A new web site

Well we finally broke down and designed a new website. Check it out at http://www.gospellegends.org/

This blog has served us well and it will remain, but new items will likely go to the new website. We'll be talking about "gospellegends.org" on the air and we hope having a website will help us get the attention of other radio stations who might air the program.

Listening Times By Day

Friday:

• 10:00 AM (Eastern) Tunes4Him

Saturday:

• 1:00 PM (Eastern) PraiseFM


• 2:00 PM (Central) KXVI


• 4:00 PM (Eastern) Tunes4Him

Sunday:

• 6:00 AM (Eastern) WAAC


• 7:00 AM (Eastern) PraiseFM


• 10:00 AM (Central) KJIC.org


• 1:00 PM (Eastern) Tunes4Him


• 1:00 PM (Eastern) UrRadioChristian


• 1:00 PM (Central) WAY102-7


• 2:00 PM (Central) Community 89.9 and 95.9 KKVI Garland


• 7:00 PM (Eastern) UrRadioChristian


• 8:00 PM (Eastern) PraiseFM


• 10:00 PM (Central) KJIC.org

Congratulations to Tracy and Valerie Crouch

 
Congratulations to Tracy and Valerie Crouch on the arrival of Ryan Theodore Crouch, who was born New Year's Eve. We pray God's blessings on this precious gift of God. Tracy is our announcer and is the former bass singer for the Dixie Echoes.

Thanks

As we conclude 2007 we want to say "thanks." Thanks to the gospel singers, musicians, songwriters, and all those involved in bringing us so much good gospel music across the years. Also, thanks to KJIC radio, especially station manager Bob Vaughn, for giving us the opportunity to do this program. In a related thanks, we appreciate all the stations that air Classic Gospel Southern Style. We're thankful for our listeners. Many have emailed or written to encourage us and we appreciate the encouragement. Finally, we thank the Lord for giving us the opportunity to do CGSS!

Christmas program coming

Ellis and I are working on an all Christmas music program for the weekend of December 22. You'll hear music of the season from the Blue Ridge Quartet, the LeFevres, and the Johnson Sisters. Also, we'll feature music from one of the finest southern gospel Christmas albums ever done, the acapella Christmas album of the Cathedrals. Check program listening times below.

Program Time Changes

Our air times on our flagship station, KJIC have changed. Management has decided not to air the program on Saturdays, but it is still on on Sundays at both 10:00 AM and PM (Central Time).

Also, Tunes4Him now airs Classic Gospel Southern Style every Friday at 10:00 AM, Saturday at 4:00 PM and Sunday at 1:00 PM (Eastern Time).

Check out all the stations and schedules below on the right side bar.

NQC 2007

KJIC radio sent Ellis (along with Rachel and Sharon from the station) to the National Quartet Convention in September. Along with other things, Ellis talked to several of the artists you hear on Classic Gospel Southern Style and got liners from them. You'll hear those liners scatted through programs in the near future.

Welcome WAAC Radio

We're happy to welcome WAAC, 92.9 - "Country Music Radio" from Valdosta, GA to our family of broadcasters. Classic Gospel Southern Style can be heard from 6:00 to 8:00 each Sunday morning on WAAC.

Welcome KXVI Radio

We are glad to welcome KXVI to our family of stations. KXVI, the Bridge Ninety One Network, is located in Garland/Dallas, Texas and broadcasts on 94.3 FM. KXVI also streams its programming on the Internet at KXVI.net. You can hear Classic Gospel Southern Style on KXVI from 2:00PM to 4:00PM on both Saturday and Sunday.

Remembering the Florida Boys

As you may know, the Florida Boys have just retired after over 50 years of gospel singing. Their final appearance as a quartet will be on the last night of the National Quartet Convention in September, 2007. Since our program focuses on gospel music from years gone by we decided to set aside some time to talk about and play their music on the show. Ellis took the project on and did a terrific job with it. "Ellis Remembers the Florida Boys" will air in two parts, as the final segments of the show on the weekend of August 25 and September 1. This is a special event that you won't want to miss. Check your our air times on the station you hear the program on.

Playing Requests

We are glad to play requests on the program. If you have a favorite southern gospel song from years gone by, drop us an email and, if we have it, we'll be happy to get it on the program for you. When you write, let us know what station you listen to the program on.

Great Expectations

Congratulations to Tracy and Valerie Crouch as they are expecting their first child. Tracy tells about it in his blog. There's even an ultrasound photo! Tracy sings bass with the Dixie Echoes Quartet and is our program announcer who is heard at the beginning and end of each program and is also heard as we go into the program breaks.

Family Friendly Radio - UrRadioChristian

We're glad that, after some time off the air that Family Friendly Radio - UrRadioChristian is back and that Classic Gospel Southern Style can again be heard on Sundays at 1:00 in the afternoon and 7:00 in the evening (Eastern Time). More listening opportunities for our program!

Welcome to WAY 102-7 to our family of stations

We are happy that WAY 102-7 is adding Classic Gospel Southern Style to their Sunday afternoon program line up. WAY 102-7 is located in Callaway, Nebraska and our program will air from 1:00 to 3:00 on Sunday afternoons. The station isn't on the Internet yet, but we are happy that our program will be heard in central Nebraska starting May 6th.

If you are a programming director for a broadcast or internet radio station and interested in airing CGSS -- drop us an email at classics@kjic.org.

We're looking for radio stations to air this program

Classic Gospel Southern Style is available for syndication. To hear a short sample of the programming, click here.

The program is distributed on a free will (and that includes "free") offering basis and is available to radio stations as an mp3 download. If you are radio station (on air or Internet) programming director, drop us an email -- we'd be glad to talk to you about Classic Gospel Southern Style for your station!

Ellis O'Manley

You don't want to miss the opening of our March 17-18 program. Since it is St. Patrick's Day Ellis Manley becomes "Ellis O'Manley" for the opening of the program! We laughed our way all the way through his effort!

Southern Gospel Music News Releases

We were surprised and pleased with this nice press release from Tunes4Him.com....

Southern Gospel Music News Releases: "TUNES4HIM.COM ADDS CLASSIC GOSPEL SOUTHERN STYLE PROGRAM (story added February 25)

Lancaster, PA – Tunes4Him.com, a leading internet broadcaster of Southern Gospel Music, is pleased to announce the addition of Classic Gospel Southern Style to its featured radio programs line up. The program will begin broadcasting on the weekend of March 2-4, 2007. The two hour program is scheduled to be broadcasted every Friday at 1:00 PM, every Saturday at 8:00 PM and every Sunday at 7:00 AM. Each of the broadcast times are for the eastern time zone.

Classic Gospel Southern Style is a weekly program that features southern Gospel songs from years gone by. The program highlights music by such groups as the Blackwood Brothers, the Statesmen Quartet and the Blue Ridge Quartet. The program is hosted by DJ’s Ellis Manley and Scott Cundriff, two guys who love classic southern Gospel music.

“We are excited to add a quality program like Classic Gospel Southern Style to our lineup,” stated Scott Evans, one of the owners of Tunes4Him.com. “Ellis and Scott do a phenomenal job of putting this program together and they play a lot of the older music which we all love! We look forward to a long and successful relationship with Classic Gospel Southern Style and we are certain that our listeners will enjoy the program.”

A New Station: Tunes4Him

We welcome a new Internet station to our family of CGSS stations. Tunes4Him.com airs our program every Friday at 1:00 PM, Saturday at 8:00 PM and Sunday at 7:00 AM (eastern time). We are happy to have our program on this station -- and you might note that by their scheduling CGSS for early on Friday afternoon, their stream gives folks "on the job" an opportunity to enjoy our good gospel music!

Gospel Music Fan-news..information about southern gospel

We appreciate the back link from:
Gospel Music Fan-news..information about southern gospel

Family Friendly Radio - UrRadioChristian

We are happy to add Family Friendly Radio - UrRadioChristian to our network of stations. You can listen via the internet on Sundays from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. and again from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. (times are Eastern) each Sunday.

Christmas Program

I hope you get a chance to listen to our Christmas Weekend Program on December 23-24. The first hour is filled with the great music we usually play. Then, the second hour is all Christmas music from years gone by. Ellis and I read scripture and share Christmas thoughts along the way. We hope you enjoy this special program!

Continuing on

As we near the end of the year we can report good days with Classic Gospel Southern Style. Thanks to all those who have sent letters and emails to tell us you enjoy the program, and thanks for the requests. We are working on ways to respond better to the requests we receive...and, we keep looking for great songs from the past to add to our playlist. Thanks for listening!

Blog Mention

Thanks to Tracy Crouch of the Dixie Echoes (who also serves as announcer for our program) for the nice write up on his website: Maybe I can share something...: Newly Added Links...Check 'Em Out!!

National Quartet Convention

Ellis and I had a terrific time at NQC. Here is a link to some photos you might enjoy.

National Quartet Convention - 2006

Sep 15, 2006 - 74 Photos

Listening Times

Classic Gospel Southern Style is on the air several times each Saturday and Sunday. You can listen over the air in the Houston/Galveston area on KJIC, 90.5 FM from 10:00 to 12:00 both AM and PM (Central Time) on both Saturday and Sunday. Also, you can listen in on either of KJIC's audio stream (same times) at kjic.org.

Also you can listen on PraiseFM in Vienna, WV, 98.1 FM on Saturday at 1:00 PM (times are Eastern) and Sunday at both 7:00 AM and 8:00 PM. Also, PraiseFM streams audio at praisefm.net.

We hope to find other stations that would like to air the program. It is distributed via the Internet on an offering basis. Contact us for me information!

NQC Bound

Ellis and I will be at the National Quartet Convention in Louisville on September 13-16. In addition to representing KJIC radio we will be talking about our program to everyone we can find who is connected with Southern Gospel radio. Also, we will be getting audio liners from artists for both KJIC and Classic Gospel Southern Style. We are looking forward to lots of good music and to meeting lots of good people!

Syndication Update

We have heard from a couple of stations that are interested in syndicating our program. One is Tunes4Him and internet only station. The other is PraiseFM a broadcast/internet station in Vienna WV. We are interested in talking to other program directors about their airing Classic Gospel Southern Style. Send us an email at scott@kjic.org for more information!

Who we are

Classic Gospel Southern Style is a weekly radio program that airs on KJIC, 90.5 FM in the Houston-Galveston area and features southern gospel songs from years gone by. The program features music by such groups as the Blackwood Brothers, the Statesmen, and the Blue Ridge Quartet and is hosted by KJIC's own Ellis Manley and Scott Cundiff. There are four listening opportunities each weekend: Saturday and Sunday from 10:00-12:00 both morning and night each day. Your requests or comments are welcome. Email: classics@kjic.org.

The program can also be heard via the Internet at KJIC.org.

Special note: we are in the beginning stages of making "Classic Gospel Southern Style" available for syndication. To hear a short sample of the programming, click here. If you are radio station (on air or Internet) programming director, drop us an email -- we will make you an offer you can't refuse!