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19-657: Wyck may refer to: WYCK , a Pennsylvanian AM broadcasting radio station Wyck, Hampshire , a village in England Wyck House , a historic house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wyck (Maastricht) , a neighbourhood in Maastricht, Netherlands See also [ edit ] Wick (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

38-433: A Christian perspective. Brokered programming is a significant portion of most U.S. Christian radio stations' revenue, with stations regularly selling blocks of airtime to evangelists seeking an audience. Another revenue stream is solicitation of donations, either to the evangelists who buy the air time or to the stations or their owners themselves. In order to further encourage donations, certain evangelists may emphasize

57-484: A formal license application by January 15, 1928, as the first step in determining whether they met the new "public interest, convenience, or necessity" standard. On May 25, 1928, the FRC issued General Order 32 , which notified 164 stations, including WBRE, that "From an examination of your application for future license it does not find that public interest, convenience, or necessity would be served by granting it." However,

76-725: A radio station would otherwise be allowed and may not face the same restrictions on the number of signals a broadcaster can own within one geographic area. Most Christian radio stations transmit a mixture of Christian music and Christian talk and teaching. Christian music radio outlets mirror commercial radio in many ways, and music in a variety of different genres is available. Many stations play primarily gospel music , including Black Gospel and Southern Gospel , or contemporary worship music , while others play all formats of contemporary Christian music , including Christian pop, Christian rock , Christian rap , Christian country music , and Christian alternative rock . Many artists within

95-700: A sect whose place in Christianity is heavily debated , maintains some limited radio evangelical operations through BYU Radio , which owns a single FM station. The Seventh-day Adventists are most closely associated with Three Angels Broadcasting Network . Most Christian radio stations as well as programmers based in the United States are members of the National Religious Broadcasters , a Christian organization. There are reportedly 1,600 Christian broadcasting organizations in

114-636: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages WYCK WYCK simulcasts the classic hits format, branded as "The River 105 and 103-5", from WWRR 104.9 FM Scranton. WYCK was first licensed on January 15, 1925 as WBRE , broadcasting on 1300 kHz with 10 watts, and licensed to the Baltimore Radio Exchange company at 17 West Northampton Street in Wilkes-Barre. WBRE made its debut broadcast on January 31, 1925. In 1927 ownership

133-599: The Bible Broadcasting Network are other notable examples in the world. Christian radio expanded in the early twenty-first century. It became available in the United Kingdom with changes to broadcasting regulations. Premier Christian Radio is based in the London area where it is available on medium wave and DAB; elsewhere, it is available digitally or by Internet. United Christian Broadcasters

152-490: The Christian music industry criticize Christian radio for only playing "safe" music, and not taking enough chances on new artists, or in some cases older artists, that may not be as appealing to the largely conservative Gospel Music Association . Many non-religious radio stations devote some of their weekend programming to Christian music; for example, Black Gospel programming is common on Sundays on many stations featuring

171-853: The Urban Contemporary format. Other Christian stations will present a no-music format that features talk radio -style programming (sometimes including live radio call-in shows) and/or long-form "preaching and teaching" programs. Notable examples include Focus on the Family with host Jim Daly , Amazing Facts , Living Way with pastor Jack Hayford , and Pastor Rick's Daily Hope ; an example of an inspirational program are Moments of Melody and The Voice of Prophecy . Radio drama programs, long dead in most other radio formats, continue to be transmitted on Christian radio; notable examples include long-running Adventures in Odyssey , Patch

190-485: The prosperity gospel , in which they preach that tithing and donations to the ministry will result in financial blessings from God. Others may have special days of the year dedicated to fundraising, similar to many NPR stations. Although the solicitation of donations and the sale of airtime may resemble a commercial enterprise, such actions do not necessarily constitute a call to action , and thus this does not forbid them from airing on noncommercial licensed stations in

209-743: The Pirate , and Unshackled! and relative newcomers such as Down Gilead Lane and A Work in Progress . Christian radio, particularly in North America, is dominated by Protestant ministries, particularly those associated with evangelical Christianity . The predominant Roman Catholic radio services are the Eternal Word Network , founded by Mother Angelica as a spin-off of her television service EWTN , and Radio Maria USA . The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ,

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228-427: The U.S. A minority of stations, typically music stations, use the traditional model for music radio and allow traditional commercial advertising. Numerous religious broadcasters own many of their own stations. In the U.S., religious radio stations are exempt from certain rules requiring radio stations to have some local operations, which allows them to have massive networks of transmitters covering far larger areas than

247-606: The U.S. They range from single stations to expansive networks. It is common for religious broadcasters to purchase many small broadcast translators to create networks that stretch across large regions. Moody Radio was the first example, and still one of the largest, though most of its stations broadcast stand-alone programming as well as network feeds. Z88.3 in Orlando, Florida, the WAY-FM Network , K-LOVE , Air 1 , The Joy FM , Reach Radio , 3ABN Radio , Radio 74 , and

266-1045: The flagship for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders AAA Minor League Baseball radio play-by-play coverage. On September 23, 2015 WYCK switched to a simulcast of classic hits-formatted WWRR 104.9 FM Scranton. During the springs and summers of 2016 through 2018, WYCK returned to a simulcast of WICK 1400 AM Scranton during Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders baseball games, in order to provide coverage for fans in Luzerne County who were unable to receive WICK. 41°15′00″N 75°49′29″W  /  41.250104°N 75.824831°W  / 41.250104; -75.824831 Christian radio Christian radio refers to Christian media radio formats that focus on Christian religious broadcasting or various forms of Christian music . Many such formats and programs include contemporary Christian music , gospel music , sermons , radio dramas , as well as news and talk shows covering popular culture, economics, and political topics from

285-798: The lease on its tower site in Kingston, WYCK moved its transmitter to east of Wilkes-Barre near the VA Medical Center in the 1990s. As a result of this relocation the station had to change its community of license to Plains. In 2006, Bold Gold dropped its Oldies radio format in favor of a sports format branded as "The Game", with programming for WYCK along with sister stations WICK located in Scranton and WCDL in Carbondale coming from Fox Sports Radio and Premiere Radio Networks 's Jim Rome . "The Game" simulcast network also acted as

304-596: The station successfully convinced the commission that it should remain licensed. On November 11, 1928, under the provisions of a general reorganization resulting from the Federal Radio Commission 's General Order 40 , WBRE was shifted to full time operation on 1310 kHz. The station remained at 1310 kHz until the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement took effect in 1941, when most of

323-512: The stations on its frequency, including WBRE, were moved to 1340 kHz. For many years WBRE was an NBC radio affiliate. In October 1980, the station's call letters were changed to WKRZ . From 1987 to 1992 the station went through multiple ownership and format changes, resulting in numerous call sign changes, starting with WPLJ in late 1987, followed by WYOM , WBCR (with a Christian radio format), WTSW , and finally, in late 1992, WYCK , simulcasting Scranton's WICK. After losing

342-399: The title Wyck . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wyck&oldid=854476417 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

361-437: Was transferred to Louis G. Baltimore. Following the establishment of the Federal Radio Commission (FRC), stations were initially issued a series of temporary authorizations starting on May 3, 1927. On June 15, 1927 WBRE was assigned to 1200 kHz on a time shared basis with the other long time Wilkes-Barre station, WBAX (now WFUZ ). Stations were also informed that if they wanted to continue operating, they needed to file

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