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Name a Community in Texas that needs a LOCAL Contemporary Christian Station.

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joshzz

We would like to expand and with that said introduce a LOCAL Contemporary Christian Station to a community in Texas. Some cities like Houston and Dallas are well served with local stations KLTY and KSBJ. However, there are a number of areas that are lacking a local station though there may be a K-LOVE presence (which is beamed in from California).

What cities are most under served in your opinion? San Angelo? Abilene? Corpus Christi? Wichita Falls? Other cities?

We're looking to bring in a major local presence, lots of local concerts, establish partnerships with local ministries and more. Your help is appreciated.
 
josh said:
We would like to expand and with that said introduce a LOCAL Contemporary Christian Station to a community in Texas. Some cities like Houston and Dallas are well served with local stations KLTY and KSBJ. However, there are a number of areas that are lacking a local station though there may be a K-LOVE presence (which is beamed in from California).

What cities are most under served in your opinion? San Angelo? Abilene? Corpus Christi? Wichita Falls? Other cities?

We're looking to bring in a major local presence, lots of local concerts, establish partnerships with local ministries and more. Your help is appreciated.
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I don't know if San Antonio has a CCM presence. Certainly not as much as Houston or Dallas. What about Austin? Corpus has the almost useless KCTA, not sure about Midland, I think Lubbock has Air one and KLove. Not sure about Amarillo.
 
Not a EMF market.. don't even bother trying... You can say what you want but EMF does very well in markets they are in in most cases unless their competition is already a well established local CCM station.. CCM listeners honestly don't care if the jock is talking to them from Rockin or Indy... It's all about the personal connection and that's something EMF does very well with KLove. [and they back it up with a Toll -Free Prayer line etc for support].
 
xmusicmatt,

Any market that has only K-Love can be a great opportunity for a local operator. I know markets in the northeast where the only station is a K-Love and they're not happy campers. A region located near us that has only a K-Love station has ministries reaching out to us though we are not within their market.

Though we are 20 -50 miles from their reach, a church ministry contacted us and had us promote their concert. The concert was very successful. The church ministry was very disappointed that the only Contemporary Christian station within the reach of their church is a K-LOVE station. We are going to add a billboard to encourage the Christians in their area to listen to our radio station network, LIFT FM by way of internet or iphone/droid.

People residing in Texas have a great reputation for supporting local Christian Radio. It could be a great opportunity for us to expand, Lord willing.

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I looked up San Antonio. K-Love, a rim shot Air-1, which is 55 miles away from downtown, and a 250 watt AM.
Austin appears to have a CCM. The same rim shot Air-1 is 77 miles from Austin, so I really don't think you could classify it as covering Austin, especially with the growth in the NW part of the metro area.
Amarillo has K-Love, Air-1 and an independent.
Abilene has Air-1, K-Love
Corpus Christi has Air-1, K-Love
Wichita Falls has Air-1, K-Love
Midland has Air-1, K-Love
Waco has Air-1, K-Love
Lubbock has both
EL PASO ONLY HAS K-LOVE!!!
BROWNSVILLE HAS NOTHING!!!
LARADO HAS NOTHING!!!!

I'll keep looking ---
 
Hi Bruce Carter,

Thanks for your help! Any market that does not have a local station, we would be interested in considering. Radio was meant to be local and large population areas should have a local Contemporary Christian Radio Station.

The satellite broadcasters like K-Love are great for areas that can't support a local station but an area with good population size needs a station with local personalities, a local main office, and lots of local concerts.
 
travisl5678 said:
Do you have an existing station looking to expand?
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I bet KSBJ in Houston would do practically anything to get frequencies for NGEN that would cover Cypress, Spring, the Woodlands, and Conroe. NGEN is one of the best Christian formats around, and if you could get in on the ground floor, this is definitely the future of CCM.
 
Hi Travisl5678,

We are currently located in Southern New Jersey but expansion would mean setting up a real base in Texas as opposed to a satellite broadcast.

Our station is known as LIFT FM: www.liftfm.com
 
josh said:
Hi Travisl5678,

We are currently located in Southern New Jersey but expansion would mean setting up a real base in Texas as opposed to a satellite broadcast.

Our station is known as LIFT FM: www.liftfm.com
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Remember though .. If you own an full powered FM you can not also have an LPFM..

EMF is doing quite well in Texas.. Air1 from my understanding has some of it's biggest sharathon totals (and listenership) come from Houston and San Antonio compared to other areas they serve. People in Texas love their satellite fed Christian music because it's well researched, produced, and sounds great!
 
xmusicmatt,

You mentioned that K-love does very well with their San Antonio Share-a-thons. Do you have any kind of raw data for what they are bringing in specific Texas markets? Your help is appreciated! :)
 
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