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[DaleGriffin]

if the intent of your show is not to disturb the peace then your show has gone awry in the worst fashion.

explain please

 

[passtheword]

You never thought they'd stoop that low? You must not remember the last regular morning show on 101.1. Russ and Dee? Not exactly politically unbiased.

what i said was that i never thought crawford would stoop to this level for one of his "christian" stations.

that said, i don't think this is what is needed in birmingham (or any other market for that matter). there are enough people pissed off in the world right now, why do we need it in our morning radio? it isn't because of social or moral concerns, it is for the money alone.

It's not a Christian station. It's always been a secular local talk station.

Yes, that's true. It's not a Christian station (if you'll read the duncanalusa's post), he did say "christian" (with the quotation marks), so he never meant to imply that 101.1 (or any of Crawford's other stations) are christian stations. Although Crawford Broadcasting does have some stations with christian programming, IMO Crawford Broadcasting is by no means a christian broadcaster. It's a secular broadcasting company. Any person or group who claims to be a christian broadcaster and programs some of the formats Crawford Broadcasting does has an identity issue. If you don't believe me, just look at this poll that Crawford's station in Chicago, WPWX "Power 92" has on their website. Sorry if I violated the copyright on all of this (not trying to), but if it winds up getting deleted off this post, check it out for yourself.
http://www.power92chicago.com

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I'm a christian, and I'm not perfect myself, but I can't see how any Christian person or group would willingly endorse anything of this nature or play music that has explicit lyrics. Something just doesn't add up there. As Christians, we're supposed to glorify God, and I don't see how displaying that poll or playing music with explicit lyrics glorifies God in any way. I know Crawford Broadcasting originally began as a christian broadcaster (all of its stations up until 20 years or so ago were programming christian formats exclusively), but it seems those family members who've "inherited" the stations don't seem to have the same focus as those in years past.

I listen to WDJC very little. The programming is so-so to me, and they play way too many commercials. My wife has the same complaints about them, and so do a lot of people we've talked to...too much talking and the programming needs some tweaking; she says that WDJC should tell everyone on air that they have "long commercial blocks with limited music interruption". I would say as a christian I would be much more willing to listen to WDJC. That's not the case, though. I usually listen to the non-commercial christian stations, instead, not necessarily because they're non-commercial. I just prefer the programming over that of WDJC.

From the looks of the downward ratings they're having on their stations here in Birmingham, I believe Crawford Broadcasting could spend their time more wisely trying to improve their stations than spending time quoting people on a radio board.

 

[duncanalausa]

if the intent of your show is not to disturb the peace then your show has gone awry in the worst fashion.

explain please

is an explanation really needed? i have many near and dear friends who listened to 101 even through the dreary "masonic racist" months with russ & dee, who are so put off by your program that they turn the station off 5-9 am. you condescend to all who dissagree with you and laud those sycophants who praise your "wisdom".

if your goal is to filter the source's audience to a finite group who follow your ideals then you are on the right track. if, as a professional broadcaster should, you want to attract a new audience while retaining the listeners grand-fathered into your show, then you are off track.