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Non-Christian Religious Stations
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You'll find some of that on Internet radio. Some of those may be over the air stations and some internet only. As I'm only interested in Christian religious stations I've not check them out, but have noticed them there in the religious section mixed in with the Christian stations.
It wouldn't surprise me for some dollar a holler stations that claim to be Christian but will allow anyone on that pays for the airtime to have programs from other religions.
In the 80's KFTH 107.1, a black gospel station in Memphis with the dollar a holler tendency, had a program from a local Muslim group. I called and asked once why they were allowed on since they were supposed to be a Christian station and was told that they were a "spiritual" station and would allow other religions on. They didn't last long in Memphis before it eventually changed to an R&B format. Their call letters are now KXHT and are hip hop.
In the 80's KFTH 107.1, a black gospel station in Memphis with the dollar a holler tendency, had a program from a local Muslim group. I called and asked once why they were allowed on since they were supposed to be a Christian station and was told that they were a "spiritual" station and would allow other religions on. They didn't last long in Memphis before it eventually changed to an R&B format. Their call letters are now KXHT and are hip hop.
I was going to add some more comments but ran out of time to edit my post, so continuing on with my thoughts:
Two of the worst dollar a holler stations in Memphis are WMQM AM 1600 and WLRM AM 1380, which are owned by the same group that owns WWCR shortwave. I've wondered if someone were to inquire about buying time for a program for some other religion (even something as opposite as Satanism), if they would not allow them on because of not being Christian, or if they would go for the almighty dollar and allow them on regardless of how much it would offend listeners. My bet is that they'd go for the bucks, because I've heard it said that the station management's real god (little g) is green. :
Two of the worst dollar a holler stations in Memphis are WMQM AM 1600 and WLRM AM 1380, which are owned by the same group that owns WWCR shortwave. I've wondered if someone were to inquire about buying time for a program for some other religion (even something as opposite as Satanism), if they would not allow them on because of not being Christian, or if they would go for the almighty dollar and allow them on regardless of how much it would offend listeners. My bet is that they'd go for the bucks, because I've heard it said that the station management's real god (little g) is green. :
A former operations manager there once told me that they would sell airtime to B'nai B'rith (and he just used them as an example) if they approached the station wanting to buy airtime.anotherguy said:I was going to add some more comments but ran out of time to edit my post, so continuing on with my thoughts:
Two of the worst dollar a holler stations in Memphis are WMQM AM 1600 and WLRM AM 1380, which are owned by the same group that owns WWCR shortwave. I've wondered if someone were to inquire about buying time for a program for some other religion (even something as opposite as Satanism), if they would not allow them on because of not being Christian, or if they would go for the almighty dollar and allow them on regardless of how much it would offend listeners. My bet is that they'd go for the bucks, because I've heard it said that the station management's real god (little g) is green. :
Despite "WWCR" standing for "Worldwide Christian Radio," they also carry a number of secular programs, including one they produce in-house, called "Worldwide Country Radio."
There was a joke once on this board that WMQM stood for We're Making Quick Money. : To me their entire company claiming to be operating Christian stations is a sham. WWCR is even more proof of it with having 24/7 stations with Gene Scott and Peter J. Peters, who basically is a racist trying to hide behind claiming to be a preacher, which shows they will let on anything for a buck. Ironically a big part of the programming on WMQM is made up of black preachers. Along with that, WMQM carries Tony Alamo, who was accused of child sexual abuse last year, overnight, even after the charges coming out. They need to quit the charade of claiming to be a Christian station. :
To me their entire company claiming to be operating Christian stations is a sham. WWCR is even more proof of it with having 24/7 stations with Gene Scott and Peter J. Peters, who basically is a racist trying to hide behind claiming to be a preacher, which shows they will let on anything for a buck. Ironically a big part of the programming on WMQM is made up of black preachers. Along with that, WMQM carries Tony Alamo, who was accused of child sexual abuse last year, overnight, even after the charges coming out. They need to quit the charade of claiming to be a Christian station. :Sitting in the chair where those decisions about who goes on the air and who doesn't is quite a "hot seat" to be in. And sitting in that seat may get even warmer in the years to come.
If you are a person with good intentions and wanting to do the respectable thing, to what reference manual, to what resource do you turn for guidance in decided who can have time on your station and who will be "black listed"?
With all this buzz circulating that maybe the votes can be rounded up to re-install the old Fairness Doctrine... or maybe create a new one from "whole cloth" to meet today's changed conditions, nobody worries more about this possibility than the owners of "Christian" stations. I don't know that the operators of "religious" stations are worried. But those who are focused on broadcasting the Christian religion tend to have strong opinions on which programs have an acceptable message and which programs have heresy for content.
I occupied that chair one time many years ago. In this day and age of broadened use of the English language let me put it bluntly and crudely: "That job can be a real bitch!" Listener after listener calling up wanting to spend 45 minutes explaining to you that you are certainly going to hell if you don't cancel that program. You learn to weed them out very carefully. I don't know that I would want the "weed out" job in today's regulatory and legal climate.
If you are a person with good intentions and wanting to do the respectable thing, to what reference manual, to what resource do you turn for guidance in decided who can have time on your station and who will be "black listed"?
With all this buzz circulating that maybe the votes can be rounded up to re-install the old Fairness Doctrine... or maybe create a new one from "whole cloth" to meet today's changed conditions, nobody worries more about this possibility than the owners of "Christian" stations. I don't know that the operators of "religious" stations are worried. But those who are focused on broadcasting the Christian religion tend to have strong opinions on which programs have an acceptable message and which programs have heresy for content.
I occupied that chair one time many years ago. In this day and age of broadened use of the English language let me put it bluntly and crudely: "That job can be a real bitch!" Listener after listener calling up wanting to spend 45 minutes explaining to you that you are certainly going to hell if you don't cancel that program. You learn to weed them out very carefully. I don't know that I would want the "weed out" job in today's regulatory and legal climate.
The thing is WWCR's owners do no weeding out at all and it shows. Perhaps it would be better to consider them a "religious" station rather than Christian, but they still claim to be one, which is a joke. I can't say that there aren't other stations that are just as bad, but they're definitely the worst I've heard.
Goat Rodeo Cowboy makes a good point. I'm a Lutheran Christian, and I'd be blessed to hear a Lutheran pastor preaching and doing a Lutheran Mass on the radio. My guess is, my Baptist brothers in Christ would be the one's calling the station telling the PD for 45 minutes that he's going to hell, because he's airing a mass, even a Lutheran one, first as Lutheran doctrine is different from Roman Catholicism (remember the 95 thesis Martin Luther posted on the church doors at Wittberg) and as some Lutheran doctrine is different from that of a Southern Baptist. The Penticostal brothers in Christ would be calling the station to complain about both the Lutheran and the Baptist broadcasts as neither has quite the same doctrinal beliefs as their church. It's unfortunate that we can't simply focus on the Jesus we all have in common. We all have different approaches to our worship of the Messiah, but the bedrock beliefs of salvation through the blood of Christ, virgin birth, etc, etc, are the same, which we rarely seem to celebrate. God, in his generosity, didn't create us with a cookie cutter making us all vanilla, but gave us many varied expressions that we have the opportunity to use to express our love, faith, and worship of his risen Son, Jesus, which we'll again be celebrating in two weeks as the season of Lent will then come to an end with Easter or Resurrection Sunday. Yes, my brother and sisters in Christ, who worship in non Liturgical type churches won't agree with my use of the word Lent, but again that is a time in the Luturgical church calendar where we followers of Christ take a look inward at our walk with Jesus and use that time to re-focus our lives on the soon to be risen savior.
To re-focus on Goat Rodeo's point, the PD at a Christian station has a difficult job, especially if he runs a commerical Christian station that accepts ads, but even the non-comms too, as the there will always be listeners who want to hear only the preachers that they agree with. That's why I don't listen to anything Harold Camping says, I don't agree with much of his doctrine, but love the music his network of stations air. But I don't call the Family Network arguing with the network PD or even the PD at WKDN asking them to pre-empt Campings rantings, I simply tune out when he's on, but as Goat Rodeo pointed out, many a PD at a Christian station has had his/her ear bent by irrate listeners who didn't like the music as being too comtemporary or that the preachers airing are preaching false doctrine. As Christian listeners, we do get to vote with our wallets, so support the radio preachers that you believe God has led you to support and ignore the others by simply tuning out. Even though I don't agree with much of what Harold Camping says, I believe the Lord can use his radio network to bring possibly millions to Christ (which is one of the few commands Jesus gives us to do), and as it's God's job to judge the quality of each of our efforts to bring people to him, not mine, I'll leave it in God's hands and simply enjoy the music and tune out Camping's preaching on Family Radio.
To re-focus on Goat Rodeo's point, the PD at a Christian station has a difficult job, especially if he runs a commerical Christian station that accepts ads, but even the non-comms too, as the there will always be listeners who want to hear only the preachers that they agree with. That's why I don't listen to anything Harold Camping says, I don't agree with much of his doctrine, but love the music his network of stations air. But I don't call the Family Network arguing with the network PD or even the PD at WKDN asking them to pre-empt Campings rantings, I simply tune out when he's on, but as Goat Rodeo pointed out, many a PD at a Christian station has had his/her ear bent by irrate listeners who didn't like the music as being too comtemporary or that the preachers airing are preaching false doctrine. As Christian listeners, we do get to vote with our wallets, so support the radio preachers that you believe God has led you to support and ignore the others by simply tuning out. Even though I don't agree with much of what Harold Camping says, I believe the Lord can use his radio network to bring possibly millions to Christ (which is one of the few commands Jesus gives us to do), and as it's God's job to judge the quality of each of our efforts to bring people to him, not mine, I'll leave it in God's hands and simply enjoy the music and tune out Camping's preaching on Family Radio.
Well said, Mike from Delaware.
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