KVCC (FM)

VCY America, is a traditional, evangelical, conservative Christian ministry based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The VCY America Radio Network maintains a format of Christian talk and teaching, as well as traditional Christian music through its broadcast outlets.

History

Originally known as "Milwaukee Youth For Christ," and later, "Greater Milwaukee Youth For Christ," it left the national YFC organization in 1973 and became known as the ''Wisconsin Voice of Christian Youth'' (WVCY) until 1995, when it changed to its present name. Its flagship radio station in Milwaukee, WVCY-FM, uses a call sign that stands for the original name "Wisconsin Voice of Christian Youth."

Radio Network

The ministry operates 33 VCY America-owned radio stations in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. It also broadcasts over 25 low-power FM translators. VCY America radio also provides programming such as ''Crosstalk'', ''Worldview Weekend'', and ''Music 'til Dawn'' to stations throughout the country via satellite. Additionally, VCY has a Christian bookstore in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin which is promoted on air and ships throughout the United States as an additional source of revenue.

VCY attempted to expand into the San Francisco Bay Area, Las Vegas, and the Coachella Valley through the lease and attempted purchase of a group of three stations in a bankruptcy action: KFRH, KREV and KRCK-FM. In early 2022, the original owner sued successfully to nullify the bankruptcy action against them, and the bankruptcy debtor in possession and trustee was forced to return to the stations to them and nullify the VCY America leases.

In December 2022, Cumulus Media announced it would sell 103.9 WFAS-FM Bronxville, New York, to VCY America. The price tag is $7.25 million.RadioInsight.com "VCY America Enters New York City with WFAS-FM Purchase Dec. 8, 2022
/ref> This will give VCY America a station in the New York metropolitan area and its first on the East Coast. WFAS-FM is a Class A station with its transmitter tower in The Bronx.

Programming

VCY America's radio programming includes Christian talk and teaching programming, among them:

* ''Crosstalk'', hosted by Jim Schneider, with past Vic Eliason-hosted episodes also aired
* ''Worldview Weekend'' with Brannon Howse
* ''Grace to You'' with John MacArthur
* ''In Touch'' with Charles Stanley
* ''Love Worth Finding'' with Adrian Rogers
* ''Revive Our Hearts'' with Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
* ''The Alternative with Tony Evans''
* '' Liberty Counsel's Faith and Freedom Report''
* ''Thru the Bible'' with J. Vernon McGee
* ''Joni and Friends'' with Joni Eareckson Tada
* '' Unshackled!''
* Moody Radio's ''Stories of Great Christians''VCY America Central Time Schedule
VCY America. Retrieved July 4, 2019.

VCY America also airs a variety of vocal and instrumental traditional Christian music, as well as children's programming such as '' Ranger Bill''. Notably, the network (including WVCY-TV) eschews any programs featuring Contemporary Christian music, and has dropped programming which has switched to it in any form, including as theme music.

Television

The network also runs WVCY-TV (Channel 30) in Milwaukee, which holds a commercial license but is completely viewer supported. As of January 2018, it is carried under a channel share agreement with commercial station WITI, owned by Fox Television Stations. It vacated its former independent frequency in the FCC's spectrum repack auction, the proceeds of which ($76.3 million, plus donations and bookstore purchases since) have been utilized to expand VCY's radio network.

WVCY is also carried in the Wausau television market via translator W26EE-D in Wittenburg. In 1994, WVCY-TV rejected an offer to be purchased by the CBS Corporation to become the market's CBS station in the wake of WITI's switch in affiliation to Fox.

Other efforts

The ministry also operates a summer camp, near Hillsboro, Wisconsin, called, "Trail Ridge Camp"Trail Ridge Camp
Trail Ridge Camp. Retrieved July 4, 2019. as well as its religious bookstore, with a physical location in Wauwatosa, a suburb of Milwaukee, and it
online presence

Leadership

The ministry is run by a team formerly headed by the late Vic Eliason, a former Youth for Christ worker, ordained Christian minister and a recipient of an honorary doctorate from Bob Jones University, in 2001. Jim Schneider is the current Executive Director.Jim Schneider, Executive Director
, VCY America. Retrieved April 22, 2021.

List of stations

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VCY America stations