Holy Family Communications

THE STATION OF THE CROSS IS A NOT FOR PROFIT CATHOLIC MEDIA NETWORK THAT EXISTS IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY EVANGELIZE THROUGH RADIO PROGRAMMING, DIGITAL CONTENT, AND COMMUNITY ACTION.

1. PROGRAMMING/PRODUCTION:ONE OF OUR MAJOR GOALS FOR 2023 WAS TO DEVELOP TWO NEW SHOWS IN 2023, OUR FIRST SHOW DEVELOPED WAS ACT AIRING WEEKDAYS AT 7:00AM AND THE SECOND, ASK A PRIEST LIVE AIRING WEEKDAYS AT 6:00PM. WE ALSO MOVED MOTHER ANGELICA CLASSICS INTO THE 10AM HOUR WHEN WE MOVED MOTHER MIRIAM INTO THE 2:00PM TO REPLACE JESSE ROMARO WHICH WENT INTO THE 8:00PM HOUR. 2. FOUR MEN'S MARCHESHIGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT VIA THE MEN'S MARCH AND RALLY IN ALBANY, D.C., AND BOSTON,WITH ASSOCIATED EVENTS IN NYC, D.C., AND BOSTON, WHICH ALSO REINFORCED OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BRAND MOST ESPECIALLY AS "SWORD BEARERS AND "LEADERS IN THE CULTURE BATTLE." 3. NEW STATION ACQUISITION AND TECHNOLOGY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:WE PURCHASED, REBUILT, AND LAUNCHED 5 NEW TERRESTRIAL STATIONS IN 2023WACE 730AM SPRINGFIELD, MA [BUILT FROM SCRATCH: 1/5/2023]WHVM 91.9FM OWEGO, NY [COMPLETELY REBUILT: 3/20/2023]W266DK 101.1 FM SOUTHBRIDGE, MA [LAUNCHED TRANSLATOR ON: 4/18/2023]WPMW 88.5 FM MIDDLEBOROUGH, MA [COMBINED WPMW & WRRS: 8/19/2023]HIRED 3 NEW SUBCONTRACTED ENGINEERS FOR STATIONSWPMW: DAVID GOLDSTEIN, WHVM: TROY BRYANT, WQOM: JOHN GARRETT PURCHASED NEW SHOW HOST EQUIPMENTCREATED A FULLY FUNCTIONAL REMOTE STUDIO FOR NEW HIRE JOE MCCLANE FOR ACTJIM HAVENS RECEIVED A HIGH-END VIDEO CAMERA FOR THE SIMPLE TRUTHASK A PRIEST LAUNCHED, JORDAN PACHECO RECEIVED NEW MICROPHONE, 15 PRIEST HEADSETSBOTH FATHER MCTEIGUE AND RYAN CAESAR RECEIVED NEW LAPTOPS FOR THE CATHOLIC CURRENT 13 TRANSMITTER SITES NOW HAVE FULLY FUNCTIONAL CELLULAR BACKUP INTERNETALL 19 OF OUR TERRESTRIAL STATIONS HAD A SUCCESSFUL FCC NATIONAL PERIODIC TEST WE PROPERLY PROGRAMMED OUR 14 SAGE EMERGENCY ALERT TRANSMITTER UNITS BEFORE TESTALL REQUIRED FCC LEGAL FORMS: 1, 2, 3 WERE SUBMITTED ON TIME.ALL STATIONS WERE FULLY OPERATIONAL FOR BOTH THE SPRING & FALL 2023 APPEALSNO STATIONS FAILED DURING THE APPEAL WHICH ALLOWED FOR MAXIMUM DONOR PARTICIPATIONSUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED THE NEW SHOW "ASK A PRIEST"15 DIFFERENT PRIESTS RECEIVED THE SAME HEADSETS FOR AUDIO CONTINUITY BETWEEN GUESTSNEW HOST JORDAN PACHECOINSTALLED A NEW STATE OF THE ART VMIX STREAMING SYSTEMTHIS SYSTEM REPLACES A FAILING UNIT AND GIVES GREATER GUEST SHOW CAPACITYINSTALLED HIGH-END VIDEO EDITING WORKSTATION (DANIEL WEISS)THIS SYSTEM GREATLY DECREASES OUR RENDERING/EXPORTING TIMEIT ALLOWS FOR GREATER CAPACITY FOR SOCIAL MEDIA & SPECIAL PROJECTSINSTALLED NEW WORKSTATIONS FOR ZACH & NORA 4. FUND APPEALS AND SPONSORSHIP ACCOMPLISHMENTSRAISED OVER $750,000 IN BOTH SPRING AND FALL APPEAL BEST FUND DRIVES IN HISTORYFALL WAS ESPECIALLY IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE IT CAME RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF SPRING APPEAL, AND WE WERE MISSING ONE OF OUR PROFESSIONAL ON-AIR HOSTS RENEWED SEVERAL PAST SPONSORS AND CONVERTED MONTHLY DONORS TO ONGOINGDEVELOPING AND EXECUTING STRATEGY FOR LAPSED DONORS