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Jim Channell
Program Director and Morning Show Host
Jim Channell
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I'm just a DJ that got saved!, is the claim of our Program Director and morning show host Jim Channell. In fact he was a successful and infamous DJ of great popularity in the Chicago area once voted one of the top 4 DJs in America but exuding such a negative influence on his young audience that his own younger siblings were forbidden to listen to his show. He graduated from Midwestern Broadcasting and started his career aiming to be the best he could be and to get into the top radio market in his hometown of Chicago.
Using a variety of stage names but finally gaining renown using the Captain Whammo alias, Jim got to interview and rub elbows with many of the rock n roll greats of the era before coming to meet the one who became his greatest hero of all; Jesus.
Since the day he accepted Christ, Channell has been committed to using the influence of radio to reach others who need to hear the saving message of Jesus. He has been on the air with Praise FM since 1994.
His favorite catchphrase,If God be for us, who can be against us?, (Romans 8:31) has become an encouragement and battle-cry of the day for his listeners in the area.
Jim grew up just blocks from the great Wrigley field in Chicago, and he still harbors that love of sports he had as a youngster, bringing current scores and commentaries into his morning show daily. Since his own salvation occurred while Contemporary Christian music was still in it's embryonic stage, his knowledge of the genre is thorough and replete with personal interactions. For ten years he produced Christian Countdown America, which not only introduced the current hits but also ministered and witnessed. Today he uses his extensive knowledge of Christian music to produce Classic Christian Gold, the worlds first Christian oldies program, which highlights different artists, styles, or time periods, with interesting background information and of course an invitation to accept Jesus on every show. The show is featured on Wednesday mornings on Praise FM, and is also heard around the world on stations in Europe, Philippines, UK, Canada, Puerto Rico and 26 countries in Africa.
Jim believes that Christian radio can and should also be quality radio, and his desire is to see Praise 89.5 become the best Christian station in the world. He also believes that the purpose is not to entertain as much as to minister, and although his resume includes some amazing success stories, the most valuable measures of success are stored in plastic boxes in his closet; hundreds and hundreds of letters of lives changed, salvation's, and words of thanks for always pointing to Jesus.
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Questions? info@fbcmarco.comOffice: kelly@fbcmarco.com
Phone: 239-775-8950
Fax: 239-774-5889
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