The Mid-Columbia Gospel Music Top 40

The Mid-Columbia Gospel Music Top 40 is an annual countdown program hosted by KGSG.  Each year, we take the most-played songs on Simply Gospel, and place these on a "ballot" as eligible songs for the Top 40.  Then, we turn loose our listeners on that ballot, compile the results, and prepare for our 5 hour program on a Saturday in late January.

We have lots of fun finding out what those songs are, doing giveaways every 15 minutes, and interacting with our listeners.  This is a great way to "warm up" a cold winter weekend afternoon.
 

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2007 Mid-Columbia Gospel Music Top 40

KGSG 93.7 FM, in Pasco, Washington, aired it's ninth-annual Top 40 countdown program, "The Mid Columbia Gospel Music Top 40", on Saturday, January 26, 2008. Hosted by early morning personality Mark Gibbson and evening voice Mike Edwards, the 5 hour program included give-aways every quarter-hour, trivia tidbits, and special artist interview segments with Brian White of Shiloh, Rich Crist of the Crist Family, Brandon Beene of The Beene Family and McCray Dove of the Dove Brothers who had the #1 song in the 2007 Mid-Columbia Gospel Music Top 40.

Once again, record-breaking response to the program added to the excitement as the songs were counted down. Responding to the 20 over-the-air giveaways, listeners kept KGSG's phone lines busy trying to be the caller who would get free CD's and cash.  A large number of listeners kept their radios on through the entire program, writing down each song in order to have a chance to win the Grand Prize worth several hundred dollars. The prize was awarded to Philip Van Lanen, a listener from Kennewick, WA.

Mark presenting Philip Van Lanen of Kennewick with Grand Prize

The top 40 songs were selected by votes from listeners and KGSG staff, and were chosen from songs that were on KGSG's regular charts during the year 2007. Each listener that voted received a project by a Gospel artist as KGSG's thanks for their voting. Sponsors of the 16 segments offset the costs of the program and provided cash for prizes. Prizes were also donated by many promoters and artists in the Gospel music industry.

The first 5 songs in the 2007 Mid Columbia Gospel Music Top 40 were I Can Pray (Dove Brothers),  Look for Me at Jesus' Feet (Booth Brothers),  Mama's Teaching Angels How to Sing (Encouragers) Love is Like a River (Gaither Vocal Band) and God's Got a Bigger Thing Going On (Greater Vision).

KGSG, "Simply Gospel Music", started in April of 1997 as a brand-new station, and has only played Gospel Music in its nearly eleven years of existence. The station is on-air 24 hours a day, and broadcasts in stereo to listeners as far as 100 miles from the transmitter located in Southeast Washington with over 150 hours of locally-originated programming. Listener and community response to the station has been steadily increasing, and nearly all programming is locally originated. KGSG is a charting station for the premier monthly publication in Gospel Music, the Singing News, which publishes their monthly Top 80 Chart. The station also provides weekly charting information to SoGospelNews.com and the Christian Music Weekly. Other monthly charts include Gospel Music News and the Chrisitian Voice Magazines.

The 2007 Mid Columbia Gospel Music Top 40:

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