When Bonneville International purchased a group of radio stations in the Phoenix market, I was excited; I could once again listen to General Conference on the radio.
Sadly, this October, neither of the two Bonneville owned stations will broadcast General Conference.
Last April, when Bonneville had three stations in the Phoenix area, they broadcast Conference on the weaker of the two AM stations–KMVP–which, at the time, merely played a loop of promos, telling people to switch their radios to the stronger AM signal.
I worked all day Saturday during the April Conference and, when I wasn’t working a traffic accident or any other call that took me away from my patrol vehicle, I was able to listen to General Conference.
This year, once again, I am working during General Conference, but this time, I will not be able to listen to Conference…unless, of course, I have help.
Radio stations are in the business to make money and General Conference interferes with a stations ability to make money (e.g. – no brokered programming for colon blow, home repair shows and other exciting products and programs). So, what can you and I do to encourage Bonneville to broadcast conference in Phoenix and other markets serviced by Bonneville?
I’m so glad you asked. Let me tell you how!
First of all, if you live in Chicago, Washington D.C., Seattle, Phoenix, St. Louis, Cincinnati or Salt Lake City, you are fortunate enough to have Bonneville stations on the air.
Now, just go to (http://www.bonneville.info/gc_lookup.htm) to find out which media outlets (cable/TV/satellite/radio) are airing Conference in your area.
If you live in a market serviced by Bonneville, but do not see one of their stations listed as broadcasting General Conference, feel free to contact Bonneville using this link- (http://bonneville.info/contactinfo.htm)and request that the station in your area (make sure you identify the station by it’s call letters) carry General Conference on one of their stations. It is as simple as that.
Perhaps if enough people in the Phoenix area and other markets serviced by Bonneville will raise their voices via email and let Bonneville know you want to listen to Conference on the radio, they might just listen to you and change their current schedule.
For those of us who have to work on Saturday or Sunday, this is our only way to enjoy General Conference and the ensuing spiritual uplift.
Who knows? Someone might stumble across General Conference on the radio and want to know more about the Church. Of course, Aunt Edna in Sun City might miss her weekly informercial for colon blow. (Oh, the humanity!)
For my money, of course, Conference beats informercials for colon blow any day of the week!