networks, just like secular commercial stations, small groups like Crista just aren't making money like they used to. The Board of Directors at Crista have never understood radio or media. Only that there must be someone to blame because the money isn't flowing as they expect.

I'm not sure about the music side of Christian radio, but I think the talk side is beginning to feel the demo pinch nationwide -- per my own amateur observations and observations of some of those who know radio a lot better on another thread (the 'Radio projections for the 2020's' thread). I think the internet is starting to take a bite from Christian radio overall as well.

The few Christians I know locally listen to KCMS, AirOne, or one of the AM talkers -- often listening to their online streams. But that's only a small number I know. I would guess the younger demos forego radio for online.