The Family Life Network is a Christian radio network simulcasting via FM stations across Western and Central New York, as well as northern Pennsylvania from flagship station WCIK. It is owned and operated by the larger Family Life Ministries of Bath, New York. Founded in 1957, FLM is an accredited member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA). Family Life is a listener-supported outreach with about 95% of its operating revenue coming directly from listeners, participants, and supporting churches. The Family Life Network should not be confused with the unrelated Family Life Communications (also known as

Family Life Radio Family Life Radio is a network of Christian radio stations in the United States, broadcasting Contemporary Christian music, as well as some Christian talk and teaching. Christian Talk and Teaching shows heard on Family Life Radio include: ''I ...

), a chain of similar radio stations in Michigan and the southwest.

History

For most of its first 30 years of existence, Family Life Ministries operated a single FM radio station, Bath's WCIK. With the release of Docket 80-90 and the massive expansion of rural and suburban FM radio signals in the late 1980s, Family Life rapidly expanded into a network, beginning with WCID in

Friendship, New York Friendship is a town in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 1,960 at the 2020 census. The town's name was adopted to mark the resolution of earlier conflicts. Friendship is near the center of Allegany County and is nort ...

(now WCOV). Family Life maintains an active presence in buying and selling stations and translators in its coverage area, a practice that takes advantage of the ministry's status as a religious broadcaster and its exemption from caps on the number of stations it can own in one broadcast area. It has largely avoided AM radio; when presented with a right of first refusal to buy an AM station in Syracuse, it declined, and it quickly spun off two others in Elmira and Salamanca two months after acquiring them in the wake of Waypoint Media's dissolution. All of Family Life's stations begin with call signs WCI, WCO, WCG or WCD. According to the company's station list, these abbreviations stand for ''Where Christ Is'', ''Where Christ Offers'', ''Where Christ Grants'' and ''With Christ Discover''. Flagship WCIK, for example, represents "Where Christ Is King."

Stations and Translators by Markets

New York

Binghamton

* WCII - Spencer - 88.5 FM with 17,000 watts. * WCIJ - Unadilla - 88.9 FM with 5,000 watts. ;Translators

Buffalo

* WCOF - Arcade - 89.5 FM with 1,000 watts. * WCOM-FM - Silver Creek - 89.3 FM with 8,000 watts. * WCOU - Attica - 88.3 FM with 11,000 watts. * WBUF-HD2 - Buffalo - 92.9 FM (owned by Townsquare Media, HD2 channel operated by FLN under a

local marketing agreement In North American broadcasting, a local marketing agreement (LMA), or local management agreement, is a contract in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another party. In essence, it is a sort of lease or tim ...

) with 76,000 watts. ;Translators

Elmira

WCIG WCIG (97.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Big Flats, New York, United States, the station is owned by Family Life Network. History The station was assigned the call letters WNBR on August 28, 1987. On ...

- Big Flats - 97.7 FM 610 watts. * WCIH - Ridgebury, Pennsylvania - 90.3 FM with 4,000 watts. * WCIK - Avoca - 103.1 FM with 1,400 watts. (

flagship station In broadcasting, a flagship (also known as a flagship station or key station) is the broadcast station which originates a television network, or a particular radio or television program that plays a key role in the branding of and consumer loyalt ...

) * WCIN -

Bath Bath may refer to: * Bathing, immersion in a fluid ** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body ** Public bathing, a public place where people bathe * Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities Plac ...

- 88.3 FM with 250 watts. ;Translators

Rochester

* WCIY - Canandaigua - 88.9 FM with 680 watts. * WCIP - Clyde - 93.7 FM with 3,800 watts. *

WBZA WBZA (98.9 FM) is an adult hits station in Rochester, New York. It is owned by Audacy, Inc. (formerly Entercom Communications), who purchased the station from Sinclair Broadcasting in 1999. Before its current format, the station played oldies ...

-HD2 - Rochester - 98.9 FM (owned by Audacy, Inc., HD2 channel operated by FLN under a local marketing agreement) * WGCC -

Batavia Batavia may refer to: Historical places * Batavia (region), a land inhabited by the Batavian people during the Roman Empire, today part of the Netherlands * Batavia, Dutch East Indies, present-day Jakarta, the former capital of the Dutch East In ...

- 90.7 FM with 880 watts. (Purchase from

Genesee Community College Genesee Community College (GCC) is a public community college with its main campus in Batavia, New York. It has campus centers in Albion, Medina, Warsaw, Dansville, Arcade, Lima (previously Lakeville), New York. Thus, the college covers areas no ...

pending) ;Translators

Syracuse

WCIT-FM WCIT-FM (106.3 Hertz, MHz) is a radio station broadcasting Family Life Network's contemporary Christian music format. Licensed to Oneida, New York, United States, the station serves central New York with an emphasis on Madison County, New York, Ma ...

Oneida Oneida may refer to: Native American/First Nations * Oneida people, a Native American/First Nations people and one of the five founding nations of the Iroquois Confederacy * Oneida language * Oneida Indian Nation, based in New York * Oneida Na ...

- 106.3 FM with 1,250 watts. *

WCIS-FM WCIS-FM (105.1 MHz) is a Contemporary Christian radio station serving the Central New York Region. The station broadcasts with an ERP of 33 kW and is licensed to DeRuyter, New York; it is currently owned and operated by the Family Life Netwo ...

- DeRuyter - 105.1 FM with 33,000 watts. * WCIO - Oswego - 96.7 FM with 3,400 watts ;Translators

Western Twin Tiers

* WCGS -

Little Valley, New York Little Valley is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 1,672 at the 2020 census. The town is named after its local geographical setting, a relative comparison of two tributaries (the other being the neighbor ...

- 105.9 FM with 7,000 watts. * WCOV-FM -

- 89.1 FM with 7,000 watts. * WCOT - Tidioute, Pennsylvania (formerly

Jamestown, New York Jamestown is a city in southern Chautauqua County, in the U.S. state of New York. The population was 28,712 at the 2020 census. Situated between Lake Erie to the north and the Allegheny National Forest to the south, Jamestown is the largest pop ...

) - 90.9 FM with 12,000 watts. * WCOI -

Ellicottville, New York Ellicottville is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 1,317 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Joseph Ellicott, principal land agent of the Holland Land Company. The town of Ellicottville includes ...

- 91.9 FM with 4,200. (

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) *

WCOQ WCOQ (101.9 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Alfred (village), New York, Alfred, New York, United States, the station is currently owned by Family Life Network. From 1999 to 2021, WCOQ wa ...

– Alfred, New York – 101.9 FM with 1,000 watts. * WCOP - Eldred, Pennsylvania - 103.9 FM with 1,200 watts. *

WCOR-FM WCOR-FM (96.7 MHz) is an FM radio station licensed to Bradford, Pennsylvania and serving Olean, New York. It is owned by the Family Life Network but has been mothballed since September 2021, with its long-term future uncertain due to ownership ...

– Bradford, Pennsylvania – 96.7 FM with 420 watts. ;Translators

Pennsylvania

Central Pennsylvania

* WCOG-FM - Galeton - 100.7 FM with 7,700 watts. * WCOH - DuBois - 107.3 FM with 18,500 watts. * WCOA-FM - Johnstown 88.5 FM with 10,000 watts. * WCOB -

State College State College is a city in central Pennsylvania, United States. State College may also refer to: Related to State College, Pennsylvania * State College Area School District, a school district serving State College * State College Area High School ...

88.3 FM with 1800 watts. * WCOX - Bedford 91.1 FM with 4,000 watts. *

WILQ WILQ (105.1 FM broadcasting, FM) is a commercial FM broadcasting, FM radio station licensed to serve Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Van Michael, through licensee Backyard Broadcasting of Pennsylvania LLC, and broadcasts a coun ...

-HD2 - Williamsport - 105.1 FM (owned by Van Michael, HD2 operated by FLN under a local marketing agreement) with 638 watts digital. ;Translators

Erie

* WCGV -

Cambridge Springs Cambridge Springs is a borough with home rule status in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,511 at the 2020 census, down from 2,595 at the 2010 census. History The village of Cambridge was settled in 1822 and wa ...

- 89.9 FM with 25,000 watts. *

WCGM WCGM (102.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian format. Licensed to serve Wattsburg, Pennsylvania, the station operates as an affiliate of Family Life Network, and primarily plays contemporary Christian music, with some Christian t ...

- Wattsburg - 102.7 FM with 3,500 watts. * WCGH - Farmington Township - 106.1 FM with 3,200 watts. * WCGT - Clintonville - 88.7 FM (formerly 89.1 WGIP—Tidioute, acquired from Dove FM in May 2020; further relocations pending) ;Translators

Northeastern Pennsylvania

* WCDH - Shenandoah - 91.5 FM with 1,200 watts. * WCDJ -

Tunkhannock Tunkhannock may refer to the following places in Pennsylvania: * Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, a borough in Wyoming County * Tunkhannock Creek (Susquehanna River) *Tunkhannock Creek (Tobyhanna Creek) Tunkhannock Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. Natio ...

- 91.3 FM with 250 watts. * WCDR - Laporte - 90.9 FM with 250 watts. * WCDV-FM - Trout Run - 90.1 FM with 350 watts. ;Translators

References

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