4000 songs!

Kurt Neuswanger • Jan 30, 2023

KJOL went on the air 40 years ago in 1982. And like most radio stations, KJOL is constantly adding new songs.

 

In fact, KJOL adds about 100 new songs every year. Over 40 years, that’s 4000 songs. 

 

Some of KJOL’s oldest songs include:

 

Song Artist Year
Second Chapter of Acts Easter Song 1974
Don Francisco He's Alive 1975
Mustard Seed Faith Sail On Sailor 1975
Dallas Holm Rise Again 1977
Amy Grant Old Man's Rubble 1977
Keith Green You Put This Love In My Heart 1977
David Meece We Are The Reason 1980
Petra The Coloring Song 1981
Michael Card I Have Decided 1981
Wayne Watson Celebrate 1982
Harvest Because I Am 1982
Twila Paris The Battle Is The Lord's 1982
Keith Green There Is A Redeemer 1982
Glad Be Ye Glad 1982
Michael W. Smith Great Is The Lord 1983

A few weeks ago, KJOL added song number 4000!

 

I Believe It (The Life Of Jesus)

Jon Reddick

   

Jon Reddick is the son of a pastor and a church pianist in Memphis. Today he is a worship leader at Church of the City in Nashville, home to a number of well known artists.

 

Here’s a sneak preview of more new songs that you will hear on KJOL in the coming weeks:

Song Artist
Running Home Cochren & Co.
How Can You Not Leanna Crawford
This Is Our God Phil Wickham
Let The Church Say Amen Destiny Worship
Wholehearted We Are Messengers
A Thousand Hallelujahs Brooke Ligertwood
Halfway Empty Matt Redman
Belovedness Sarah Kroger

Some of these artists may be unfamiliar to you, so here’s a brief introduction:

 

Cochren & Co is led by Michael Cochren, a 29 year old musician from Indiana

                                                                 

Leanna Crawford is from Seattle, and was discovered by Matthew West when he heard her sing in Nashville.

 

Phil Wickham and his brother Evan Wickham grew up in California, where their parents were members of the band Parable during the 1970's. Today Phil is also a part time worship leader at Greg Laurie’s Harvest Christian Fellowship.

 

Destiny Worship is from Destiny Worship Center in Destin, Florida

 

We Are Messengers is led by Darren Mulligan of Ireland, who previously had a secular rock band before he began drinking and quite the band. Then his wife Heidi became a Christian, and Mulligan started going to church with her, where he surrendered his life to Christ. Today they live in Nashville with their two kids.

 

Brooke Ligertwood is from New Zealand. She was a well-known member of Hillsong Australia under her maiden name, Brooke Fraser. She continues to serve with Hillsong in Los Angeles.

 

Matt Redman is a well known worship leader. He grew up in England where he helped found Soul Survivor, a Christian movement that held a yearly festival in London. One of his best known songs is “The Heart Of Worship” from 1999. In 2008, he moved to Atlanta to help plant Passion City Church with Chris Tomlin. Today, he and his family live in California.

 

Sarah Kroger grew up with parents who were involved in worship ministry, but it wasn’t until a worship experience at a youth conference that she met Jesus and “worship became my language with God.” She is now a Nashville-based worship leader and songwriter.

 

Who will be creating worship music 40 years from now? Only God knows! (but some of us may get a “sneak preview” if we get to heaven before then!)

Share The Light Tips of the Day

By Dave Andrews • 04 Apr, 2024
Our annual Spring FriendRaiser is underway for the month of April; and as a part of that, our theme this year is Share The Light. As you share the Gospel and the Light of Christ, KJOL has compiled 30 tips for every day of the month. Here they are:

Songs that say THANK YOU!

By Kurt Neuswanger • 04 Apr, 2024
During KJOL’s April “Friendraiser” month, we want to say THANK YOU to our faithful supporters. And THANK YOU to everyone who makes a first-time donation. And finally THANK YOU to God, the giver of all good gifts in our lives, starting with Jesus Christ! KJOL has a lot of new songs that say THANK YOU. I hope you enjoy them! That Thank You Song! Citizen Way Thank God Stars Go Dim Thank You Life.Church Worship I Thank God Housefires Thanks Giver Crowder Thanks and Praise Lucy Grimble and Vineyard Music A Thousand Thank Yous Sarah Kroger Thankful VERSES Thank You Jesus For The Blood Charity Gayle

Four More New Artists

By Kurt Neuswanger • 07 Mar, 2024
In January, we told you about four new artists at the KJOL music blog . This month, we have four more new artists. Jordan Smith “This Is Jesus” Jordan Smith is a 30 year old Kentucky native who grew up singing in the church choir. In 2015, he won NBC’s The Voice. He sang “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” and "Mary Did You Know." Natalie Layne “Amen” Natalie Layne is a 24 year old Colorado Springs native, where she was a worship leader at New Life Church. She received a masters degree in piano from Belmont University in Nashville. In 2019, she won Belmont’s Christian Showcase. She continues to serve as a worship leader at her church in Nashville. Terrian “Big God” Terrian (Woods) is a singer/songwriter from Memphis. She is also a member of TobyMac's band Diverse City. And she serves on the staff of AngelStreet in Memphis, which mentors girls as part of an all girls choir. Seph Schleuter “Counting My Blessings” Seph Schlueter ( pronounced “seff shleeter”) spent 7 years as a missionary. In 2020 he formed the worship collective Damascus Worship, in conjunction with the organization “Damascus” which conducts two-year programs to develop leaders who will impact their generation for Christ with the aim of bringing revival to the Catholic Church.

Oh The Many Repairs...

By Dave Andrews • 04 Mar, 2024
He had noticed we had been off the air on 94.5 FM in Delta…and I related to him it was one of “those” weekends for our poor equipment. Not only did our AM 1400 Delta transmitter go down causing us to make a very expensive replacement only weeks before, but our FM transmitter in Delta went down at the same time as our Montrose 91.9FM transmitter, and only hours after our whole network went down across the Western Slope!

February Update

By Dave Andrews • 05 Feb, 2024
The other day a kindly woman knocked on my door asking for a donation to help build the local swimming pool. I came back with a glass of water. Doesn’t it feel great to give to a good cause??

"How Great Thou Art" 75th Anniversary Edition

By Kurt Neuswanger • 31 Jan, 2024
The English version of the hymn “How Great Thou Art” turns 75 years old in 2024. To mark the anniversary, a new recording has been released, including a brand new verse by Matt Redman. First a little history… Swedish pastor Carl Boberg wrote the original lyrics in 1885. Boberg said that after a strong thunderstorm passed by, he opened his window and heard church bells ringing. He immediately was inspired to write his poem, set to the tune of a Swedish folk melody. It was translated into Russian, where English missionary Stuart Hine heard it while in Ukraine in 1931. He wrote two new verses (3 & 4) and translated it into English in 1949—which is the 75 th anniversary. British missionaries around the world soon began to spread the song. Eventually it reached Billy Graham and George Beverly Shea , who performed it during Graham’s 1957 New York Crusade. The audience liked it so much, they asked Shea to sing it over and over. Graham then used it every week on his Hour Of Decision radio program. Fifteen artists have now collaborated to record the 75th anniversary edition, called “How Great Thou Art (Until That Day)” . When you hear the song on KJOL, the first two voices are from Chris Tomlin and Hillary Scott . The remaining voices include: Kari Jobe and her husband, Cody Carnes Naomi Raine (Maverick City Music) Taya (formerly with Hillsong) Blessing Offor (from Nigeria) Matt Maher (who also plays piano) Matt Redman For the 75 th anniversary, the Stuart Hine Trust commissioned Matt Redman and Mitch Wong to write a new fifth verse: Until that day When heaven bids us welcome, And as we walk this broken warring world, Your kingdom come, Deliver us from evil, And we’ll proclaim our God how great You are! And we’ll proclaim, our God how great You are Redman said they wanted to tie the verse to Stuart Hine’s work in Ukraine, especially in light of the current conflict there. “I wanted the word ‘war’ in there,” said Redman . “It’s kind of a gritty word. But we have to sing about both the everyday and the eternal.” Time will tell if the fifth verse becomes a staple in hymnals. But few will argue that “How Great Thou Art” is one of America’s favorite hymns. And with this new rendition, hopefully it will continue to be loved by future generations.
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