The Family Life Network should not be confused with the unrelated Family Life Communications (also known as Family Life Radio), a different chain of Christian radio stations in the South, Southwest and other regions of the U.S.
Family Life Ministries was founded in 1957; 67 years ago (1957). For most of its first 30 years, FLN operated a single radio station at 88.3 FM in Bath. With the release of Docket 80-90 and the massive expansion of rural and suburban FM radio signals in the late 1980s, Family Life rapidly expanded into a network. It began by acquiring WCID in Friendship, New York (now WCOV).[2]
Family Life actively buys and sells stations and translators in its coverage area, a practice that takes advantage of the ministry's status as a non-commercial religious broadcaster. That means it isn't subject to Federal Communications Commission restrictions on the number of stations it can own in one broadcast region. It has largely avoided the AM radio band. When presented with a right of first refusal to buy an AM station in Syracuse, it declined.[3] It quickly spun off two other AM stations in Elmira and Salamanca two months after acquiring them in the wake of Waypoint Media's dissolution.[4]
All of Family Life's stations begin with call signs WCI, WCO, WCG or WCD. According to the company's station list, these abbreviations stand for Where Christ Is, Where Christ Offers, Where Christ Grants and With Christ Discover. Flagship WCIK, for example, represents "Where Christ Is King."
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March 14, 2024
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Not to be confused with Family Life Radio The Family Life Network is a Christian radio network broadcasting on FM stations across Western and Central New York as well as northern Pennsylvania from flagship station WCIK 103 1 Avoca It is owned and operated by the Family Life Ministries of Bath New York FLM is an accredited member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability ECFA Family Life is a listener supported outreach with about 95 of its operating revenue coming directly from listeners participants and supporting churches 1 Family Life NetworkTypeRadio networkCountryUnited StatesBrandingFamily LifeOwnershipOwnerFamily Life Ministries Inc LinksWebsitehttp www familylife org The Family Life Network should not be confused with the unrelated Family Life Communications also known as Family Life Radio a different chain of Christian radio stations in the South Southwest and other regions of the U S Contents 1 History 2 Stations and Translators by Markets 2 1 New York 2 1 1 Binghamton 2 1 2 Buffalo 2 1 3 Elmira 2 1 4 Rochester 2 1 5 Syracuse 2 1 6 Western Twin Tiers 2 2 Pennsylvania 2 2 1 Central Pennsylvania 2 2 2 Erie 2 2 3 Northeastern Pennsylvania 3 ReferencesHistory editFamily Life Ministries was founded in 1957 67 years ago 1957 For most of its first 30 years FLN operated a single radio station at 88 3 FM in Bath With the release of Docket 80 90 and the massive expansion of rural and suburban FM radio signals in the late 1980s Family Life rapidly expanded into a network It began by acquiring WCID in Friendship New York now WCOV 2 Family Life actively buys and sells stations and translators in its coverage area a practice that takes advantage of the ministry s status as a non commercial religious broadcaster That means it isn t subject to Federal Communications Commission restrictions on the number of stations it can own in one broadcast region It has largely avoided the AM radio band When presented with a right of first refusal to buy an AM station in Syracuse it declined 3 It quickly spun off two other AM stations in Elmira and Salamanca two months after acquiring them in the wake of Waypoint Media s dissolution 4 All of Family Life s stations begin with call signs WCI WCO WCG or WCD According to the company s station list these abbreviations stand for Where Christ Is Where Christ Offers Where Christ Grants and With Christ Discover Flagship WCIK for example represents Where Christ Is King Stations and Translators by Markets editNew York edit Binghamton edit WCII Spencer 88 5 FM with 17 000 watts WCIJ Unadilla 88 9 FM with 5 000 watts TranslatorsCall sign Frequency City of license ERP W Class FCC infoW275BC 102 9 FM Chenango Bridge New York 57 D FMQW205CB 88 9 FM Cayuga Heights New York 180 D FMQW293BE 106 5 FM Norwich New York 10 D FMQW250BE 97 9 FM Oneonta New York 10 D FMQW283AT 104 5 FM Walton New York 70 D FMQBuffalo edit WCOF Arcade 89 5 FM with 1 000 watts WCGP Silver Creek 89 3 FM with 8 000 watts WCOU Attica 88 3 FM with 11 000 watts WBUF HD2 Buffalo 92 9 FM owned by Townsquare Media HD2 channel operated by FLN under a local marketing agreement with 76 000 watts TranslatorsCall sign Frequency City of license ERP W Class FCC infoW239BX 95 7 FM Albion New York 38 D FMQW291CN 106 1 FM Buffalo New York 250 D FMQW263CN 100 5 FM Dunkirk New York 150 D FMQW262CQ 100 3 FM Lockport New York 250 D FMQW239BA 95 7 FM Niagara Falls New York 250 D FMQElmira edit WCDN FM Ridgebury Pennsylvania 90 3 FM with 4 000 watts WCIG Big Flats 97 7 FM with 610 watts WCIH Elmira 94 3 FM with 1 200 watts WCIK Avoca 103 1 FM with 1 400 watts flagship station WCIN Bath 88 3 FM with 250 watts known formerly as WCDV FM 5 TranslatorsCall sign Frequency City of license ERP W Class FCC infoW293CE 106 5 FM Bath New York 9 D FMQW281BA 104 1 FM Corning New York 10 D FMQW257AX 99 3 FM Hornell New York 10 D FMQW273BI 88 5 FM Watkins Glen New York 50 D FMQW230BM 93 9 FM Wellsboro Pennsylvania 40 D FMQRochester edit WCIY Canandaigua 88 9 FM with 680 watts WCIP Clyde 93 7 FM with 3 800 watts WBZA HD2 Rochester 98 9 FM owned by Audacy Inc HD2 channel operated by FLN under a local marketing agreement WCOM FM Batavia 90 7 FM move to Kendall pending FCC approval TranslatorsCall sign Frequency City of license ERP W Class FCC infoW220CJ 91 9 FM Penn Yan New York 10 D FMQW234AZ 94 7 FM Rochester New York 250 D FMQSyracuse edit WCIT FM Oneida 106 3 FM with 1 250 watts WCIS FM DeRuyter 105 1 FM with 33 000 watts WCIO Oswego 96 7 FM with 3 400 wattsTranslatorsCall sign Frequency City of license ERP W Class FCC infoW252AC 98 3 FM Fairmount New York 250 D FMQWestern Twin Tiers edit WCGS Little Valley New York 105 9 FM with 7 000 watts WCOV FM Friendship New York 89 1 FM with 7 000 watts WCGN Tidioute Pennsylvania formerly WCOT Jamestown New York 90 9 FM with 12 000 watts WCOQ Alfred New York 101 9 FM with 1 000 watts WCOP Eldred Pennsylvania 103 9 FM with 1 200 watts WCOR FM Lewis Run Pennsylvania 96 7 FM with 2 850 watts WCGB Franklinville New York 91 9 FM construction permit originally issued as WCOI Ellicottville TranslatorsCall sign Frequency City of license ERP W Class FCC infoW280EB 103 9 FM Alfred New York 34 D FMQW231AH 94 1 FM Olean New York 44 D FMQW264AT 100 7 FM Warren Pennsylvania 250 D FMQW249ED 97 7 FM Westfield New York 38 D FMQPennsylvania edit Central Pennsylvania edit WCOG FM Galeton 100 7 FM with 7 700 watts WCOH DuBois 107 3 FM with 18 500 watts WCOA FM Johnstown 88 5 FM with 10 000 watts WCOB State College 88 3 FM with 1800 watts WCOX Bedford 91 1 FM with 4 000 watts WILQ HD2 Williamsport 105 1 FM owned by Van Michael HD2 operated by FLN under a local marketing agreement with 638 watts digital TranslatorsCall sign Frequency City of license ERP W Class FCC infoW204CR 88 7 FM Butler Pennsylvania 13 D FMQW279AB 103 7 FM Clearfield Pennsylvania 175 D FMQW272BO 102 3 FM Coudersport Pennsylvania 10 D FMQW284BG 104 7 FM Lewisburg Pennsylvania 250 D FMQW269CX 102 3 FM Lock Haven Pennsylvania 250 D FMQW277BJ 103 3 FM Williamsport Pennsylvania 250 D FMQErie edit WCGV Cambridge Springs 89 9 FM with 25 000 watts WCGH Farmington Township 106 1 FM with 3 200 watts WCGT Clintonville 88 7 FM formerly 89 1 WGIP Tidioute acquired from Dove FM in May 2020 6 further relocations pending 7 TranslatorsCall sign Frequency City of license ERP W Class FCC infoW254AJ 98 7 FM Erie Pennsylvania 250 D FMQW238BD 95 5 FM Titusville Pennsylvania 10 D FMQNortheastern Pennsylvania edit WCDH Shenandoah 91 5 FM with 1 200 watts WCDJ Tunkhannock 91 3 FM with 250 watts WCDR Laporte 90 9 FM with 250 watts WCDV FM Trout Run 90 1 FM with 350 watts TranslatorsCall sign Frequency City of license ERP W Class FCC infoW255BL 98 9 FM Bloomsburg Pennsylvania 240 D FMQW228CH 93 5 FM Towanda Pennsylvania 19 D FMQReferences edit Financial Accountability Family Life www familylife org Retrieved 21 April 2021 Site of the Week 7 9 2021 Wellsville and Alfred NY Retrieved July 9 2021 WSEN Sunny 102 combining into one super radio station 21 March 2016 Deal digest EMF makes buys a Tulsa FM FM Query Results FM Query Broadcast Station Search Database search result 1 record returned Federal Communications Commission Retrieved 1 January 2024 NERW Year in Review 2020 Part I The Year in Station Sales 28 December 2020 Site of the Week 9 10 2021 Around Northwest Pennsylvania 10 September 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Family Life Network amp oldid 1196909908, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
