Family Radio 1122887 224066491 2008-07-07T04:06:57Z 76.247.115.33 /* Full-powered stations */ [[Image:Family Radio.gif|right]] '''Family Radio (Family Stations Inc.)''' is a [[public radio|non-commercial]], 24-hour, listener-supported, [[Christian radio]] religious broadcasting network in the [[United States]], founded in 1959 by [[Harold Camping]], also known as "Brother Camping" and is based in [[Oakland, California]]. The network consists mainly of [[FM broadcasting|FM radio]] stations with non-commercial licenses (and a few commercial licenses used as non-commercial) and relays, with some [[AM broadcasting|AM]] stations and a [[television]] station, plus [[WYFR]] [[shortwave]] in [[Okeechobee, Florida]]. The network produces programming in more than 30 languages.<ref>Family Radio Worldwide. Family Radio. 21 January 2008 <http://www.familyradio.com/index.htm></ref> <ref name="Family Stations fact sheet">{{citation|title=Family Stations, Inc.|url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/product-compint-0001274570-page.html|publisher=Goliath Business Knowledge on Demand}}</ref> ==Programming== Family Radio's music programming consists mainly of early American hymnals and avoids other [[genres]] generally, [[Contemporary Christian Music]] and [[southern gospel]] specifically. One of Family Radio's most enduring broadcasts is a call-in broadcast called "Open Forum" in which Mr. Camping responds to callers' questions and comments as they relate to the Bible. "Family Bible Reading Fellowship", "Family Bible Study", "Sunday Preaching", "[[Beyond Intelligent Design]]", "Christian Home", and "Family Radio World Wide" are examples of other programming offered<ref name="Family Radio broadcast programs">{{citation|title=Family Radio broadcast programs|url=http://209.10.202.163/english/connect/broadcast/zone_sched/|publisher= Family Stations, Inc.}}</ref>. ==Support== Family Radio relies solely on listener-supported funding and donations, and is unaffiliated with any [[religious denomination]]<ref name="Family Radio General info.">{{citation|title=Family Radio General Information|url=http://www.familyradio.com/english/admin/|publisher= Family Stations, Inc.}}</ref>. Outside programming broadcasted over the Family Radio network is always aired free of charge and Family Radio does not sell programming time to ministries. Unlike other non-commercial stations, Family Radio stations do not get a percentage of donations coming from ministries in Family Radio listening areas. Few outside ministry programs are aired over Family Radio presently. ==Politics== Family Radio has neither discussed [[politics]] directly, campaigned for political candidates nor recommended to their listeners candidates, or issues, for whom they should vote. Family Radio attempts to distance itself from political social issues -- one reason the "[[Focus on the Family]]" progam was removed in the early 1980s. Nevertheless, Family Radio has presented programs that may have political and social ramifications, such as advocating [[creationism]] <ref name="Family Radio Program Schedule">{{citation|title=Family Radio Monday/Friday Program Schedule|url=http://www.familyradio.com/english/connect/broadcast/zone_sched/cst.html |publisher=Family Stations, Inc.}}</ref>. ==History== Family Radio (aka Family Stations Inc.) began obtaining [[FM broadcasting]] licenses on commercial frequencies earlier in FM radio's history, and by 2006, was ranked 19th among top broadcast companies in number of radio stations owned <ref name="News Media"> {{citation|title=State of the News Media 2006.|url=http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2006/printable_radio_ownership.asp?|publisher=Journalism.org}}</ref>. Presently, Family Radio's affiliates in [[New York City]], [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], Baltimore, [[Washington, DC|Washington]], and [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] are on prime commercial frequencies and the licenses of these stations alone may be worth hundreds of millions of dollars if sold today. In 1958, a Family Radio founder,[[Harold Camping]], joined with other individuals of [[Christian Reformed Church|Christian Reformed]], [[Bible Baptist]], and Conservative Christian [[Presbyterian]] to purchase an [[FM broadcasting|FM]] radio station in [[San Francisco, California]], [[KEAR]], then at 97.3 [[megahertz|MHz]], to broadcast traditional [[Christian]] [[Gospel]] to the conservative [[Protestant]] community and [[religious ministry|minister]] to the general public. With the primary purpose of broadcasting [[doctrines]] of Christianity reflective of the teachings of the Holy Bible, Family Radio remained independent, never merging with any particular church organization or church denominations <ref name="Family Radio's Biography">{{citation|title=Who or What is Family Radio?|url=http://www.familyradio.com/english/connect/bio/haroldcamping_bio.html|publisher=Family Stations, Inc.}}</ref> Through the 1960s, as a [[Religious ministry|ministry]], both [[non-profit organization]] and [[non-commercial]], Family Radio acquired 6 additional FM stations and 7 other [[AM broadcasting|AM]] stations under guidelines established by the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) <ref name="Multiple Ownership;Radio Broadcast Stations">{{citation|title=Multiple Ownership;Radio Broadcast Stations|url=http://www.sba.gov/advo/laws/comments/dfcc02_0313.txt|publisher=Small Business Administration|accessdate=2008-05-22}}</ref>. The flagship station for the network of both full-power and low-power translator stations is [[KEAR (AM)|KEAR]] in San Francisco (now at 610 [[kilohertz|kHz]], since 2005 at 106.9 MHz).Due to FCC rules regarding translator stations, the legal primary station for the translators was changed to [[KEAR-FM]] in Sacramento, after the former primary FM station in San Francisco was sold to [[CBS Radio]]<ref name="Infinity Broadcasting, Radio">{{citation|title=Infinity Broadcasting|url=http://www.cbsradio.com/press_center/releases/pressrelease124011-04-18-2005.html|publisher=CBS RADIO pressroom|accessdate=2008-05-22}}</ref>. With the sale of KEAR-FM to CBS Radio in 2005, broadcasts from San Francisco moved to an [[AM radio]] frequency<ref name="KEAR Family Radio Network 610 AM">{{citation|title=Family Stations, KEAR 610 AM |url=http://radiotime.com/station/s_44534/Family_Radio_Network_610.aspx |publisher=Radiotime your guide to radio|accessdate=2008-05-22}}</ref>. Family Radio continues to own other large market FM commercial band stations, including [[WFME]] 94.7 MHz [[Newark, NJ]] in the [[New York City]] [[radio market]]. Many program productions broadcast throughout the Family Radio station network were produced in the [[Oakland, California]] facilities. The production process involved pre-recording two weeks of [[broadcast programming]] on [[reel-to-reel tape]]s to be distributed to each Local Family Radio station. Free broadcast time was provided by Family Radio to national fundamentalist and [[evangelism|evangelical]] ministries -- outside ministries' programs were sent in [[compact audio cassette|cassette]] and reel-to-reel tape formats to respective Family Radio stations for local broadcast. Each local Family Radio station had local board operators providing local news, announcements, local traffic reports via phone call-in, and weather reports broadcast during morning and afternoon weekdays. Outside ministry programs included "[[Focus on the Family]]" (which was pulled in 1985), "Freedom Under Fire", "[[Unshackled]]", "[[Back to the Bible]]", "[[Focus on the Family|Family News in Focus]]", and [[Beyond intelligent design]]. Local Family Radio stations broadcast church services from local community [[fundamentalism]] churches, and a remainder of Family Radio's broadcast time was allocated to traditional [[Christian music]]. By the late 1980s, programming was delivered via satellite, local news was taken off the stations in favor of a various national news from a Christian news source, and presently, all but a few local announcements are produced at their Oakland, California facilities <ref name="Family Stations fact sheet">{{citation|title=Family Stations fact sheet|url=http://www.hoovers.com/free|publisher=Hoovers, a D&B Co.|accessdate=2008-05-22}}</ref>. Music broadcast by Family Radio in the 1960s and 1970s was typical of religious stations, commercial and non-commercial. Some commercial stations played [[Contemporary Christian Music]] (CCM) for a few hours a week, but in the 1980s, as commercial and some non-commercial Christian stations evolved to Contemporary formats, Family Radio remained with traditional music formats such as [[choir]] [[hymns]], various Gospel singing groups, vocalists of the 1950s, and softer [[urban contemporary gospel]] songs. In the 1990s, Family Radio included some lighter contemporary Christian artists but abandoned this direction by 2002. Family Radio's text publications, and their telephone call-in program, "Open Forum," have continued to be based on the text of the authorized [[King James Bible]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Family Stations text Bible|url=http://www.familyradio.com/graphical/literature/frame/|publisher=FamilyStations, Inc.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Open forum/text, authorized King James|url=http://forms.familyradio.org/dbqf/forum_100207j.html|publisher=FamilyStations, Inc.|author=Harold Camping|accessdate=2008-05-30}}</ref>. Prerecorded Bible readings broadcast over satellite, shortwave, radio frequencies and the internet are generally based on the Modern King James Bible<ref>{{cite web|title=Family Stations audio Bible|url=http://www.familyradio.com/english/connect/audio_archive/fbrf/|publisher=Family Stations, Inc. }}</ref>. ==Stations== ===Satellite=== [[Eutelsat]] Hotbird 6 - 13 degrees east, Transponder # 89, Vertical LNB polarization; Satellite frequency: 12.597 GHZ * Family Radio Europe (English): channel 8222 * Family Radio International 1: channel 8233 * Family Radio International 2: Channel 8234 [[Astra]] 2B - 28.2 degrees East, Transponder # 36, Vertical LNB polarization, Satellite frequency: 12.4024 GHz * Family Radio Europe (English) : SID 9558 ===Full-powered stations=== {{RadioTranslators | call1 = WBFR | freq1 = 89.5 FM | city1 = Birmingham, AL | call2 = KPHF | freq2 = 88.3 FM | city2 = Phoenix, AZ | call3 = KFRB | freq3 = 91.3 FM | city3 = Bakersfield, CA | call4 = KHAP | freq4 = 89.1 FM | city4 = Chico, CA | call5 = KECR | freq5 = 910 FM | city5 = El Cajon, CA | call6 = KFNO | freq6 = 90.3 FM | city6 = Fresno, CA | call7 = KEFR | freq7 = 89.9 FM | city7 = Le Grand, CA | call8 = KFRN | freq8 = 1280 FM | city8 = Long Beach, California | call9 = KEAR | freq9 = 610 AM | city9 = San Francisco, CA | call10 = KEDR | freq10 = 88.1 FM; | city10 = Sacramento, CA | call11 = KEBR | freq11 = 1210 AM; | city11 = Rocklin, CA | call12 = KEAR | freq12 = 610 AM; | city12 = San Francisco | call13 = KFRS | freq13 = 89.9 FM; | city13 = Soledad, CA | call14 = KPRA | freq14 = 89.5 FM; | city14 = Ukiah, CA | call15 = WCTF | freq15 = 1170 AM; | city15 = Vernon, CT | call16 = WMFL | freq16 = 88.5 FM; | city16 = Florida City, FL | call17 = WJFR | freq17 = 88.7 FM; | city17 = Jacksonville, FL | call18 = WYFR | freq18 = SW; | city18 = Okeechobee, FL | call19 = WWFR | freq19 = 91.7 FM; | city19 = Okeechobee, FL | call20 = WFTI | freq20 = 91.7 FM; | city20 = St. Petersburg, FL | call21 = WFRP | freq21 = 88.7 FM | city21 = Americus, GA }} * WFRC Columbus, GA 90.5 FM * WJCH Joliet, IL 91.9 FM * KDFR Des Moines, IA 91.3 FM * [[KYFR]] Shenandoah, IA 920 AM * KPOR Emporia, KS 90.7 FM * WFSI Annapolis, MD 107.9 FM * WBGR Baltimore, MD 860 AM * WBMD Baltimore, MD 750 AM * WOFR Schoolcraft, MI 89.5 FM * KFRD Butte, MT 88.3 FM * KBFR Bismarck, ND 91.7 FM * WKDN Camden, NJ / Philadelphia 106.9 FM * [[WFME]] Newark, NJ 94.7 FM * WFBF Buffalo, NY 89.9 FM * WFRH Kingston, NY 91.7 FM * WFRS Smithtown, NY 88.9 FM * WFRW Webster, NY 88.1 FM * WFSO Olivebridge, NY 88.3 FM * WCUE Cuyahoga Falls, OH 1150 AM * WOTL Toledo, OH 90.3 FM * WYTN Youngstown, OH 91.7 FM * WEFR Erie, PA 88.1 FM * WFRJ Johnstown, PA 88.9 FM * WFCH Charleston, SC 88.5 FM * KQFR Rapid City, SD 89.9 FM * KTXB Beaumont, TX 89.7 FM * KUFR Salt Lake City, UT 91.7 FM * KARR Kirkland / Seattle, WA 1460 AM * KJVH Longview, WA 89.5 FM * WMWK Milwaukee, WI 88.1 FM Family Radio can be heard in English from the following local international stations: * Moscow, Russia, Center 1503 kHz AM 11 pm to 12:30 am, and 8 pm to 9:00 pm *Istanbul, Turkey, Radio Joy FM 89.6 mHz 5 am to 8 am, and 8 pm to 11 pm *Southern Africa, Maseru, Kingdom of Lesatho, 1197 kHz 6 pm to 9 pm, and 10 pm to 1 am. ===Translators=== In addition to its full-powered stations, Family Radio is relayed by an additional 54 low-powered translators: {{RadioTranslators | call1 = W205AP | freq1 = 88.9 | city1 = Pascagoula, MS | call2 = K227AH | freq2 = 93.3 | city2 = River Pines, CA | call3 = K204CL | freq3 = 88.7 | city3 = Smith River, CA | call4 = K209CE | freq4 = 89.7 | city4 = San Luis Obispo, CA | call5 = K272DU | freq5 = 102.3 | city5 = Black Eagle, MT | call6 = K217CD | freq6 = 91.3 | city6 = Great Falls, MT | call7 = K220EI | freq7 = 91.9 | city7 = Ogden, UT | call8 = K259AN | freq8 = 99.7 | city8 = Billings, MT | call9 = K290AG | freq9 = 105.9 | city9 = Stockton, CA | call10 = K268AH | freq10 = 101.5 | city10 = Palm Springs, CA | call11 = W203AT | freq11 = 88.5 | city11 = Albany, GA | call12 = K217BJ | freq12 = 91.3 | city12 = Banning, CA | call13 = K206BF | freq13 = 89.1 | city13 = Fort Dodge, IA | call14 = W206AH | freq14 = 89.1 | city14 = Eau Claire, WI | call15 = K206BI | freq15 = 89.1 | city15 = Carson City, NV | call16 = W220BD | freq16 = 91.9 | city16 = Roanoke, VA | call17 = W215AF | freq17 = 90.9 | city17 = Muncy, PA | call18 = K223AL | freq18 = 92.5 | city18 = South Lake Tahoe, CA | call19 = K216CJ | freq19 = 91.1 | city19 = Galveston, TX | call20 = K219CK | freq20 = 91.7 | city20 = Coos Bay, OR | call21 = K214CQ | freq21 = 90.7 | city21 = Grand Island, NE | call22 = K209BQ | freq22 = 89.7 | city22 = Amana, IA | call23 = K219BX | freq23 = 91.7 | city23 = El Paso, TX | call24 = K254AK | freq24 = 98.7 | city24 = Reno, NV | call25 = W203AL | freq25 = 88.5 | city25 = Duluth, MN | call26 = K205CA | freq26 = 88.9 | city26 = Ottumwa, IA | call27 = K213BZ | freq27 = 90.5 | city27 = Richvale, CA | call28 = K214CA | freq28 = 90.7 | city28 = Grand Junction, CO | call29 = W220AN | freq29 = 91.9 | city29 = La Grange, GA | call30 = K201CQ | freq30 = 88.1 | city30 = Prescott, AZ }} {{RadioTranslators | call1 = K214BO | freq1 = 90.7 | city1 = Ashland, OR | call2 = K202BY | freq2 = 88.3 | city2 = Enid, OK | call3 = K206DU | freq3 = 89.1 | city3 = Lafayette, LA | call4 = W207AG | freq4 = 89.3 | city4 = Freeland, PA | call5 = K220EY | freq5 = 91.9 | city5 = Porterville, CA | call6 = K205CI | freq6 = 88.9 | city6 = Phoenix, AZ | call7 = W212AG | freq7 = 90.3 | city7 = Berwick, PA | call8 = K219CA | freq8 = 91.7 | city8 = Casper, WY | call9 = K203BE | freq9 = 88.5 | city9 = Roseburg, OR | call10 = K220GM | freq10 = 91.9 | city10 = Placitas, NM | call11 = W209BC | freq11 = 89.7 | city11 = Wakelee, MI | call12 = K213CH | freq12 = 90.5 | city12 = Ridgecrest, CA | call13 = K219AO | freq13 = 91.7 | city13 = Fairmont, CA | call14 = K203EP | freq14 = 88.5 | city14 = Shepherd, MT | call15 = W207AX | freq15 = 89.3 | city15 = Burlington, VT | call16 = K203CI | freq16 = 88.5 | city16 = Cave Junction, OR | call17 = W212AP | freq17 = 90.3 | city17 = Notasulga, AL | call18 = K238AC | freq18 = 95.5 | city18 = Salida, CA | call19 = K241AJ | freq19 = 96.1 | city19 = Palmdale, CA | call20 = W280CV | freq20 = 103.9 | city20 = Scranton, PA | call21 = W208AF | freq21 = 89.5 | city21 = Nanticoke, PA | call22 = K261BF | freq22 = 100.1 | city22 = Black Butte, OR | call23 = K202CG | freq23 = 88.3 | city23 = Jonesboro, AR | call24 = K236AA | freq24 = 95.1 | city24 = Cedar Rapids, IA }} ===Television=== * [[WFME-TV]], [[West Milford, New Jersey|West Milford]] - [[Newark, New Jersey]] ==See also== * [[Harold Camping]] ==External links== * [http://www.familyradio.com/ Family Radio Worldwide Website] ==References== <references /> {{American broadcast radio}} [[Category:American radio networks]] [[Category:Christian fundamentalism]] [[Category:Family Radio stations| ]] [[Category:Christian denominations]] 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