-
Get involved.
We want your input!
Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.
After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.
After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/
Thanks in advance and have fun!
RadioDiscussions Administrators
Mainstream AC/Christian AC Hybrid
- Thread starter tsherck
- Start date
They sure did in the '90s and early 2000s, when Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Kathy Troccoli, Bob Carlisle, MercyMe, etc. had pop crossover hits. Plus groups like Lifehouse, Creed, Switchfoot, Sixpence None the Richer, etc. which tried to have it both ways by claiming to be "Christians in a band, not a Christian band".
Although I thought that the Bob Carlisle song was pretty dreadful, some of the other singers and bands produced pretty solid pop songs, so I can understand why they crossed over. And there's no reason why they shouldn't -- pop music is about songs, and that's always provided an opportunity for songs with different styles and different content to hit. It's also nothing new, as the rock group Kansas did some overtly Christian songs in their heyday, although they weren't a "Christian" band due to the fact that the band membership was split when it came to religion. In fact, the conflict between the Christian band members and the rest of the band did eventually cause a split.
Positive Music | 106.9 HOME.fm - was doing this for many years.
I've heard The Fish in Atlanta claims to do this.
The recently played songs listed on their web site are all CCM. No secular pop.
I don't see how this would work - the CCM community is vibrant and insular.
Even if the vaguest notion of "worldliness" wasn't so frowned upon in these circles, it would not make sense for a Christian station to have to borrow music from secular labels with so much quality (YMMV) content being produced by CCM labels.
Even if the vaguest notion of "worldliness" wasn't so frowned upon in these circles, it would not make sense for a Christian station to have to borrow music from secular labels with so much quality (YMMV) content being produced by CCM labels.
Well, then things have changed since I read this. Maybe.
They still do it apparently with a wierd mix of Christian CHR and normal Hot AC/AC music.
It’s the same with all of “The Fish” stations… they are 100% Christian Contemporary Music now but they used to mix in an occassional secular pop/AC song on occassion in the 2010s but not very often.
- Status