WLIX 1979 Lineup
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10, 2004.
Spring/Summer 1979
Weekdays
- 6:00
AM—Sign on, followed by contemporary Christian Music with Bob Spencer
- 7:00
AM—The Chapel of the Air
- I need
to know what aired on WLIX between 7:15 AM and 8:15 AM during the spring
and summer of 1979.
- 8:15
AM—World Missions with Dr. Leonard Bell
- 8:30
AM—The King’s Hour with Dr. Robert Cook. King’s College of Briarcliff Manor, New York produced this
show.
- 8:45
AM—The Mission to Children (a.k.a. Christ Is the Answer)
with Dr. J.D. Carlson
- 9:00
AM—The Word for Today with Chuck Smith, pastor of Calvary Chapel in
Costa Mesa, California.
- 9:30
AM—Pastor Jim Pendleton
- 9:45
AM—Gospel Revivals with Reverend Charles Holzhauser. (This show
debuted on WLIX by August 9, 1979.)
- 10:00
AM—Gene Profeta’s radio program was already airing on WLIX by as early as
May 29, 1979
- 10:15
AM—The Highway to Heaven with Reverend J.D. Walker premiered on
WLIX by August 6, 1979.
- 10:30
AM—The Friendship Hour with Felix Keller. (This show was replaced by R.W. Schambach’s Hour of
Deliverance by August 6, 1979.)
- 10:45
AM— Deeper Life Broadcast with Pastor Charles Sedaphel, who
pastored a church in Queens.
- 11:00
AM—Telephone Time with Pastors Ferri and Graves of the Long Island
Branch Ministry. This call-in
show, done by the same hosts who did The Bible Speaks for WNYG, was
on WLIX’s schedule as early as May 3, 1979.
- 11:30
AM—The Southwest Radio Church with Dr. David Webber
- NOON—The
Chapel of the Air
- 12:15
PM—World Missions. This program was replaced in this timeslot by Charismatic
Life/Life in the Spirit with Terry Twerell and David Knapp sometime
between June and August of 1979.
- 12:30
PM—The Believer’s Voice of Victory with Kenneth Copeland. This show debuted on WLIX by late-August
1979.
- 12:45
PM—
- 1:00
PM—
- 1:15
PM—
- 1:30
PM—
- 1:45
PM—The Friendship Hour
- 2:00
PM to Sign-off—Contemporary Christian Music with Lloyd Parker
(mid-afternoon) and Mel Torre (late afternoon)
- Sunset—Sign-off
Saturday
- 6:00
AM—Sign on, followed by Contemporary Christian Music
- I need
to know what aired on WLIX between 7:00 AM and 8:30 AM on Saturdays during
the spring and summer of 1979.
- 8:30
AM—Long Island Issues, hosted by Lloyd Parker
- 8:45
AM—?
- 9:00
AM—The Mission to Millions with Reverend Jim Gaines
- I
need to know what aired on WLIX between 9:30 AM and 11:00 AM on Saturdays
during the spring and summer of 1979.
- 11:00
AM—The Bible Church of Christ with Bishop Bryant
- 11:30
AM—Help Jesus ministry
- NOON—I
need to know what aired on WLIX between noon and 3:00 PM on Saturdays
during the spring and summer of 1979.
- 3:00
PM—National Gospel Countdown. This show was the Contemporary
Christian Music version of Casey Kasem’s American Top 40.
- 4:00
PM to Sign-off—Contemporary Christian Music
- Sunset—Sign-off
Sunday
- 6:00
AM—Sign on, followed by contemporary Christian Music
- 7:30
AM—Long Island Issues
- I
need to know what aired on WLIX between 7:15 AM and 8:15 AM during the
spring and summer of 1979.
- 8:15
AM—?
- 8:30
AM—The Chapel of the Air
- 8:45
AM—?
- 9:00
AM—Trinity Pulpit with Reverend Donald Ewing. This show premiered on WLIX by
September 1979.
- I
need to know what aired on WLIX on Sundays between 9:30 AM and 10:45 AM
during the spring and summer of 1979.
- 10:45
AM—Brentwood Full Gospel Tabernacle with Reverend T.J. Sells
- 11:00
AM—Bay Shore Assembly of God Church broadcast with Pastor S. Leon
Cooke
- I
need to know what aired on WLIX between noon and 1:00 PM on Sundays during
the spring and summer of 1979.
- 1:00
PM—Revivaltime with Dan Betzer and Reverend Jim Gaines
- 1:15
PM—?
1:30 PM—Sar Shalom Ministry with
Irene Hanley- 1:45
PM—?
- 2:00
PM to Sign-off—Contemporary Christian Music
- Sunset—Sign-off
As of November 12, 1979—plus end-of-year changes
Weekdays
- 6:00
AM—Sign on, followed by contemporary Christian Music
- 7:00
AM—Contemporary Christian Music with Doug James (as of October 1979)
- 7:30
AM—The Chapel of the Air (as of November 19, 1979)
- I need
to know what aired on WLIX between 7:15 AM and 8:15 AM during the spring
and summer of 1979.
- 8:00
AM—No Greater Love with Pastor Ross Davi of the Full Gospel
Christian Church of Copiague, New York
- 8:30
AM—?
- 8:45
AM—The Mission to Children (a.k.a. Christ Is the Answer)
with Dr. J.D. Carlson
- 9:00
AM—The Word for Today with Chuck Smith, pastor of Calvary Chapel in
Costa Mesa, California.
- 9:30
AM—Pastor Jim Pendleton
- 9:45
AM—Gospel Revivals with Reverend Charles Holzhauser. (This show
debuted on WLIX by August 9, 1979.)
- 10:00
AM—Gene Profeta
- 10:15
AM—The Highway to Heaven with Reverend J.D. Walker
- 10:30
AM—R.W. Schambach’s Hour of Deliverance. (The show changed its name
to The Voice of Power circa Wednesday, December 26, 1979. Brother Schambach explained the name
change that day by saying there were too many shows called “The Hour of
Deliverance,” including Evangelist Ralph Nichol’s weekly program on WNYG
1440 AM and WWDJ 970 AM.)
- 10:45
AM— Deeper Life Broadcast with Pastor Charles Sedaphel, who
pastored a church in Queens.
- 11:00
AM—Telephone Time with Pastors Ferri and Graves of the Long Island
Branch Ministry.
- 11:30
AM—The Southwest Radio Church with Dr. David Webber
- NOON—The
Rock of Israel with Hyman “Israel” Specter. This show took over the noon timeslot by no later than
December 6, 1979.
- 12:15
PM—Charismatic Life/Life in the Spirit with Terry Twerell and David
Knapp
- 12:30
PM—The Believer’s Voice of Victory with Kenneth Copeland. This show debuted on WLIX by
late-August 1979.
- 12:45
PM— The Camp Meeting Hour with Jimmy Swaggart. (This show premiered
on WLIX by November 12, 1979.)
- 1:00
PM—?
- 1:15
PM—?
- 1:30
PM—?
- 1:45
PM—?
- 2:00
PM to Sign-off—Contemporary Christian Music with Bob Spencer (as of
September 18, 1979)
- Sunset—Sign-off
Saturday
- 6:00
AM—Sign on, followed by Contemporary Christian Music
- I need
to know what aired on WLIX between 7:00 AM and 8:30 AM on Saturdays during
the spring and summer of 1979.
- 8:30
AM—Long Island Issues, hosted by Lloyd Parker
- 8:45
AM—?
- 9:00
AM—The Mission to Millions with Reverend Jim Gaines
- I
need to know what aired on WLIX between 9:30 AM and 11:00 AM on Saturdays
during the fall of 1979.
- 11:00
AM—The Bible Church of Christ with Bishop Bryant
- 11:30
AM—Help Jesus ministry
- NOON—I
need to know what aired on WLIX between noon and 3:00 PM on Saturdays
during the fall of 1979.
- 3:00
PM—National Gospel Countdown. This show was the Contemporary
Christian Music version of Casey Kasem’s American Top 40.
- 4:00
PM to Sign-off—Contemporary Christian Music
- Sunset—Sign-off
Sunday
- 6:00
AM—Sign on, followed by contemporary Christian Music
- 7:30
AM—Long Island Issues
- I
need to know what aired on WLIX between 7:15 AM and 8:15 AM during the
fall of 1979.
- 8:15
AM—?
- 8:30
AM—The Chapel of the Air
- 8:45
AM—?
- 9:00
AM—Trinity Pulpit with Reverend Donald Ewing. This show premiered on WLIX by
September 1979.
- I
need to know what aired on WLIX on Sundays between 9:30 AM and 10:45 AM
during the fall of 1979.
- 10:45
AM—Brentwood Full Gospel Tabernacle with Reverend T.J. Sells
- 11:00
AM—Bay Shore Assembly of God Church broadcast with Pastor S. Leon
Cooke
- I
need to know what aired on WLIX between noon and 1:00 PM on Sundays during
the fall of 1979.
- 1:00
PM—Revivaltime with Dan Betzer and Reverend Jim Gaines
- 1:15
PM—?
- 1:30
PM—?
- 1:45
PM—?
- 2:00
PM to Sign-off—Contemporary Christian Music
- Sunset—Sign-off
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