Air 1

Air1

Type	Radio network
Country	United States
Availability	National, through radio stations and translators
Slogan	"Positive Hits"
Owner	Educational Media Foundation
Launch date	1986
Webcast	Listen Live
Official website	air1.com

Air1 is a contemporary hit radio (CHR) radio network in the United States, playing Contemporary Christian music, especially the Top 40 hits. It is operated by the non-profit Educational Media Foundation and is heard throughout the United States including San Bernardino, CA, San Diego, CA, Houston, TX, Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, Seattle-Tacoma, WA, Phoenix, AZ, Oklahoma City & Tulsa, OK, Ventura, CA, Thousand Oaks, CA, Kansas City, MO, Fort Smith, Arkansas, Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA and Los Angeles, CA.

History

In 1986, KLRD began broadcasting Christian music from Yucaipa, California, and went by the on-air moniker K-LORD. In 1994, KXRD was started as a sister station to KLRD.^[1] In 1995, K-LORD changed their name to "Air 1" and began broadcasting via satellite from St. Helens, Oregon. In 1999, Air 1 joined with EMF Broadcasting (the former name of KLA1 Foundation), and finally in 2002, it moved its headquarters to Rocklin, California. Air 1 makes use of broadcast translators to spread the signal across much of the country. As of November 2011, the network lists 90 full powered radio stations and 125 translators of various power levels reaching 40 states.

Air1 and its sister network, K-LOVE, are also available as Internet streams through the iHeartRadio website and mobile/console apps.

Staff

Current staff

Air1’s on-air staff each have their own dedicated time slot. Here is the schedule for weekdays:

Start	End	Staff
		Weekdays
5:00am	10:00am	Eric & Heather
10:00am	3:00pm	Brenda Price[2]
3:00pm	8:00pm	Rahny Taylor[2]
8:00pm	2:00am	Ashton[2]
2:00am	5:00am	Dave Decker

Times listed in this table are in the Central Time Zone.

The network's program director is Randy Chase with Cari Kates as the Assistant Program Director.

Former staff

• Sean Copeland - formerly was part of the "Sean and Mandy" show, which was discontinued on September 29, 2011. Copeland moved to the morning show on Indianapolis adult contemporary station WYXB. ^[3] There is a recording of the last Sean and Mandy show available for download.^[4] Mandy temporarily hosted a solo morning show before finally working with Eric.
• Coppelia - formerly occupied the time slot which now belongs to Brenda. She continues to maintain a personal Twitter account. Sean and Mandy said that "Coppelia took a job with another ministry in Houston, TX."^[5] She moved to Houston station KSBJ. ^[6]
• Brant Hansen - Replaced by Rahny Taylor, took a job with Cure International in 2014 and also hosts his own show, the Brant Hansen Show as a syndicated program on many Christian radio stations.
• Eric - In early February 2015, Air 1 announced the departure of Eric from the morning show and stated he was moving on to 'bigger & better things' (from a quote by co-host Mandy).

Board and financial information

Air1 is governed by the Educational Media Foundation, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit ministry. No individual owns any stock in the corporation, which is held for charitable purposes. The Board of Directors at large serve without compensation for rotating four-year terms, and a person with supervisory accounting experience holds one of the board positions.[18]

In addition, EMF is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA). Founded by Billy Graham, the ECFA oversees EMF's financial affairs, ethics and reporting standards.

EMF is recognized by Charity Navigator with a Four Star rating, the highest given to charities. In addition, EMF is audited yearly by an independent accounting firm, ensuring accuracy and completeness of its books and records.

Charity Navigator also reports K-LOVE's CEO Mike Novak's compensation was $463,420, including bonuses, in 2010.

Air 1 stations are licensed as NCE (non-commercial educational license) radio stations. Air 1's funding is provided by donations. The majority of donations are made during seasonal pledge drives (usually in the spring and in the fall).

Programming

Mixology

Since 2003, Air 1 listeners can vote on their favorite songs in a process called Mixology.^[7] The program was formerly known as the Air 1 Music Lab.^[8] Listeners register at www.air1.com/mix and receive periodic e-mails surveying their opinions of current songs. Each song is rated from a scale of 1 to 5 and listeners indicate how often they would like to hear the song played. Air 1 then compiles the data collected and produces a weekly top song chart where listeners can hear a sample of the song, obtain its lyrics, or click a link to buy it online.

Mixology Live^[9] is an interactive media space where Air 1 listeners tune-in and log-on every week night to Air 1.com^[10] (10pm-Midnight Eastern and 7-9pm Pacific) to vote for the next song to be played on the radio, recommend new songs to be added to the potential play list, and chat with other Air 1 listeners. Most listeners who interact on the media page login with their Facebook accounts. Logging-in with a Facebook account gives the user greater value for their activity on the media page when they vote for the next song to be played on the radio.

To vote for a song on Mixology Live,^[9] one simply has to click on the red or green arrows beside a song title. The green arrow facing upward indicates the ascension of a song up the play list. The red arrow facing downward indicates the descension of a song down the play list. The song at the top of the play list is the next song to be played on the radio. All those who voted for the song appear as a string of Facebook pictures at the top of the media page. On the right side of the page is a search bar that allows listeners to search for songs that they would like to recommend to be added to the play list. If a song cannot be found with the search bar, an option is given to the user to message the DJ. The regular host for Mixology Live^[9] is Ashton. From 10pm-Midnight Eastern and 7-9pm Pacific, Mixology Live can be streamed from Air 1.com.^[11]

Air 1 yearly produces a top countdown from all of the top songs from that year. Past top songs have been:

• "Dead Come To Life" by Jonathan Thulin in 2014
• "Dear X (You Don't Own Me)" by Disciple in 2010
• "Give Me Your Eyes" by Brandon Heath in 2008
• "East To West" by Casting Crowns in 2007
• "My Savior My God" by Aaron Shust in 2006
• "Take Me" by Hawk Nelson in 2005
• "Blessed Be Your Name" by Tree63 in 2004
• "Run" by Kutless in 2003.

These songs stay in rotation for occasional airplay on Air 1.

News

News reporters include Jennifer James, Rebecca Bennett and Joel Roberts.

Air1 also airs a 30-minute, in-depth news report called Closer Look, once a week at 6:00pm PT, followed by local public affairs programming specific to each individual station. The Closer Look segment are made available as "click-able" reports on the news^[12] portion of the www.air1.com website. Many of their daily news reports are available online the network's news page.

See also

• Educational Media Foundation
• K-LOVE

References

1. ↑ http://air1.com/About/Story.aspx
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Air 1 Staff". 
3. ↑ "Blogs: Sean Copeland". 
4. ↑ "Sean and Mandy last show MP3". 
5. ↑ "Sean and Mandy - Facebook". 
6. ↑ "The Morning Show with Bill and Coppelia". 
7. ↑ Air 1 Music Lab
8. ↑ Air 1 Music Lab
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 http://www.air1.com/music/vote.aspx
10. ↑ http://www.air1.com/
11. ↑ http://www.air1.com/listen/
12. ↑ http://www.air1.com/NewsWeather/CloserLook.aspx

External links

• Air 1
• Air 1 Listen On-Line
• Air 1 Top Songs
• Air 1 Station list
• Air 1 INsider

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