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Evansville has K-LOVE Station
- Thread starter j_ev
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Did EMF buy the station?
Yes.... EMF is the winner over a friend of mine who was bidding in Florida....
Yes....Way-Fm has been in town under the Y-102.7 banner (LPFM of Christian Fellowship Church) the last three years or so, but with a station in Kentucky moving from 102.9 to 102.7 and twenty miles closer to Evansville than before, Y-102.7's signal was cut off at the 3 mile mark by co-channel interference... I think they are now an "Air-1" affiliate with a small signal to the north side, only.... Way-Fm will be debuting in Henderson/Evansville off the WEVV-TV/CBS-44 tower with a (what I consider) super translator within weeks! They are approved to move their little Robards, Kentucky 91.9 to the bluff overlooking the Ohio River and a perfect line of site shot to cover ALL of Evansville, Newburgh and Henderson.. The closest co-channels are 91.9 in Louisville and over in Carbondale, IL (90 to 100 miles from Xmitter sites)...Louisville will not bother them due to terrain and Carbondale (who can throw a 20 dbu in at times) will be faint enough to cover out about 15 to 20 miles west in the valley staring at the Channel-44 tower... Owensboro will have 91.3 move into a better location.. Thus, Way will have a decent secondary service (50dbu covering 97% of the populations in Henderson and Vanderburgh Counties) to EMF's primary service (86 m @ 25kw, DA).... Evansville will have gone from almost no CCM to having: KLOVE (AC) , WAY (CHR) , WYIR-LP (Rock Alternative), WBGW (Soft AC/INSPO/Teaching) , WGAB (Teaching/Traditional), WVHI (Teaching/Paid Programs)...All we need to complete the cycle is a good Southern Gospel outlet.. Would love to get my hands on 1330 and re-engineer the night signal for that... Then add the "Joyful Noise" Hot AC program I do on market leader WIKY and the Christian Rock block on WUEV/91.5 on Sunday Nights, we've got a ton of it, now!
Yes....Way-Fm has been in town under the Y-102.7 banner (LPFM of Christian Fellowship Church) the last three years or so, but with a station in Kentucky moving from 102.9 to 102.7 and twenty miles closer to Evansville than before, Y-102.7's signal was cut off at the 3 mile mark by co-channel interference... I think they are now an "Air-1" affiliate with a small signal to the north side, only.... Way-Fm will be debuting in Henderson/Evansville off the WEVV-TV/CBS-44 tower with a (what I consider) super translator within weeks! They are approved to move their little Robards, Kentucky 91.9 to the bluff overlooking the Ohio River and a perfect line of site shot to cover ALL of Evansville, Newburgh and Henderson.. The closest co-channels are 91.9 in Louisville and over in Carbondale, IL (90 to 100 miles from Xmitter sites)...Louisville will not bother them due to terrain and Carbondale (who can throw a 20 dbu in at times) will be faint enough to cover out about 15 to 20 miles west in the valley staring at the Channel-44 tower... Owensboro will have 91.3 move into a better location.. Thus, Way will have a decent secondary service (50dbu covering 97% of the populations in Henderson and Vanderburgh Counties) to EMF's primary service (86 m @ 25kw, DA).... Evansville will have gone from almost no CCM to having: KLOVE (AC) , WAY (CHR) , WYIR-LP (Rock Alternative), WBGW (Soft AC/INSPO/Teaching) , WGAB (Teaching/Traditional), WVHI (Teaching/Paid Programs)...All we need to complete the cycle is a good Southern Gospel outlet.. Would love to get my hands on 1330 and re-engineer the night signal for that... Then add the "Joyful Noise" Hot AC program I do on market leader WIKY and the Christian Rock block on WUEV/91.5 on Sunday Nights, we've got a ton of it, now!
skippertthomas said:
What about those who like Christian Rhythmic artists like Kirk Franklin, Yolonda Adams and Marvin Sapp? Are they considered part of the Christian music cycle as well? If so, a Southern Gospel outlet would only add to the cycle but not complete it.
Too Bad Bobby Jones pulled the majority of the urban Christian Artists out of GMA about 10 years ago.. He holds a tight hand on releasing and promotion of the top R&B and Urban artists in CCM.... He wanted them to have 'little to do' with Christian CHR or Christian AC radio.. CCM tried to get them back the service area, but to no avail!
skippertthomas said:
It is bad how Bobby Jones avoids any connections with GMA. It is disrespectful to the Christian CHR and Christian AC industry and the artists are forced with a limited exposure. BTW, I listen to your Sunday morning show quite often on the internet. You are doing a great job with show. I am glad WIKY is streaming since I live near Louisville, Ky.
Radio-Lover.. It's nice WIKY wants to continue to run "Joyful Noise", even with K-LOVE and a stronger WAY-FM translator coming soon.. Mark Elliott (OM-PD) and Tim Helsing (Market Manager) feel we are the LOCAL VOICE to their satellite programming... Brian Mason has continued to have success in Nashville commerical radio with his Sunday morning show, even with: Way, Salem's Fish, & WNAZ all in that market... We can be the voice for the local concerts and such and we do hit areas that K-LOVE won't hit with a C3 allocation...
Along with Dave Ingstrum at 91.1/WVUB-Vincennes on Sunday Evenings, and the Sunday afternoon-evening CCM-Rock Show at 91.5/WUEV-Evansville, we finally have some meat to our CCM outreach in the DMA/ADI and Metro... Owensboro has a full licensed 100 watt class "A" for WCVK in Bowling Green doing CCM-AC and Way is moving into the southside with their existing translator at 91.3..... Maybe with Way having 60 seconds an hour on each translator, we can do some concert and community outreach, together! ;D
Along with Dave Ingstrum at 91.1/WVUB-Vincennes on Sunday Evenings, and the Sunday afternoon-evening CCM-Rock Show at 91.5/WUEV-Evansville, we finally have some meat to our CCM outreach in the DMA/ADI and Metro... Owensboro has a full licensed 100 watt class "A" for WCVK in Bowling Green doing CCM-AC and Way is moving into the southside with their existing translator at 91.3..... Maybe with Way having 60 seconds an hour on each translator, we can do some concert and community outreach, together! ;D
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Where in the world does K-Love get all their money from? I still don't understand if they're a commercial station or non-prof. Maybe it's b/c of their format...
They run a couple of pledge drives annually. As they proclaim.."listener supported, positive and encouraging K-Love".RadioPrime said:
RadioPrime said:
The primary source of revenue is listener support. There are also two breaks per hour where the first 60 seconds can be sponsored by local businesses.
MightyFrenchman said:
Or in other words, their automation/format allows them to thank local underwriters twice an hour for a minute per break. K-Love operates non-commercial radio stations.
On their translators (not full station licenses) the availability of local insert is limited to 30 seconds per hour (total) for soliciting support and thanking donors.
Good point...some of the stations have provision to insert local underwriting mentions, but most don't. I've never seen a translator of theirs that has provisions for using that brief hourly local avail.Kent said:
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