Virginia's WFMI-FM wins gospel music Stellar award for Station of the Year

WFMI-FM / REJOICE 100.9 Wins 6th
STELLAR GOSPEL MUSIC AWARD
NAMED RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR

Musical Soul Food affiliate, WFMI-FM (Rejoice 100.9) won their sixth Stellar Award for “RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR” (Large Market) at this year’s 34th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards. WFMI-FM is the leading gospel music radio station in the Norfolk/Virginia Beach market.

WFMI-FM airs the Musical Soul Food Syndication Network (MSF). MSF is a multi-media content provider that primarily targets African-American and urban consumers with family friendly content. Mike Chandler, Managing Partner of WFMI-FM and CEO of Musical Soul Food Radio Network (MSF), leverages his 30-year broadcast engineering expertise to offer affiliate partners the ability to customize the MSF format to fit their individual markets. This enables affiliates to compete locally, while delivering high quality, major market content for listeners to enjoy.

MSF talent Cedric Bailey of Cedric Bailey’s Traffic Jam, which airs daily (2p–7p) on WFMI-FM accepting the award on behalf of the entire team said, “Rejoice listeners are the best. Since the beginning, they have been the most responsive, supportive listeners in the country! They inspire us to work hard, each and every day.”

The Slice Report with Mona Austin airs during the Cedric Bailey Radio Show weekly. We salute the network for this special honor.

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