Are they every discussed on this board...
Stations like KHVN, WGRB, KROI, KGGR. Is Black Gospel music taboo here?????
Stations like KHVN, WGRB, KROI, KGGR. Is Black Gospel music taboo here?????
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rbrucecarter5
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salemjedi54 said:
Just - not interested. I listen to Christian rock and Hot-AC. Gospel formats bore me at best, irritate me at worst. I'd rather have icepicks shoved into my ears than listen to gospel.
rbrucecarter5 said:
We have had this conversation before.....I wanted to know about other folk. I have not seen many postings about the Gospel format. Since Radio-Info does not have a seperate board for Gospel, I would assume that those discussion would be posted here.
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rbrucecarter5
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salemjedi54 said:
Our conversation was on the illegal jamming of full service station KMAD over portions of the DFW metroplex. It saddens me when religious organizations do illegal things to get on the air. My complaint to the FCC is on record, hopefully they will act soon to stop the interference with KMAD. I would have filed the same complaint no matter what the format of the translator, by the way.
rbrucecarter5 said:
Whatever..................I know that they provide a service to hear them after sundown...So I am happy
cough said:
That's the impetus behind my show. http://marklaroi.com/"]The Gospel Show One Voice[/url].
There are 3 AM gospel stations in our market: WSTT-AM 730 Thomasville, Ga., which is locally programmed;
Cumulus' WHBT, Heaven 1410, with a satellite-fed gospel format; and WTAL-AM 1450, Rejoice Musical Soulfood
format, also a satellite feed.
I find WSTT the most listenable, but I seldom listen to the radio at all anymore. My wife has K-Love on in the car
so I hear it the most of anything.
I loved CCM in the 80s era but the modern stuff doesn't appeal to me for the most part.
On my Internet station I do a live classic CCM show and a Southern Gospel show (except for the
upcoming Memorial Day weekend, as we're doing a special oldies explosion weekend.)
I don't think gospel stations are a taboo topic, but I'd say most of the regular posters here don't listen
to the format.
Cumulus' WHBT, Heaven 1410, with a satellite-fed gospel format; and WTAL-AM 1450, Rejoice Musical Soulfood
format, also a satellite feed.
I find WSTT the most listenable, but I seldom listen to the radio at all anymore. My wife has K-Love on in the car
so I hear it the most of anything.
I loved CCM in the 80s era but the modern stuff doesn't appeal to me for the most part.
On my Internet station I do a live classic CCM show and a Southern Gospel show (except for the
upcoming Memorial Day weekend, as we're doing a special oldies explosion weekend.)
I don't think gospel stations are a taboo topic, but I'd say most of the regular posters here don't listen
to the format.
i think the title gospel radio has been used mostly for black gospel programed stations.... i live in the south and most stations were referred to as religious stations but
some called themselves gospel and or contemporary... i listened to all of them and it was a hit and miss as to what i liked as far as music on these stations...
gospel7radio.com
some called themselves gospel and or contemporary... i listened to all of them and it was a hit and miss as to what i liked as far as music on these stations...
gospel7radio.com
I guess the way that CCM does not move me or even entertain me, those fans of CCM feel the same of Gospel. Oh well
I'd have to agree that this is the place to discuss Urban Gospel, Country Gospel, Hymn based, CCM, Praise, or Christian Talk or any other Christian format.
I'm not particulary partial to most Urban Gospel music. There is a station in the Wilmington market that offers the format 1510 WFAI, and a rim shot signal from, I believe Allentown PA, WNAP 1110 - the Gospel Highway. There may also be an Urban Gospel station in Philly. Being a Northeast city, we don't have a Country Gospel station at all, which I wish we did.
The only Urban Gospel group I'm at all familiar with is the Imperials. I have an old recording of them doing a great arrangement of the Easter Song. Their music was of a more mellow style than what they had been doing in recent years. I'm assuming that they are still out there performing and recording as it's a few years since I've heard any of their music played on the CCM or hymn based station in our market, but assume their more lively more recent music is still a staple of the Urban Gospel stations.
Most of today's CCM I'm not particular partial to either and there isn't a CCM Oldies station available (and the one mellow praise station 740 WVCH rarely plays music, only as a fill in between all the preachers) in or near where I live so when I want to hear Christian music, I simply play my CD's.
I'm not particulary partial to most Urban Gospel music. There is a station in the Wilmington market that offers the format 1510 WFAI, and a rim shot signal from, I believe Allentown PA, WNAP 1110 - the Gospel Highway. There may also be an Urban Gospel station in Philly. Being a Northeast city, we don't have a Country Gospel station at all, which I wish we did.
The only Urban Gospel group I'm at all familiar with is the Imperials. I have an old recording of them doing a great arrangement of the Easter Song. Their music was of a more mellow style than what they had been doing in recent years. I'm assuming that they are still out there performing and recording as it's a few years since I've heard any of their music played on the CCM or hymn based station in our market, but assume their more lively more recent music is still a staple of the Urban Gospel stations.
Most of today's CCM I'm not particular partial to either and there isn't a CCM Oldies station available (and the one mellow praise station 740 WVCH rarely plays music, only as a fill in between all the preachers) in or near where I live so when I want to hear Christian music, I simply play my CD's.
There are times when I like urban gospel - sometimes even southern gospel. But hardly ever CCM because it's so BLAND (even with the fake heavy breathing); it just has no "soul" (no pun intended).
It seems that CCM artists with a pure heart and good intentions are being squeezed into an uncomfortable commercial sounding "mold" that suppresses the heart to their music. Most CCM songs make me want to scream, "GET REAL!"
(Of course, God's been giving me Cristian lyrics to Doobie Brothers songs, so I'm happy. ;D)
It seems that CCM artists with a pure heart and good intentions are being squeezed into an uncomfortable commercial sounding "mold" that suppresses the heart to their music. Most CCM songs make me want to scream, "GET REAL!"
(Of course, God's been giving me Cristian lyrics to Doobie Brothers songs, so I'm happy. ;D)
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trusty said:
You sure got that right! I think the problem is too much agitating by conservative churches who hold the licenses on a lot of CCM stations. They tone down the music, and the DJ's toe the line - or ELSE. Witness the raid by church elders on WCIE almost 20 years ago. I felt the pressure myself when I was on the air. Pressure I refused to bow to. And - I'm not on the air any more.
MikefromDelaware said:
The Imperials, an urban Gospel group? Some of Russ Taff's music as a solo artist could fall into that category but the Imperials is definitely not an urban Gospel group. This will reveal my age but here are urban Gospel groups & artists: Passage, The Winans, BB & CC Winans, Jon Gibson, Wintley Phipps & the Neo-Gospel Experience, Williams Brothers, Jessy Dixon, Roby Duke, Denny Correll, Rick Riso, some of DC Talk's stuff, Kirk Franklin, Andrae Crouch & the Disciples, and I could go on. Urban Gospel is soul/r & b.
Yes, I have heard the Winans, BB and CeCe Winans and yes DC Talk. I'd agree that Urban Gospel is Christian soul/R&B. Most of the music I heard of the Imperials was not Urban Gospel, but I seem to remember they had a couple songs out that did go into that style, but maybe I've confused them with another group. It was a long time ago.
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gr8oldies said:
Occasionally a thread comes up here about non-Christian religious stations, but so far the audience is so small I don't think any make a go of it. As for Muslim - I don't think those folks are real big on music, and I would not particularly want to hear that horrible shrieking call to prayer broadcast 6 times a day. Travel to one of those Muslim countries and you hear that stuff shrieking out of every tower on every mosque like a banshee or something. Really creepy sounding. Probably, the most they would put on the radio other than that would be somebody reading the Koran. I know you won't ever see Muslim television - I think they shut down all TV in Afganistan or something when the crazies were in power.
Muslim themes ...
For TV: http://www.muslimchannels.tv/ (caution: site plays audio)
For Radio: http://www.shoutcast.com/radio/Islam at ShoutCast
Just because it is not OUR cup of tea does not mean that it is not out there.
Muslim countries have government controlled TV stations. Many are available internationally via satellite.
(It is the independent non-government TV stations that get shut down by the "crazies".)
The "Live from Rome" segments of Catholic TV seem odd to me (and one would have to disconnect the silence sensor at the station for the duration). But people tune in. They also tune in for preachers I don't agree with and "dollar-a-holler" radio program. Just not as much as they do for "popular" music stations, where available.
For TV: http://www.muslimchannels.tv/ (caution: site plays audio)
For Radio: http://www.shoutcast.com/radio/Islam at ShoutCast
Just because it is not OUR cup of tea does not mean that it is not out there.
Muslim countries have government controlled TV stations. Many are available internationally via satellite.
(It is the independent non-government TV stations that get shut down by the "crazies".)
The "Live from Rome" segments of Catholic TV seem odd to me (and one would have to disconnect the silence sensor at the station for the duration). But people tune in. They also tune in for preachers I don't agree with and "dollar-a-holler" radio program. Just not as much as they do for "popular" music stations, where available.
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