Family Life Network

Family Life Network
Type	Radio network
Country	United States
Branding	Family Life
Ownership
Owner	Family Life Ministries, Inc.
Links
Website	http:// familylife.org/

TheFamily Life Networkis aChristian radionetwork, broadcasting onFMstations acrossWesternandCentral New York,as well as northernPennsylvania,fromflagship stationWCIK(103.1) inAvoca, New York.It is owned and operated by the Family Life Ministries ofBath, New York.FLM is an accredited member of theEvangelical 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 ofChristian Contemporary music,presented by localDJs,along withChristian talk and teachingprograms. National religious leaders heard on the Family Life Network includeJim Daly,Chuck Swindoll,Greg Laurie,Joni Eareckson Tada,David JeremiahandJohn MacArthur.

The Family Life Network should not be confused with the unrelatedFamily Life Radio(also known as International Life Media). Based inTucson,it is a different chain of Christian radio stations in theSouth,Southwestand 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 inFriendship, 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 toFederal Communications Commissionrestrictions on the number of stations it can own in one broadcast region. It has largely avoided theAM radioband. 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 or WCD. According to the company's station list, these abbreviations stand forWhere Christ Is,Where Christ Offers,Where Christ GrantsandWith Christ Discover.Flagship WCIK, for example, represents "WhereChrist 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

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 byTownsquare Media,HD2 channel operated by FLN under alocal 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 byAudacy, Inc.,HD2 channel operated by FLN under a local marketing agreement)
WCOM-FM-Batavia- 90.7 FM (move toKendallpending 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 WCOTJamestown, 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 FMconstruction permit(originally issued as WCOIEllicottville).

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-Johnstown88.5 FM with 10,000 watts.
WCOB-State College88.3 FM with 1800 watts.
WCOX-Bedford91.1 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 fromDove FMin 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".familylife.org.RetrievedApril 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.RetrievedJanuary 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.

[1] "Financial Accountability - Family Life".familylife.org.RetrievedApril 21,2021.

[2] Site of the Week 7/9/2021: Wellsville and Alfred, NY.Retrieved July 9, 2021.

[3] "WSEN, Sunny 102 combining into one 'super' radio station".March 21, 2016.

[4] Deal digest: EMF makes buys a Tulsa FM

[5] "FM Query Results".FM Query Broadcast Station Search(Database search result; 1 record returned).Federal Communications Commission.RetrievedJanuary 1,2024.

[6] "NERW Year in Review 2020, Part I: The Year in Station Sales".December 28, 2020.

[7] "Site of the Week 9/10/2021: Around Northwest Pennsylvania".September 10, 2021.

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