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Was 96.7 WKLV-FM off the air, today?
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Nick said:
Well, for one thing, it's CHRISTIAN RADIO!
Something we have precious little of around these parts. :'(It's also UNIQUE! Until now, we have had ZERO radio stations playing this music. Yes, I did type ZERO, and that's out of approximately ONE HUNDRED, LISTENABLE signals!
This is why I got a little irritated at the person who wanted to see this station go back to what it was!
ARE YA KIDDING ME?!?! There are AT LEAST TWENTY stations (no, I'm not exaggerating!) playing "TOP 40" in this area! (And another 20 or so playing "Rock".) PICK ONE! Let us have our ONE AND ONLY Christian MUSIC station! Plus, I worked in Christian radio for 20 years, and would give almost anything to be back in it, again!! :'(
We also have ZERO dance stations. The format variety is truly lacking in NYC. I'm glad we have a Christian music station, just wish it was locally programmed or a simulcast of Star 99.1 rather than yet another one of the hundreds of K-Love stations. Radio should be local.
I felt the same way about Pulse 87 as you do about K-Love. Enjoy it, for it's rare to have a station you can truly love on the radio.
I felt the same way about Pulse 87 as you do about K-Love. Enjoy it, for it's rare to have a station you can truly love on the radio.
Nick said:
What, exactly, is that TV-disguised-as-a-radio station doing, now?
I still can't believe that the FCC is allowing them to get away with that for this long! ???Someone (make that a LOT of someones) sure must LOVE rock and Top 40, because there are SO MANY stations already OVER-SERVING those genre's! :
How many of those are really local? Probably far fewer than you'd think. :-\Do I wish K-Love was local? OH, YES, I DO!
However, I am still VERY thankful to FINALLY have it in this area, where, even tho I can ONLY hear it in my car when I drive some distance from home, at least I DO HAVE IT! When was the last time you scanned the dial, looking for your "dance" format? Just for fun, count the Top 40's and the rock stations you encounter. Also, count the total number of stations you can get that have a LISTENABLE signal. (That means only a LITTLE static.) In the city of Bridgeport, while parked on a hill, I counted 51 FM's with listenable signals. Of those, 20 were Top 40, and 14 were rock. That leaves 17. I think I heard at least 3 NPR's, 3 college, two Classical. Three Oldie/classic rock. That leaves 6 others. One was Country. 2 were Spanish. 2 were Harold Camping's heresy network. 1 was Portugese. Until K-Love arrived, that was the dial landscape. Now, there are 19 Top 40, because one of them became K-Love!
There used to be a Smooth Jazz, but that became YET ANOTHER Top 40 or rock. Ugh!!
WPHA said:It's also UNIQUE! Until now, we have had ZERO radio stations playing this music. Yes, I did type ZERO, and that's out of approximately ONE HUNDRED, LISTENABLE signals!
What about WIHS 104.9? You should be able to pull that in from the New Haven - Bridgeport area. Don't they still play CCM? I have no interest in the format so I have never actually listened.
ansky212 said:
WIHS has a lot of preaching programs on. And sometimes they have some interesting stories on. http://www.wihsradio.org/ - Hmm. I wonder if they were on the air last night. They said on the 11PM News that lightning knocked out power on Route 17 in Middletown and that's where they are located.
WIHS in CT
Because of (what I consider a JAMMER) translator on 104.9, WIHS is not at all receivable in Bridgeport, most of Fairfield and Stratford, and parts of Milford. Before that JAMMER was allowed to operate, WIHS had a perfectly usable signal all the way into Fairfield.
I have very mixed feelings about WIHS. I thank God that they are there, but they sure could do with some UPDATING!! :-\
On a scale of 1-10 for Christian radio, I'd give WIHS a 5. (Harold Camping gets a zero.) I'd give K-Love 7.5. (K-Love loses 2.5 points for their extremely tight playlist. Seriously.)
One of WIHS' most absolutely MADDENINGLY ANNOYING aspects, is their incessant interruption of any music segments with short, drop-in programming. (1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 minute vignettes.) You seldom get to hear more than two songs in a row because of that. I call it a "Fractured Format". It is beyond annoying, it's absolutely MADDENING! (To me, and a few others I know.)
With the exception of two, 1-hour "request hours", they forbid (yes, FORBID!) their announcers from saying the names of the artists and titles of the music! ???
According to two, independent surveys, conducted by two different newspapers, about 15 years apart, they asked their readers a simple question: "What is your NUMBER ONE pet peeve about listening to the radio?"
In BOTH surveys, 80% of respondents said, "When they don't tell you the names of the artists and songs." So, on a daily basis, they consistantly annoy 80% of their listeners. *ON PURPOSE*!!
Don't get me wrong, there are some really GOOD PEOPLE working there, and I am still in contact with some that have left. I have visited their facility a number of times in years past, and it was very nice. They do have an audience that supports them. (They are non-comm, and almost seem to "rub that in listeners faces" every chance they get, almost like a "dig" at commercial stations.) :-\
I have listened to them many times throughout the years, and found their music selections are a little outdated, and many are lower-quality re-makes of well-known Christian songs. (One of my pet peeves are poor-quality remakes of songs!) :-\
Oh yeah, they are also mono, and REFUSE to go stereo. Yes, REFUSE!
So, for those many reasons, I find myself seldom listening. It is sad, really, because they ARE CAPABLE of doing SO MUCH MORE to serve their listeners than they do! :-\ Yes, they are LOCAL, and even staffed LIVE, 24/7!
I believe the only reason they can "get away with" such bad programming decisions as these is because they have, truly, been a total MONOPOLY for Christian radio (on FM) in central CT since they signed-on in 1969. Even more sadly, their programming philosophy seems to remain stuck in that year. :'( "This is how we have always done things, and this is how we will ALWAYS do things!" most definitely appears to be their motto. (This is more than just my opinion, several former employees have shared this with me.)
It breaks my heart, because as I said, this station could do SO MUCH MORE to serve their audience! :'( For one thing, DROP the plethora of DROP-INS! For another, DROP that insane prohibition against announcing the artists and titles!!
Yeah, I have some STRONG opinions, can't you tell? ;D
20 years in the biz, talking with all kinds of people, attending a few trade shows, reading all kinds of articles, and trying a few experiments (within limits) on the air, have taught me quite a bit. I am most thankful for it! I have also worked with quite a wide variety of folks, including several different managers during that time. (I didn't aspire to hold a management position at WFIF, so I never did.)
An interesting anecdote: While working at WFIF, I hosted a morning music segment, during the summer, when the station could sign on at 6am. It ran 6-7, so it was only on the air for part of the year. Thus, it became my tradition to make the last week of August an all-request week. (It started in the mid/late 90's as being just the last day, but was so popular, I expanded it into a week. Listeners absolutely LOVED it!) Sometime in the early 2000's, I believe, WIHS suddenly started doing an "All request day" on August 31'st. Coincidence? You decide.
LOL! While I was posting this, Mike posted his much more succinct opinion! LOL!!!
Because of (what I consider a JAMMER)
translator on 104.9, WIHS is not at all receivable in Bridgeport, most of Fairfield and Stratford, and parts of Milford. Before that JAMMER was allowed to operate, WIHS had a perfectly usable signal all the way into Fairfield. I have very mixed feelings about WIHS. I thank God that they are there, but they sure could do with some UPDATING!! :-\
On a scale of 1-10 for Christian radio, I'd give WIHS a 5. (Harold Camping gets a zero.) I'd give K-Love 7.5. (K-Love loses 2.5 points for their extremely tight playlist. Seriously.)
One of WIHS' most absolutely MADDENINGLY ANNOYING
aspects, is their incessant interruption of any music segments with short, drop-in programming. (1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 minute vignettes.) You seldom get to hear more than two songs in a row because of that. I call it a "Fractured Format". It is beyond annoying, it's absolutely MADDENING! (To me, and a few others I know.) With the exception of two, 1-hour "request hours", they forbid (yes, FORBID!)
their announcers from saying the names of the artists and titles of the music! ???According to two, independent surveys, conducted by two different newspapers, about 15 years apart, they asked their readers a simple question: "What is your NUMBER ONE pet peeve about listening to the radio?"
In BOTH surveys, 80% of respondents said, "When they don't tell you the names of the artists and songs." So, on a daily basis, they consistantly annoy 80% of their listeners. *ON PURPOSE*!!
Don't get me wrong, there are some really GOOD PEOPLE working there, and I am still in contact with some that have left. I have visited their facility a number of times in years past, and it was very nice.
They do have an audience that supports them. (They are non-comm, and almost seem to "rub that in listeners faces" every chance they get, almost like a "dig" at commercial stations.) :-\I have listened to them many times throughout the years, and found their music selections are a little outdated, and many are lower-quality re-makes of well-known Christian songs. (One of my pet peeves are poor-quality remakes of songs!) :-\
Oh yeah, they are also mono, and REFUSE to go stereo.
Yes, REFUSE!So, for those many reasons, I find myself seldom listening. It is sad, really, because they ARE CAPABLE of doing SO MUCH MORE to serve their listeners than they do! :-\ Yes, they are LOCAL, and even staffed LIVE, 24/7!
I believe the only reason they can "get away with" such bad programming decisions as these is because they have, truly, been a total MONOPOLY for Christian radio (on FM) in central CT since they signed-on in 1969. Even more sadly, their programming philosophy seems to remain stuck in that year. :'( "This is how we have always done things, and this is how we will ALWAYS do things!"
most definitely appears to be their motto. (This is more than just my opinion, several former employees have shared this with me.) It breaks my heart, because as I said, this station could do SO MUCH MORE to serve their audience! :'( For one thing, DROP the plethora of DROP-INS!
For another, DROP that insane prohibition against announcing the artists and titles!! Yeah, I have some STRONG opinions, can't you tell? ;D
20 years in the biz, talking with all kinds of people, attending a few trade shows, reading all kinds of articles, and trying a few experiments (within limits) on the air, have taught me quite a bit. I am most thankful for it!
I have also worked with quite a wide variety of folks, including several different managers during that time. (I didn't aspire to hold a management position at WFIF, so I never did.)An interesting anecdote: While working at WFIF, I hosted a morning music segment, during the summer, when the station could sign on at 6am. It ran 6-7, so it was only on the air for part of the year. Thus, it became my tradition to make the last week of August an all-request week. (It started in the mid/late 90's as being just the last day, but was so popular, I expanded it into a week. Listeners absolutely LOVED it!) Sometime in the early 2000's, I believe, WIHS suddenly started doing an "All request day" on August 31'st. Coincidence? You decide.
LOL! While I was posting this, Mike posted his much more succinct opinion! LOL!!!
Look at the Dance forum here on this site and you'll see that you can count the total number of dance stations in the country on your fingers. Yet, K-Love is one of the more obnoxious translator abusers.WPHA said:Nick said:
What, exactly, is that TV-disguised-as-a-radio station doing, now?
Someone (make that a LOT of someones) sure must LOVE rock and Top 40, because there are SO MANY stations already OVER-SERVING those genre's! :
Do I wish K-Love was local? OH, YES, I DO!
When was the last time you scanned the dial, looking for your "dance" format? Just for fun, count the Top 40's and the rock stations you encounter. Also, count the total number of stations you can get that have a LISTENABLE signal. (That means only a LITTLE static.) In the city of Bridgeport, while parked on a hill, I counted 51 FM's with listenable signals. Of those, 20 were Top 40, and 14 were rock. That leaves 17. I think I heard at least 3 NPR's, 3 college, two Classical. Three Oldie/classic rock. That leaves 6 others. One was Country. 2 were Spanish. 2 were Harold Camping's heresy network. 1 was Portugese. Until K-Love arrived, that was the dial landscape. Now, there are 19 Top 40, because one of them became K-Love!
There used to be a Smooth Jazz, but that became YET ANOTHER Top 40 or rock. Ugh!!
Rare formats
I'm not sure what the difference is between "Rhythmic" and "Dance", but there seem to be a fair number of stations under the "Rhythmic" label. Since it's not at all my cup of tea, I can't speak to the matter very well.
Christian radio is my forte'.
I wouldn't call K-Love an abuser of x-lators, unless they are doing what a station here in CT is doing, which is littering the dial with multiple copies of itself in areas that already have full-power signals. (I can hear that CT station on 4 frequencies on an average radio, and I have one of their redundant x-lators a half mile away!)
What they have done, is placed a number of x-lators well within the signal areas of their *TWO* full-power stations. WHY?? Then, when a new "filing-window" opens, they apply for MORE! They've done this more than once, and appear to just keep doing it any chance they get. THAT is abuse.
If K-Love puts a translator into an area that doesn't have any (usable) signal from one of their full-power stations, that is not abuse. I would LOVE to see K-Love get one of that other station's redundant x-lators here in this area! At least that way, it would be serving a useful purpose, because K-Love's NY signal is un-receivable, here. :'(
Nick said:
I'm not sure what the difference is between "Rhythmic" and "Dance", but there seem to be a fair number of stations under the "Rhythmic" label. Since it's not at all my cup of tea, I can't speak to the matter very well.
Christian radio is my forte'.
I wouldn't call K-Love an abuser of x-lators, unless they are doing what a station here in CT is doing, which is littering the dial with multiple copies of itself in areas that already have full-power signals.
(I can hear that CT station on 4 frequencies on an average radio, and I have one of their redundant x-lators a half mile away!) What they have done, is placed a number of x-lators well within the signal areas of their *TWO* full-power stations. WHY?? Then, when a new "filing-window" opens, they apply for MORE!
They've done this more than once, and appear to just keep doing it any chance they get. THAT is abuse.If K-Love puts a translator into an area that doesn't have any (usable) signal from one of their full-power stations, that is not abuse. I would LOVE to see K-Love get one of that other station's redundant x-lators here in this area!
At least that way, it would be serving a useful purpose, because K-Love's NY signal is un-receivable, here. :'(Re: Rare formats
Rhythmic CHR is not dance.
Is the translator abusing station in Connecticut that you're referring to Fine Arts Radio? They have 2 translators on the same tower at 91.9 and 105.3 in Fairfield, and their main signal comes in fine there. The 105.3 translator is completely useless and it knocks out Party 105.3 (one of the nation's 3 commercial dance stations) which had a good signal in Connecticut before that wasteful translator came on. I want to call them during their next pledge drive and promise to donate money if they turn off that 105.3 translator!
Translators are intended to service areas that are within the protected contour of a full power station, but don't get reception of the full power station due to terrain obstacles, co-channel or adjacent channel interference, or even frequent tropo openings. A commercial station can't get translators outside its coverage area, but non-commercial stations can own translators anywhere. K-Love abuses translators by translating stations hundreds of miles away. Other examples of translator abuse are translators translating HD2 stations.
WPHA said:Nick said:
I'm not sure what the difference is between "Rhythmic" and "Dance", but there seem to be a fair number of stations under the "Rhythmic" label. Since it's not at all my cup of tea, I can't speak to the matter very well.
Christian radio is my forte'.
I wouldn't call K-Love an abuser of x-lators, unless they are doing what a station here in CT is doing, which is littering the dial with multiple copies of itself in areas that already have full-power signals.
What they have done, is placed a number of x-lators well within the signal areas of their *TWO* full-power stations. WHY?? Then, when a new "filing-window" opens, they apply for MORE!
If K-Love puts a translator into an area that doesn't have any (usable) signal from one of their full-power stations, that is not abuse. I would LOVE to see K-Love get one of that other station's redundant x-lators here in this area!
Rhythmic CHR is not dance.
Is the translator abusing station in Connecticut that you're referring to Fine Arts Radio? They have 2 translators on the same tower at 91.9 and 105.3 in Fairfield, and their main signal comes in fine there. The 105.3 translator is completely useless and it knocks out Party 105.3 (one of the nation's 3 commercial dance stations) which had a good signal in Connecticut before that wasteful translator came on. I want to call them during their next pledge drive and promise to donate money if they turn off that 105.3 translator!
Translators are intended to service areas that are within the protected contour of a full power station, but don't get reception of the full power station due to terrain obstacles, co-channel or adjacent channel interference, or even frequent tropo openings. A commercial station can't get translators outside its coverage area, but non-commercial stations can own translators anywhere. K-Love abuses translators by translating stations hundreds of miles away. Other examples of translator abuse are translators translating HD2 stations.
Not exactly... religious stations in the NYC area:WPHA said:Well, for one thing, it's CHRISTIAN RADIO!
It's also UNIQUE! Until now, we have had ZERO radio stations playing this music. Yes, I did type ZERO, and that's out of approximately ONE HUNDRED, LISTENABLE signals!
94.7 WFME
99.1 WAWZ
103.1 W276AQ (WRDR)
570 WMCA
1070 WKMB
1190 WLIB
1330 WWRV
1520 WTHE
satech said:
Of these, *ONLY* 94.7 and 570 are clearly audible in Fairfield County, CT. WLIB only somewhat, but I don't think they are Christian.
I do *NOT* consider WFME to even REMOTELY QUALIFY as Christian Radio. Harold Camping TOTALLY VIOLATED the Bible's teachings, and is continuing to do so. Scratch him from the list.
That leaves 570, WMCA, which doesn't play a note of music.
WKLV-FM reaches Fairfield County, and is our ONE AND ONLY station playing Contemporary Christian music full time.
WAWZ is OBLITERATED by CT station WPLR, 99.1
mz41966 said:
No, Mike, 'fraid not. I heard it about the same as always, as I drove to/from Bridgeport, today. As soon as I pass the lakes on Route 34 at the West Haven/Orange town line, K-Love is GONE! :'( Unless they put a translator somewhere in this area, I'm not going to get them in my neighborhood.
If you say that the distinction between "Rhythmic" and "Dance" formats isn't important, then I can say that the disctinction between "Christian stations whose teachings Willie agrees with" and "Christian stations whose teachings Willie doesn't agree with" isn't important, either.WPHA said:
All of these stations are not what I would call true religious or true Christian stations. Too many owners are in it for the money. There are too many infomercials...too many snake oil pitchmen. They have no purpose other than to make money. It's pay for play.Some are owned by "churches" and are nothing more than a tax write off or a way for the "Reverend" to pay for his BMW. WFME, whether you agree with their teaching or not, is a serious ministry. K-Love strikes me as a serious ministry. Genuinely, they hope to draw people to Christ. I applaud both of them. The question is simple..are you in for the money and only the money or do you genuinely seek to better people's lives and spirit??
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