Family Life Network
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| Type | Radio network |
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| Country | |
| Branding | Family Life |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Family Life Ministries, Inc. |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.familylife.org/ |
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) in Avoca, New York. 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]
The Family Life Network airs a mix of Christian Contemporary music, presented by local DJs, along with Christian talk and teaching programs. National religious leaders heard on the Family Life Network include Jim Daly, Chuck Swindoll, Greg Laurie, Joni Eareckson Tada, David Jeremiah and John MacArthur.
The Family Life Network should not be confused with the unrelated Family Life Radio (also known as International Life Media). Based in Tucson, it is a different chain of Christian radio stations in the South, Southwest and other regions of the U.S.
History
Family Life Ministries was founded in 1957. For most of its first 30 years, FLN operated a single radio station at 103.1 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 is not 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, WCD or WCE. 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
New York
Binghamton
- WCII - Spencer - 88.5 FM with 17,000 watts.
- WCIJ - Unadilla - 88.9 FM with 5,000 watts.
- WCEB - Deposit - 94.7 FM with 770 watts.
- WCEG - Delhi - 100.3 FM with 1,600 watts.
- WCER - Delhi - 97.5 FM with 6,000 watts.
- Translators
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W275BC | 102.9 FM | Chenango Bridge, New York | 155934 | 57 | D | LMS |
| W205CB | 88.9 FM | Cayuga Heights, New York | 121884 | 180 | D | LMS |
| W293BE | 106.5 FM | Norwich, New York | 138951 | 10 | D | LMS |
| W250BE | 97.9 FM | Oneonta, New York | 66455 | 10 | D | LMS |
| W283AT | 104.5 FM | Walton, New York | 147210 | 70 | D | LMS |
Buffalo
- 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.
- Translators
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W239BX | 95.7 FM | Albion, New York | 91358 | 38 | D | LMS |
| W291CN | 106.1 FM | Buffalo, New York | 86427 | 250 | D | LMS |
| W263CN | 100.5 FM | Dunkirk, New York | 139451 | 150 | D | LMS |
| W262CQ | 100.3 FM | Lockport, New York | 91099 | 250 | D | LMS |
| W239BA | 95.7 FM | Niagara Falls, New York | 151718 | 250 | D | LMS |
Elmira
- 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]
- Translators
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W293CE | 106.5 FM | Bath, New York | 151639 | 9 | D | LMS |
| W281BA | 104.1 FM | Corning, New York | 89941 | 10 | D | LMS |
| W257AX | 99.3 FM | Hornell, New York | 20652 | 10 | D | LMS |
| W273BI | 88.5 FM | Watkins Glen, New York | 139441 | 50 | D | LMS |
| W230BM | 93.9 FM | Wellsboro, Pennsylvania | 139304 | 40 | D | LMS |
Rochester
- 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)
- Translators
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W220CJ | 91.9 FM | Penn Yan, New York | 90738 | 10 | D | LMS |
| W234AZ | 94.7 FM | Rochester, New York | 156288 | 250 | D | LMS |
Syracuse
- 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 watts
- Translators
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W252AC | 98.3 FM | Fairmount, New York | 25016 | 250 | D | LMS |
Western Twin Tiers
- 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-FM – Franklinville, New York – 91.9 FM construction permit (originally issued as WCOI Ellicottville).
- Translators
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W280EB | 103.9 FM | Alfred, New York | 158291 | 34 | D | LMS |
| W231AH | 94.1 FM | Olean, New York | 85146 | 44 | D | LMS |
| W264AT | 100.7 FM | Warren, Pennsylvania | 141630 | 250 | D | LMS |
| W249ED | 97.7 FM | Westfield, New York | 154509 | 38 | D | LMS |
Pennsylvania
Central Pennsylvania
- 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.
- Translators
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W202CK | 88.7 FM | Butler, Pennsylvania | 147791 | 13 | D | LMS |
| W279AB | 103.7 FM | Clearfield, Pennsylvania | 17614 | 175 | D | LMS |
| W272BO | 102.3 FM | Coudersport, Pennsylvania | 139263 | 10 | D | LMS |
| W284BG | 104.7 FM | Lewisburg, Pennsylvania | 150750 | 250 | D | LMS |
| W277BJ | 103.3 FM | Williamsport, Pennsylvania | 156045 | 250 | D | LMS |
Erie
- 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]
- Translators
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W254AJ | 98.7 FM | Erie, Pennsylvania | 78069 | 250 | D | LMS |
| W238BD | 95.5 FM | Titusville, Pennsylvania | 138505 | 10 | D | LMS |
Northeastern Pennsylvania
- 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.
- Translators
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W255BL | 98.9 FM | Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania | 154675 | 240 | D | LMS |
| W228CH | 93.5 FM | Towanda, Pennsylvania | 141461 | 19 | D | LMS |
References
- ^ "Financial Accountability - Family Life". www.familylife.org. Retrieved April 21, 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". March 21, 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 January 1, 2024.
- ^ "NERW Year in Review 2020, Part I: The Year in Station Sales". December 28, 2020.
- ^ "Site of the Week 9/10/2021: Around Northwest Pennsylvania". September 10, 2021.
