Relevant Radio
Catholic radio | |
Ownership | |
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Key people | Rev. Francis Joseph Hoffman, JCD, CEO and Chairman of the Board; Drew Mariani, Show Host; Patrick Madrid, Show Host. |
History | |
Launch date | December 12, 2000 |
Coverage | |
Availability | United States |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | www |
Relevant Radio (corporate name Relevant Radio, Inc.) is a radio network in the United States, mainly broadcasting talk radio and religious programming involving the Catholic Church. Relevant Radio broadcasts "talk radio for Catholic life" over a network of 206 stations. Relevant Radio owns and operates 133 stations, and distributes programs to an additional 73 affiliates.
Relevant Radio is a
The network airs a variety of programming aimed at Catholics and others interested in the Catholic Church.
History
The network was founded by a group of Catholic businessmen, including Bob Atwell and John Cavil (who founded
"Morning Air", which the network describes as "a classic drive-time format that combines inspiration & entertainment" was the first program developed by Relevant Radio in 2003.
On October 13, 2016, Relevant Radio announced that it would merge with Loomis, California-based Immaculate Heart Radio, which owned and operated 36 stations in the western United States at the time of the merger.[1] The merger was completed on July 31, 2017, with all stations being licensed to Immaculate Heart Media, Inc., while Relevant Radio continued as the on-air branding.[2] The corporate name was changed to Relevant Radio, Inc. in February 2020.[3]
In 2019, Immaculate Heart Media purchased 13 AM stations and seven translators from Salem Media Group.[4][5][6]
In October 2019, Immaculate Heart purchased the 6 radio stations owned by Northern Michigan-based
In 2022 and 2023, Relevant Radio acquired stations in
.Station list
English language stations
Former Spanish language stations
Owned and operated stations[8] | ||||
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State | Location | Call sign | Frequency | Area |
Florida | Atlantic Beach | WZNZ | 1600 | Jacksonville |
St. Petersburg | WWMI | 1380 | Tampa Bay
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Winter Park | WHOO | 1080 | Greater Orlando | |
Illinois | Granite City | KXFN | 1380 | St. Louis |
Indiana | Gary | WWCA | 1270 | Northwest Indiana |
Texas | Harlingen | KJJF | 88.9 | Rio Grande Valley
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McAllen | KHID | 88.1 | Rio Grande Valley
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See also
Sources
- "Catholic network calls Green Bay home", Green Bay News-Chronicle, date uncertain, 2004. (Newspaper now defunct)
References
- ^ "Catholic Radio Organizations Plan to Unite. - Immaculate Heart Radio". Immaculate Heart Radio. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
- ^ "Relevant Radio - Talk Radio for the Catholic Life". Relevant Radio. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "History". Relevant Radio. 25 September 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ Venta, Lance. "Immaculate Heart Media Acquires Four In Miami & Tampa From Salem", Radio Insight. July 29, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
- ^ Jacobson, Adam. "Update: Salem Reveals Stations In Latest Sale As Stock Slides", Radio & Television Business Report. August 16, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
- ^ Venta, Lance. "More On Immaculate Heart Media’s Purchase Of Nine Stations From Salem", Radio Insight. August 16, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
- ^ "Station Sales Week of 10/4: Immaculate Heart Media Acquires Michigan Catholic Group". 4 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Owned and Operated Stations - Relevant Radio". relevantradio.com. 25 July 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ "Affiliate Stations - Relevant Radio". relevantradio.com. 25 July 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2020.