I was asking if wendy wiild was still on ktu and just giving the full station information so people know what I am talking about.What’s your point?
I was asking if wendy wiild was still on ktu and just giving the full station information so people know what I am talking about.What’s your point?
EMF isn't "about" "helping people." EMF is a religious mission of spreading a message. While EMF surely believes the message itself is helpful to people, it's still a business with a model that has no need for the vast number of employees once employed by Cumulus. They're not beholden to keep people on the payroll, especially when they never actually employed them to begin with! It is childish to think or demand otherwise.
As for not paying taxes, they legally exist as a non-profit operation which is eligible to not pay taxes. Countless entities such as this exist in the U.S. You seem to have to problem with EMF's religious mission.
I also have expressed my concern that more and more frequencies devoted to non-music stations on FM tends to actually hurt everyone on the local radio dial.
I also have expressed my concern that more and more frequencies devoted to non-music stations on FM tends to actually hurt everyone on the local radio dial. If you take four or five stations out of play, then the local listener literally has a small number of options and then they seek their choices elsewhere. While one may consider the Cumulus sell off to be a smart solution to short term debt reduction, which is totally true, the long term demise of the radio industry is going to cost them far more in the long term. Eventually, there well may so few listenable options that people have no choice but to find other options.
The purchase of the Disney properties, which is one of THE most profitable corporations in America, is solely based on the smart business model of divestment of radio by an entity that no longer believes the medium is an asset to help to drive business to the company. I agree with you on not having an issue with EMF on their religious nature, but have questioned their non-commercial status and ability to just capture the limited number of local licenses. I have always contended that the radio dial past 91.9 should be for commercial businesses that pay taxes and compete. I also have expressed my concern that more and more frequencies devoted to non-music stations on FM tends to actually hurt everyone on the local radio dial. If you take four or five stations out of play, then the local listener literally has a small number of options and then they seek their choices elsewhere. While one may consider the Cumulus sell off to be a smart solution to short term debt reduction, which is totally true, the long term demise of the radio industry is going to cost them far more in the long term. Eventually, there well may so few listenable options that people have no choice but to find other options.
But in the most recent case of the EMF purchases in NY, DC, Atlanta, LA, San Jose, Chicago and the like, the only change was to listener support. Those markets now have a good signal offering a format that was either not served or underserved in most cases.
Considering how well commercial CC stations do in Dallas and Atlanta and other markets, one could say that the EMF stations actually keep people using radio because they are bringing a well done format to a good signal.
I dont care if this is unpopular opinion on here but most people do not even care about the Christian music format so when you say its an underserved format that is just plain not true.
Yes see you understand that what k love is doing is taking advantage of their tax exempt status I don’t care if they say there doing it in gods name they are still taking advantage to make extreme amounts of money which equates to greed which is one of the worst of the deadly sins in my opinion. And they are putting people out of work because what other company has over a hundred million dollars to buy up radio stations?
They are providing a service that many want to have on the NYC radio dial.
Really? Christian rock? This isn't Texas.
Really? Christian rock? This isn't Texas.
That's the Middlesex/Somerset/Union market. (Maybe you confused it with Monmouth/Ocean.)Oh, and take a look at how the Pillar of Fire station does down in its Middlesex/Ocean market... as high as a 4 share in one recent book.
A Secular stations can only wish for the level of engagement from listeners of K-Love and WAWZ-sending in donations on a regular basis, and sporting their bumper stickers on their cars
K-Love is Christian AC. Air-1 is Christian pop/rock.
As an example, the LA station has now been on the air a number of months, and even though it is prohibited from advertising the K-love brand in the market, it has a cume of about a half million in the Southland. Not a bad start in a place one would think it would not do so well.
Oh, and take a look at how the Pillar of Fire station does down in its Middlesex/Ocean market... as high as a 4 share in one recent book.
Ridiculous stereotype much?Really? Christian rock? This isn't Texas.
Air1 recently switched to "worship music"
I forgot that they switched in January to a "worship" format.
Not knowing any of the artists on either the old Air-1 or on K-love or the new Air-1 format, I wonder what the difference in Air-1 is from what they used to play. And was the change based on the appeal of the music or the new target group being more likely to donate and become members?