KATH Radio Airs in DFW
Gaudalupe Radio Heeds Catholic Call
D. Johnson, K. Cosgrove
Issue date: 2/21/07 Section: News
Two new radio stations have recently joined the DFW airwaves - KXEB 910 AM (Now KATH 910 AM) and KJON 850 AM. These radio stations are joining a revolution of Catholic media in response to Pope John Paul II's call to evangelize.
The predecessor, Radio Xavier, began broadcasting in the late 90s and was taken up by the Guadalupe Radio Network in October of last year. Based out of Midland, TX, the La Promesa group operates 12 stations on the network, including Dallas' two new stations. Dave Palmer, the network's general manager, said that bringing Catholic radio to this market "was very revolutionary, because there are 15 or 16 Protestant Christian stations in this market, and Catholics represent about 25% of the population here."
There's no 'Sunday school' for adults, so what's feeding them? "Most people don't have the benefit of taking classes at UD," says Palmer "so it's a chance for people in their cars, at home, at work, to always have that link to the Catholic faith, wherever they are." The station aims to spread the truth of the Catholic faith, promote holy vocations to the religious and priestly life and marriage, and protect the sanctity of life from womb to tomb.
The English-language station, KATH, is primarily talk, but the Spanish station, KJON, is about 50-60% talk and 40% music. Joined with the Guadalupe Radio Network, they syndicate shows from the Texas area as well as EWTN programming, provided free through Mother Angelica's work. The station is tied to Rome with news from the Vatican and major events syndicated live or re-broadcasted. There is currently a live show hosted by Palmer on Mondays and Tuesdays.
"We're just trying to be reflections of the splendor of [the] truth, as John Paul II said, of the teachings of the Catholic Church," says Palmer. The Catholic station replaced an Air America affiliate which surprised a few people. "Going from a progressive liberal talk [station] to Catholic religious made a lot of people pretty angry."
The predecessor, Radio Xavier, began broadcasting in the late 90s and was taken up by the Guadalupe Radio Network in October of last year. Based out of Midland, TX, the La Promesa group operates 12 stations on the network, including Dallas' two new stations. Dave Palmer, the network's general manager, said that bringing Catholic radio to this market "was very revolutionary, because there are 15 or 16 Protestant Christian stations in this market, and Catholics represent about 25% of the population here."
There's no 'Sunday school' for adults, so what's feeding them? "Most people don't have the benefit of taking classes at UD," says Palmer "so it's a chance for people in their cars, at home, at work, to always have that link to the Catholic faith, wherever they are." The station aims to spread the truth of the Catholic faith, promote holy vocations to the religious and priestly life and marriage, and protect the sanctity of life from womb to tomb.
The English-language station, KATH, is primarily talk, but the Spanish station, KJON, is about 50-60% talk and 40% music. Joined with the Guadalupe Radio Network, they syndicate shows from the Texas area as well as EWTN programming, provided free through Mother Angelica's work. The station is tied to Rome with news from the Vatican and major events syndicated live or re-broadcasted. There is currently a live show hosted by Palmer on Mondays and Tuesdays.
"We're just trying to be reflections of the splendor of [the] truth, as John Paul II said, of the teachings of the Catholic Church," says Palmer. The Catholic station replaced an Air America affiliate which surprised a few people. "Going from a progressive liberal talk [station] to Catholic religious made a lot of people pretty angry."
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Juan N. Santillan
posted 8/14/08 @ 1:44 PM CST
Dear Staff, I am so happy to hear that there are finally some Catholic radio stations. I just wish your stations had more power. I assume that you are broadcasting from Frisco, Texas. (Continued…)
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