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[Shane]

Ok, I've been away for a while and the only reason is I'm dealing with an issue and don't want to face it. Here's the deal, I have to make a major decision concerning Reign Radio, on one hand it is a very successful Christian rock internet station, if you measure success by listeners. We jam 3 Shoutcast servers full every day with listeners.. On the other hand financially it is not successful, but I knew it probably would never be. The problem lies in the fact that it's success puts a serious financial drain on me and the company that I am running it through. Not to mention that there is a huge uncertainty of what the station has to pay for royalty rates this year.

So the dilemma, do I keep sinking money into this or call it quits. Frankly I have been ready to call it quits, of corse now that I have been ready to do it, I get emails every day from people who just found the station and love it... I also get people complaining about what we play, like Alice Cooper, FlyLeaf, even Skillet which just makes me go to the site and request it to piss them off. I know I'm not right, but I do enjoy it.

Well you say you should ask for donations, we do, probably not as much as we should, and we do get donations. Those donations probably cover about 15-25% of the operating cost on average.

Next problem, I hardly have the time to maintain the station like I should. Between my family, job and business I feel that I am spread pretty thin. And on top of it I try to find time to take care of the stations when I have a spare moment and feel like it. Which is sometimes hard to do.

Right now everything has a stay of execution for a month, but I have to seriously make a decision on what to do. I think I know what I have to do, but I have a hard time admitting it, maybe it's pride, I don't know.


As far as this forum is concerned I don't have plans to shut it off, but I would like to find a way to make it more active. I don't know what that will be, but I would welcome any suggestions as well.

[Yeshua-Knight]

i don't know that what i have to say will have much impact on things and honestly i hope it doesn't because what i want for this station is for God's will to be done concerning it.

i know that ever since i discovered this station it has been nothing but a blessing for me and it has helped keep me persevering towards my goal of someday being involved in a christian radio station along the lines of this one, whatever happens to this station, whether it stay or it go, the Lord has used this station to do good to enrich the lives of his children and to draw people to him.

i am sorry that this station has put such a strain on you, it's not fair that the family should suffer for sake of ministry or vice versa, i wish there was some kind of way that you could have help in this ministry, i'm sure that if this is the Lord's will that he will provide you the aid you need.

and as for the playlist, i'm sorry, but i really think that you'd have complaints no matter what music you played, let's face it, you can't please all of the people all of the time, and on top of this that shouldn't even be our endeavor, and in my opinion, i think it's wonderful that you do play alice cooper's music that he's put out since he came to christ, and i hope you also play the music that brian "head" welch will be putting out, provided of course it fits with the programming of the station, people who don't like that you play these bands forget sometimes that we can't just keep to ourselves in our little christian community and go to our own little christian concerts and listen to our christian music, some times we need to be bold and step out into the world where the people are and really show God to them so that they can see Him and come to him.

i know that at the last flyleaf concert i went to, it was probably one of the BEST concerts i have ever been to, ever. it took place in a small local venue that also was a bar, but that didn't matter, because flyleaf didn't mince words up there on stage, they didn't hmm and haw about needing something greater, they said it loud and clear that nothing in this world can fulfill us like God. and as they performed i felt the holy spirit come in and descend upon the audience, and i saw how it effected the band and it brought joy to me to see God using them to draw the lost to himself so that they would be saved. afterward even a couple of months after that concert people were posting on flyleaf's myspace page comments about how they had gotten saved at that show and it rekindled some of that joy to know that God was so good that he could take a gathering place of lost souls and use it to draw so many to himself, it was a beautiful thing

i will be praying for you in this time, my friend. i do share your concerns because as i've said i also want to go into christian radio and i will without a doubt be counting on God to provide me the things i will need both for the ministry and for my day to day life because i know that radio doesn't pay much, but i don't think i would be happier doing anything else than using radio to draw others to Christ

anyways, i think that's all i have to say for now

[Anchored]

Hey Shane, I am not really sure what to say in all this, but I do believe that God uses this station to touch lives and change them. I really feel you need to ask the Father what His will is for the station, if God has told you to do what you are doing He will bless you and this work, remember He said he will never leave nor forsake you, hold onto the promises of His word.
   As for those who complain, well, people who would complain about the playlist here would probably find something to complain about no matter what is played.
   Ask yourself if the price that is paid is to high if just one person repents and finds salvation as a result of this station? Just something to think about.
    Your Canadian Connection
          Mike

Edited by truthhurts, 28 August 2007 - 12:07 PM.
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[Stiggy]

Can I help with any one . Like helping host the server. I am running my own LAN that I have setup and installed.

I been listening to this station since 2003 and this is my first look at your forums. I use winamp and bookmark it. So I usually never look at the site. Thanks for the radio station it helped me in my christian walk. I work as a correctional officer in Texas prision system. When I have a hard time there I think of the full armor of God hours. God is there even in prison.

I tihnk if you played Zao or Mortification it rattle their chains too.

[Shane]

I guess the biggest thing right now for me is I don't have good clear direction from God about this either way. Whenever I think I should keep it going, I base it on people and what they say, how much they like the station and I feel like I would be letting them down by shutting it off. Then I realize I am basing that feeling on people and not on God, so then I am right back where I started. Admittedly all this thinking and talking about is giving me some renewed interest in keeping it going.

Here is the thing, I want to do this for the right reason, because God has called me to do it, not because I or men (or women) want me to do it. If what I am doing is not for Him then it is in vain. So my request is that you pray that God would give me clarity and show me what His will is for this. I don't want my decision to be based on money or men, but solely on what God wants for me to do.

I haven't really listened in a while, sitting here with headphones on while writing this, I realize how much this station rocks!

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I been listening to this station since 2003

Wow it doesn't seem like that long that we've been on, but it's been 7 years now...

[Yeshua-Knight]

this station really does rock, i think the only one that can really compare is savage radio, and even then they can't fully compete 'cus you rock the classics too, and let's face it, you can't beat a classic, i don't care what it is

like i said before, the only thing to do here is to follow what God says to do, i'll be praying for clarity for you so that you'll know what to do concerning the station. i know that no matter what happens it will be for his best for all of us.

Edited by Yeshua-Knight, 28 August 2007 - 10:13 PM.

[Shane]

I'll update everybody on the decisions I have made soon.