The Family Life Network is a Christian radio network simulcasting via
FM stations across
Western
Western may refer to:
Places
*Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
*Western, New York, a town in the US
*Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western world, countries that id ...
and
Central New York
Central New York is the central region of New York State, including the following counties and cities:
With a population of about 773,606 (2009) and an area of , the region includes the Syracuse metropolitan area.
Definitions
The New York ...
, as well as northern
Pennsylvania
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from flagship station WCIK. It is owned and operated by the larger Family Life Ministries of
Bath, New York
Bath is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States, with an area of 96.3 square miles (249 km2) and a population of 11,426 in 2020. Its largest settlement is the Village of Bath, which has an area of 2.9 sq mi (7.5 km2) and a population ...
. Founded in 1957, FLM is an accredited member of the
Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability
The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) is an American financial standards association representing Evangelical Christian organizations and churches, which qualify for tax-exempt, nonprofit status and receive tax-deductible c ...
(ECFA). Family Life is a listener-supported outreach with about 95% of its operating revenue coming directly from listeners, participants, and supporting churches.
The Family Life Network should not be confused with the unrelated Family Life Communications (also known as
Family Life Radio), a chain of similar radio stations in
Michigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
and the southwest.
History
For most of its first 30 years of existence, Family Life Ministries operated a single FM radio station, Bath's WCIK. 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, beginning with WCID in
Friendship, New York (now WCOV).
Family Life maintains an active presence in buying and selling stations and translators in its coverage area, a practice that takes advantage of the ministry's status as a religious broadcaster and its exemption from caps on the number of stations it can own in one broadcast area. It has largely avoided
AM radio
AM broadcasting is radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation (AM) transmissions. It was the first method developed for making audio radio transmissions, and is still used worldwide, primarily for medium wave (also known as "AM band") transmis ...
; when presented with a right of first refusal to buy an AM station in Syracuse, it declined, and it quickly spun off two others in Elmira and Salamanca two months after acquiring them in the wake of
Waypoint Media
Waypoint Media is a confederation of holding companies that own and operate radio and television stations mostly in small cities in the United States. Primary owners of the various companies include Mike Reed, William Christian and Paige Christian ...
's dissolution.
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
New York
Binghamton
* WCII -
Spencer - 88.5 FM with 17,000 watts.
* WCIJ -
Unadilla - 88.9 FM with 5,000 watts.
;Translators
Buffalo
* WCOF -
Arcade
Arcade most often refers to:
* Arcade game, a coin-operated game machine
** Arcade cabinet, housing which holds an arcade game's hardware
** Arcade system board, a standardized printed circuit board
* Amusement arcade, a place with arcade games
* ...
- 89.5 FM with 1,000 watts.
* WCOM-FM -
Silver Creek - 89.3 FM with 8,000 watts.
* WCOU -
Attica
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- 88.3 FM with 11,000 watts.
*
WBUF
WBUF (92.9 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Buffalo, New York. Its studios are located at the Rand Building in Downtown Buffalo, with its transmitter on Elmwood Avenue in North Buffalo. WBUF is owned by Townsquare Media and broadc ...
-HD2 -
Buffalo - 92.9 FM (owned by
Townsquare Media
Townsquare Media, Inc. (formerly Regent Communications until 2010) is an American radio network and media company based in Purchase, New York. The company started in radio and expanded into digital media toward the end of the 2000s, starting wi ...
, HD2 channel operated by FLN under a
local marketing agreement) with 76,000 watts.
;Translators
Elmira
*
WCIG -
Big Flats - 97.7 FM 610 watts.
* WCIH -
Ridgebury, Pennsylvania - 90.3 FM with 4,000 watts.
* WCIK -
Avoca - 103.1 FM with 1,400 watts. (
flagship station)
* WCIN -
Bath - 88.3 FM with 250 watts.
;Translators
Rochester
* WCIY -
Canandaigua
Canandaigua (; ''Utaʼnaráhkhwaʼ'' in Tuscarora) is a city in Ontario County, New York, United States. Its population was 10,545 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Ontario County; some administrative offices are at the county compl ...
- 88.9 FM with 680 watts.
* WCIP -
Clyde Clyde may refer to:
People
* Clyde (given name)
* Clyde (surname)
Places
For townships see also Clyde Township
Australia
* Clyde, New South Wales
* Clyde, Victoria
* Clyde River, New South Wales
Canada
* Clyde, Alberta
* Clyde, Ontario, a tow ...
- 93.7 FM with 3,800 watts.
*
WBZA-HD2 -
Rochester
Rochester may refer to:
Places Australia
* Rochester, Victoria
Canada
* Rochester, Alberta
United Kingdom
*Rochester, Kent
** City of Rochester-upon-Medway (1982–1998), district council area
** History of Rochester, Kent
** HM Prison ...
- 98.9 FM (owned by
Audacy, Inc.
Audacy, Inc. is an American broadcasting company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1968 as Entercom Communications Corporation, it is the second largest radio company in the United States, owning 235 radio stations across 48 media ...
, HD2 channel operated by FLN under a local marketing agreement)
*
WGCC -
Batavia - 90.7 FM with 880 watts. (Purchase from
Genesee Community College pending)
;Translators
Syracuse
*
WCIT-FM -
Oneida - 106.3 FM with 1,250 watts.
*
WCIS-FM
WCIS-FM (105.1 MHz) is a Contemporary Christian radio station serving the Central New York Region. The station broadcasts with an ERP of 33 kW and is licensed to DeRuyter, New York; it is currently owned and operated by the Family Life Netwo ...
-
DeRuyter - 105.1 FM with 33,000 watts.
* WCIO -
Oswego - 96.7 FM with 3,400 watts
;Translators
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.
* WCOT -
Tidioute, Pennsylvania
Tidioute is a borough in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 688 at the 2010 census.
Etymology
The name is an Iroquoian word meaning "protrusion of land", referring to a sharp bend in the Allegheny River.
Geography
Ti ...
(formerly
Jamestown, New York) - 90.9 FM with 12,000 watts.
* WCOI -
Ellicottville, New York - 91.9 FM with 4,200. (
construction permit)
*
WCOQ –
Alfred, New York
Alfred is a town in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 4,896 at the 2020 census.
The Town of Alfred has a village named Alfred in the center of the town.
Alfred University and Alfred State College are located in t ...
– 101.9 FM with 1,000 watts.
*
WCOP -
Eldred, Pennsylvania
Eldred is a borough in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 760 at the 2020 census.
History
Eldred is named for Judge Nathaniel B. Eldred.
Geography
Eldred is located at (41.956725, -78.383579).
According to the Unite ...
- 103.9 FM with 1,200 watts.
*
WCOR-FM –
Bradford, Pennsylvania
Bradford is a city in McKean County, Pennsylvania. It is located close to the border with New York state and approximately south of Buffalo, New York. Bradford is the principal city in the Bradford, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area. The popul ...
– 96.7 FM with 420 watts.
;Translators
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
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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
Erie
* WCGV -
Cambridge Springs - 89.9 FM with 25,000 watts.
*
WCGM -
Wattsburg - 102.7 FM with 3,500 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; further relocations pending)
;Translators
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
References
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Christian radio stations in the United States
American radio networks