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EMF BUYS FULL-MARKET COMMERCIAL FM IN KANSAS CITY

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UNION BROADCASTING Sports KCXM/KANSAS CITY has flipped to Contemporary Christian using EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION's "K-LOVE" satellite format, pending EMF's purchase of the station. KCXM's ESPN RADIO programming has been shifted to sister Sports WHB-A and Talk KCTE-A.
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This came out of nowhere. EMF has probably been trying to buy local Calvary 88.5 KLJC and finally gave up. No word on the purchase price but the stick value is probably in the 20-30 range.
 
On the Missouri board, there is a rumor that EMF might flip KLRQ 96.1 to Air1 as a result of this purchase. But I don't see it - because the coverage areas of 96.1 and the station they just bought barely overlap. Wouldn't it be more likely to flip 91.9 Liberty / Kansas City to Air1?

A friend of mine reports that the new ID on 96.1 emphasizes only itself and the new station and downplays 91.9.

Also, does anyone have info about EMF applying to move a station into El Dorado Springs, MO? The same friend claims he's heard an announcement on air to this effect. I have searched but cannot find anything about this.
 
Johnathan said:
On the Missouri board, there is a rumor that EMF might flip KLRQ 96.1 to Air1 as a result of this purchase. But I don't see it - because the coverage areas of 96.1 and the station they just bought barely overlap. Wouldn't it be more likely to flip 91.9 Liberty / Kansas City to Air1?
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I completely agree with you. KWJC 91.9 is completely engulfed by KCXM's city-grade contour. It seems very likly that 91.9 will go Air1. Probably sooner rather than later. 91.9 also has a construction permit to go from a very week Class A to a highly directional Class C3 that should cover almost all of the Missouri side of the metro with a city-grade signal. I would think KLRQ stays with K-Love.

Also, does anyone have info about EMF applying to move a station into El Dorado Springs, MO? The same friend claims he's heard an announcement on air to this effect. I have searched but cannot find anything about this.
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I just checked the FCC database and I dd not see anything within 35km of El Dorado Springs. Do you have any more information?
 
Too bad none of their listeners read this board.

You know they are in "such a money crunch they might have to turn the station off".

Since this is the Califiornia announcer I'm not sure if this is the network or a single station of the many.

WOW - I hope with the money crunch this doesn't put them out of business. :-\
 
I am saddened a bit by the fact that K-LOVE/EMF is turning another full power into a satcaster.

I didn't know they were having financial problems currently but expected they would sometime in the future. The problem with their model is the same for Bott, Calvary, American Family and other groups that have no point of origin so to speak.

People want local and with the Internet really taking off like a rocket, there is nothing that distinquishes them from a hundred other stations. Yes K-Love has some very good on-air personalities but who do you want to listen to, the local Christian station telling you what's happening in your area or a station a million miles away in the heart of Texas? With Calvary and Bott, the problem is, there are local commerical grade stations offering the same talk programming with local on-air talent providing a comfortable local feel.

We run a non-comm Christian station in South Jersey and do give-aways to local events all the time.. Currently we're offering a pair of tics to one fortunate winner to a Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus concert. we're also giving away tics to a KJ-52 concert. We broadcast high school games, broadcast local sermons etc... Listeners really feel like it is their station and they should, because it is! :)

The stations I referred to are all very good but unless they do more local content, they are going to fail in the future. At some point they are going to have to distinquish themselves from all other Christian Stations in the US as there will come a time when all of us will have Internet Radio in the car. I believe listeners will pick local Christian Stations first.

What do you think? josh www.liftfm.com
 
josh said:
People want local and with the Internet really taking off like a rocket, there is nothing that distinquishes them from a hundred other stations. Yes K-Love has some very good on-air personalities but who do you want to listen to, the local Christian station telling you what's happening in your area or a station a million miles away in the heart of Texas?
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If no one else is in the market providing a Christian voice I can't fault EMF for trying. I do have an issue when they come in and step on an existing local broadcaster ... but every broadcaster believes that they are unique, special and can serve their communities in ways that no other station can do.

I wish that there were more regional "EMF" type stations ... with the waivers that they are able to get. If they can get a waiver to operate from thousands of miles away the FCC should issue waivers to regional operators from a couple hundred miles away - regardless of if they are commercial or not. EMF often fills a vacuum. The best response to EMF would be for local broadcasters to buy the stations and provide ministry. Too often it seems that most just want them off of the air - with no regard to what replaces them.
 
In the area I live, we have a full service "Locally" run Christian radio station...

EMF/ K-Love has a construction permit to build a 20,000 watt in the same city of Lic (County Population is only around 6500)... I do not understand why EMF is wanting to put a second station in a town that already has one station with the same format.....

EMF has a station that is established not 40 miles from the above location that they LMA to a secular format...

At any rate, I don't understand.....
 
I agree. It's not the Christian thing to do.


They're doing that all over the USA... They did it in Cherry Hill, NJ; Saint Joseph, Missouri, etc.

They find available stations and buy, disregarding the fact that the coverage area already has local Chrisitan Radio Stations playing exactly the same music they are playing.
 
This news about Selmer, TN is old but its good K-Love came to Selmer as the other station did not last as ccm but flipped to southern gospel which was only going to be a matter of time most likely. You can blame EMF for that but I am sure it would have not lasted anyway as ccm. That station was WSIB 93.9. Grace Broadcasting is a long time southern gospel broadcaster in Jackson, TN a little north of Selmer. Grace Broadcasting tried a commercial ccm format called the Dove simulcasted on 3 stations mostly off sat itself from Salem Communications but with a local morning show. A commercial ccm station mostly off sat in a rural area is probably going to struggle. Grace Broadcastings's network of of Dove stations in western TN looks like none will be left before long. It was down to 2. The one in Jackson at 93.7 is being sold to someone from within Grace who may keep some of the format and combine it with talk and sports and the other at 94.5 has applied to move into the Nashville market and likely will then change formats to maybe southern gospel or talk. And yes K-Love is in Jackson, TN too.

The talk of EMF LMAing another station nearby that the poster thought mad no sense was an AM station in Memphis EMF did not need and eventually sold. K-Love is already in Memphis on FM.
 
I actually have mixed feelings about the changes at WTKB 93.7. Ever since WWGM 93.1 in Jackson came on in the early 90's I thought they should have been doing something with CCM, even if it was just on a part time basis. I'm not sure exactly when Grace bought 93.1, but I was told in talking to people at the station as far back as 2000 that there were plans to buy a second station for a CCM format. If they had been able to do that sooner they might have had more success. Instead it was 2005 when The Dove finally came on, well after K-LOVE had come into West TN, and it probably hurt their chances because of that. I'll give them credit for trying though, and I'll definitely give them credit for being honest with the listeners when both stations were sold. They didn't slip the changes in with little or no advance notice like most stations do.

I'm taking a wait and see attitude toward the changes at 93.7. I hope that they won't eventually drop CCM completely, although it has already been said that there will be more news, talk, and sports. I just hope the changes will be for the better.

I've said before that local ownership is the best choice if it is done right, but I would rather see a CCM station be bought by EMF than to go under or be bought by some group that would drop CCM completely, especially if it were to fall into the hands of an anti-CCM group.

Concerning the CP in Selmer, Hopefully one of EMF's stations in the area will be K-LOVE and the other will become Air 1. I'm all for EMF getting CPs if it involves bringing Air 1 in, because EMF has the ability and/or backbone to do a Christian CHR format where most local owners can't or won't do it.
 
Based on people I know who listen to K-Love here, not one "wants local" or cares that there's nobody talking about Dayton. In fact, they like the fact that when they travel, they can hear the very same station. That drives radio folks crazy, but I have friends who dutifully check the website to find out where K-Love is when they are out of town. We have three 50000 watt FM Christian formats which are never going to drop the talk/teaching.
 
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Based on people I know who listen to K-Love here, not one "wants local" or cares that there's nobody talking about Dayton. In fact, they like the fact that when they travel, they can hear the very same station. That drives radio folks crazy, but I have friends who dutifully check the website to find out where K-Love is when they are out of town. We have three 50000 watt FM Christian formats which are never going to drop the talk/teaching.
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Agreed.. It's usually radio geeks that care that EMF's stations are nothing more than a satellite dish next to a locked shack.

Most people tune into radio to hear the music they want to hear and the personal connection with the things said between the songs... they don't seem to mind if its a voice far away in cali. The reason the 50kw teaching stations dont have the same draw is they are serving a specific nitche (kinda like those that want the college alternative rock or progressive talk or spanish programming) unless they do something like KLove, Air1, WayFM, etc they will not see the numbers KLove stations get.
 
EMF does not have a new CP in Selmer, TN. This discussion was talking about WXKV 90.5 Selmer before it was on the air.

And I can concur I do not care where the announcer is at. I just want music.
 
brian.marchand said:
EMF does not have a new CP in Selmer, TN. This discussion was talking about WXKV 90.5 Selmer before it was on the air.

And I can concur I do not care where the announcer is at. I just want music.
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My mistake. I didn't look at the date and thought it was a new thread. Sorry about that.
 
Today was the first day for 93.7 with the new owners. The station is called Victory 93.7 and the music is basically the same AC CCM format as before. The morning show was more talk than music, but part of that might have been because of it being the first day. The rest of the day was all music that sounded voice tracked, except for the afternoon drive time. So far it looks like the only real change might be with the morning show being more talk, and more local high school and college sports. I hope this will work out well.

Grace deserves credit for being honest with the listeners and also for selling to someone who would keep the CCM format, although with more talk and sports. Most other CCM stations that have been sold in West TN (Including Memphis) have either been bought by K-LOVE or changed to other formats, and in many cases with no regard for the listeners.
 
Re: EMF BUYS FULL-MARKET COMMERCIAL FM IN Pittsburgh!

Add Pittsburgh to the list. Now at 98.3 in the Burgh. I don't have as much of a problem with this, as there was no 24/7 CCM in Pittsburgh. WORD did music on the weekends, but that was really it.
 
Does KLOVE use listener money to buy up these stations, or, is it a separate fund? Seems to me, they'd wanna be up-front about where the money goes. They never mention it during their monthly "beg-a-thons".
 
Yes, K-Love uses their listener money to buy new stations - and it is posted on their website:

http://www.klove.com/About/Accountability.aspx

The chart shows 8% of their revenue goes to new stations - in the past I remember it being near 12%, but maybe it has shrunk to cover other costs, like personnel and operations.
 
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