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1. What is BlackGospel Radio and who are you?
Featuring a worshipful mix of some of the best in Black Gospel Music playing on the Internet! Click here for more about BlackGospel Radio. The NEW BlackGospel Radio station went live on Friday, October 4, 2002 and has risen rapidly to become one of the top 25 Live365 stations in only a few months. Find out why.... Listen Now! I am called to web ministry and you can find out more about the vision by clicking here!

2. What kind of music do you play?
We play Traditional, Contemporary, & Quartet gospel from some of my (and hopefully your) favorite artists.

3. Does the playlist ever change?
Yes. The playlists are updated almost daily and new music is added weekly.   Our specialty shows insure that your experience is interesting and interactive and fresh!

4. I'm having trouble getting your station to play?
Check the help section - you may find the answer to your problem there.

5. What audio player can I use to play BlackGospel Radio?
You can use the Live365 player, Winamp, Windows Media Player, MusicMatch or other players. Check the Tools Section for a list of audio players that will play Black Gospel Radio.

6. I have an Apple Mac - can I still listen to BlackGospel Radio?
Of course. Check the help page for Mac system requirements and players.

7. I'm a promoter at a record label (or independent artist) - will you play my releases?
Definitely! We allow artists to send me releases for play on BlackGospel Radio. Click here to check out our "Indy" page for information on how to send me your project.

8. What is Live365.com?
It's a site that hosts 1000's of web radio stations broadcasting a wide variety of music. If you want to become a broadcaster, for a small monthly fee they will host all the tracks you want to play and have all the streaming facilities etc. Why not start your own station? Let's get the Gospel to the world! Click here for details.

9. What's all this about internet radio about to die?
As with all things - if it's good, then there's always someone to come along and spoil the party. Web radio, in it's best form, gives exposure to music you might not have had the chance to discover through 'normal' radio. Web Radio is under a very real threat. Check www.saveinternetradio.org for details and show your support in any way you can.
 

10. I've been blessed by BlackGospel Radio's great music. How can I support the station?
Thanks! Ways to support BlackGospel Radio would be to pass the web address www.blackgospelradio.net or www.live365.com/stations/blackgospelradio along to anyone you think would also be blessed by the music we're playing. You can also make a vote of appreciation by rating the show using the drop down menu "Rate this station" on the player window that's launched when you click Listen Now. One of the final and best ways to support us to sign up as a Preferred Listener and then vote for us as your favorite Live365 Radio Station. This actually helps pay for the station by contributing part of your fees to directly offset our cost of operating the station. This will allow us more room to upgrade the station and add more music.

11. How can I buy the music played on the station?
You can click the project links you see on this website to buy from Amazon.com website, but you can click the "Buy" button when a track is playing, or you can visit some of the websites in our link section or on the New Music page!
 

12. How many songs are in your playlist at any one time?
We currently have over 1000 songs that we build playlists from. These 1000 songs are taken mostly from but are not limited to artists listed on our Artist section.

13. Why is the sound quality of the station so low?
We chose to keep the quality low (AM quality) so that we could provide EVERYONE the opportunity to listen. There are many who do not have high speed connections but 56K modems (or less) that don't connect with high speeds. The higher the quality, the faster the connection must be to listen. Our goal is to make the station available to EVERYBODY and not penalize those that have slower connections. If support of the station continues, we are considering the launch of a high-speed (for broadband users) FM and CD-Quality stations that will play music at high-quality, stereo sound. To do this we must have many more "Preferred Listeners" select us as their Favorite Station and "Free" listeners purchasing "Preferred Memberships".

14. Why do we have to pay now to listen at certain times of day?
Terrestrial Radio Stations do not pay performance royalty fees for the music that they play on AM & FM radio. When Live365 first started out, Internet Radio Stations didn't have to pay these royalties either, but unfortunately Congress yielded to the heavy pressure and lobbying from the Recording Industry and passed laws which force Internet Broadcasters to pay very high fees to play the music we all love to listen to.

Live365 is committed to providing a broadcasting service to personal broadcaster which allows and broadcasting on the Internet, and to do it while covering the costs of these royalty fees for everyone. It is a huge expense. Live365 has sought and continues to seek the revenue from 3 sources to pay the bills.
1) From advertising sold on the Live365 site...banner ads, pop-ups and audio ads in the broadcasts.
2) An increase to the costs that the broadcasters pay to keep their station on the air and this (because of costs) recently had to include capping the number of listeners for each station based on how large of a package the broadcaster could afford. The royalties increase with every listener.
3) And finally, offering to the listener the option to avoid all ads, banners and pop-up, plus be guaranteed access to any Live365 station by becoming a Preferred Member.

Preferred Membership prices can be as low as $3.65 a month if you pay in advance. That works out to only about 13 cents a day! And may I say that if you are listening primarily to Gospel Music, you really are in effect helping to keep this ministry on the air! For just 13 cents a day!

All of these changes have been very painful for everyone involved. I love having the opportunity to broadcast on the internet and appreciate each and every listener. My prayer is that you will continue to be a Live365 listener and perhaps even a ministry supporter by becoming a Preferred Member.