I think there might be a couple of options you forgot to mention. Internet radio and satellite radio seem to be increasing in popularity. I frequently use both to listen to SG because where I live it is difficult to pick up the one broadcast station that does play SG.

The disadvantage to satellite radio (at least with Sirius) is that there is only one SG station on there at this time.

Internet radio, on the other hand, gives you a much better choice. Live365 (which I often use) has dozens of free SG stations to choose from and several pay stations as well.

With the internet being so wide-spread now, maybe the SG industry needs to do a media campaign urging followers of SG to take advantage of the internet radio stations in areas where no SG broadcast stations are available.

There are many outlets out there for the SG fans to listen to their favorite music. We just need to get the word out to people as to what those outlets are.

The need to have/subscribe to one of the options you mentioned is a factor. I don’t have any of the four, so I can’t get enLighten … hence why I am more likely to just forget to mention it in a post like this.

You state two difference percentages of Southern Gospel fans being able to hear a S. G.-oriented radio station. If you discount enLighten, my consensus is that the number today is less than 30%.

However, if you consider enLighten … it’s close to 100% of all S. G. fans in all of North America being able to hear their music via radio 24/7. Of course, there’s the factor of having to have/subscribe to XM Radio, Sirius Radio, DirecTV or Dish TV – with a fair chunk of the U. S. population already having access to one or more of these services.

I can tell you that we hear from listeners in most states and several Canadian provences with some regularlity.