Dawson McAllister Live

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Dawson McAllister Live
Dawson McAllister Live logo
Genre	Talk (broadcast on Top 40/CHR)
Running time	2 hours
Country	United States
Home station	Premiere Radio Networks
Starring	Dawson McAllister
Air dates	1991 to Present
Website http://www.dmlive.com

Dawson McAllister Live is a Christian-oriented talk radio show hosted by Dawson McAllister where teenagers and young adults talk about problems in life including divorce, depression, cutting, suicide, drug addictions, eating disorders, homosexuality, and family issues. The radio show operates as a nonprofit ministry, although it airs on commercial radio stations along with noncommercial Christian radio stations.

The program first aired in 1991 on Christian radio stations. In 2005, several Top 40 radio stations, most of them owned by Clear Channel Communications, began airing the show. On June 26, 2007, Premiere Radio Networks announced that they had signed the show to a syndication deal, and assumed responsibility of the broadcast on July 1, 2007.

The broadcast is aired each Sunday night from 9PM until 2AM CENTRAL Time. Affiliate radio stations are required (as of 2007-11-28) to broadcast two concurrent hours of programming.

Starting March 31, 2008, Dawson McAllister began running a weeknight version of the show called Dawson McAllister Late Nights in which listeners could request songs and talk to Dawson in the middle of the night. So far, six stations have signed onto Dawson McAllister Late Nights, including flagship station 107.5 the River in Nashville.

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As of June 2007, the Dawson McAllister Association is halting all broadcasts on non-commercial Christian Radio. The majority of Christian radio Stations in the United States (especially those playing Contemporary Christian Music) are non-commercial. The company cites reasons of syndication with ABC. Many Christian radio programmers felt that the Dawson McAllister Association turned its back on Christian radio, where it got its start on the air.[citation needed]