[BC] Making format choices

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Of course, as I travel around, I find places where the entire  
reserved band is religion!  Just try driving across West Virginia!   
West Virginia Public Radio DOES carry NPR's News and Information  
programs, but otherwise.

DC is interesting too.  Right off the top of my head:

Columbia Union College, WGTS, Christian Contemporary Music.  I miss  
their classical music format.

Radio One, WPRS (WXTR forever and a day), Gospel.

Salem Communications, WAVA-FM, a mix of conservative Christian talk  
and music.

Salem Communications, WAVA-AM, more religion.  It was religion before  
Salem paired it back up, and was owned by a very nice Jewish  
gentleman, and had a VERY dedicated, and genuinely nice, but very  
small staff.  I worked on their transmitter to put them back on the  
air a few times, including one very full night and never charged  
them.  Great people.

Don't know owner, don't know call sign, but 1030, a relatively new 50  
kW day timer.

Don't know the owner, but the GM and engineer are great peop.le,  
WFAX, 1220.

Radio One, WYCB, 1340 (I think), Gospel.

Radio One, WHFS (the old WPGC-AM), was Gospel, but my wife told me  
they "parked" the WHFS call letters there and had some talk  
programming.  I suppose I could look these up.

Go further out into the suburbs, and there are even more.  At my  
house, I can get some West Virginia stations.

--chip

On Feb 2, 2009, at 12:14 AM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 3
> From: Dave Gardiner <DG19075 at aol.com>
>
> I'm praying that Willie realizes his dream. I'm betting he would be  
> live
> and local with WPHA. Here in Philly, there is no full power Christian
> music station.  The closest thing we had was WVCH's for mer sister,
> WSJI, which ran SkyLight.     Also, there was WBYN 107.5 Boyertown,
> which is now classic hits Frank FM. The WBYN calls and format went  
> to a
> tiny AM on 1160 in Lehighton, PA.
> -- 
> Dave Gardiner