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City on a Hill Radio - KIFN

The radio ministry of Faith Baptist Church in Decatur, Texas. Now streaming online and in the near future broadcasting locally on KIFN-LP 99.9 FM.

09/10/2025

We love our nation. God has truly blessed us.

We will be playing extra patriotic music throughout the day.

09/05/2025

Super excited to announce we are adding our FIRST syndicated programming to our lineup! Tune in on Saturdays at 12:30 p.m. to hear the weekly Patch the Pirate program for children!

09/02/2025

Debuting a new show today at 12:30 p.m.! It is a 30 minute Gospel music show featuring music selected from a particular theme. We have four episodes ready and they will play the rest of the week at 12:30 p.m. The first two episodes are songs that feature bass singers and the second two episodes feature songs written by Albert E. Brumley. Tune it at https://www.cityonahill.radio/ and let us know what you think!

08/26/2025

Is it too early to start getting ready for Christmas???

08/16/2025

On June 30, 1954, the Gospel Music world faced one of its greatest tragedies when R.W Blackwood and Bill Lyles were killed in a plane crash in Clanton, Alabama. The Blackwood Brothers Quartet was the most popular Gospel quartet at the time, and the loss made national headlines. Shortly after, songwriter Mosie Lister composed a tribute to the two singers, titled “There Are Two New Voices In The Heavenly Choir” that was recorded a few months later by the Statesmen Quartet. This recording is the 45 I found at Half Price Books for $1. At first the Statesmen Records label caught my eye, and I knew I was buying it. When I saw the song title, I immediately knew its deeper connection. Here is a song produced by the friends and colleagues of two legendary Gospel singers, produced in their grief but also in their hope of eternal life through Christ.

- MBG

08/08/2025

I wanted to share little about our vision for City on a Hill Radio. I am excited for the opportunities having a local FM radio station will create for Christ and our community. I have been hoping to put a video together to discuss what our roadmap and goals look like, but events have conspired against me to prevent that from happening yet. I thought I would go ahead and lay out our current plan for everyone.

Right now, we are in “Phase 1” of our plan. We have established a 24/7 online stream with Gospel music and sermon recordings from our church. The online service we are using is fairly limited in capabilities, so that is about the extent of what our programming will look like for now. We are using this time to build up our music library and develop the character of our station. We hope to be involved in a few small promotional events soon.

We are probably a few months away from “Phase 2” beginning. Instead of relying on online services to host our station, we will be purchasing equipment and software to manage our broadcasting locally. This will give us greater flexibility and management over our programming and allow us to integrate syndicated radio programs, such as Thru the Bible with J. Vernon McGee, and news updates. As our capabilities grow so will our promotional efforts.

“Phase 3” is the biggest step for us and will be the implementation of our FM broadcast. We do not have a timeline for this. Our technical partners are aiding numerous local Christian stations get started from this latest filing window. Our FCC permit requires us to be broadcasting on our FM signal by March 2027, or we will forfeit the license. While the range of our station will be limited by the confines of our LPFM (Low Power FM) license, we believe the fact that we will be broadcasting over the air will add validity to our station. While we may be limited on the FM side, we are practically unlimited via online streaming. At this point we envision creating opportunities for community partners to have access to our station. One thing we hope to eventually offer is broadcasts of local high school sports.

There really is no finish line for this project. Once we our FM broadcast is up, we hope to continue to grow our station and reach more people in “Phase 4”. We truly feel that our local community will benefit from our station and its programming. We believe that the Gospel music and Christian programming will bless many people.

We are looking forward to the journey that this radio station will bring. Personally, I cannot help but feel that many roads in my life have led me to this. It could be my attempts at podcasting. It could be the appreciation and knowledge I have developed for conservative Christian and Southern Gospel music. It could be the out of the blue phone call I received about this opportunity. It could be God’s providence in bringing me to Faith Baptist Church. I truly believe we stand at a “such a time as this” moment with City on a Hill Radio. We are just getting starting but, oh, how bright the future is when God is leading the way!

- Matthew Gage

08/01/2025

New Albums Added This Week:

- The Old Fashioned Revival Hour Quartet - Just a Little Talk With Jesus (1967)
- The Florida Boys - Look Up To Jesus (1965)
- Statesmen Quartet - Peace, O Lord (1960)
- Statesmen Quartet - Encores (1960)
- The Chuck Wagon Gang - The Best Is Yet To Be (2011)
- The Chuck Wagon Gang - No Depression in Heaven (2019)

07/29/2025

Quite a lineup from 1960’s RCA Victor, as long as you like George Beverly Shea and the Statesmen Quartet!

07/22/2025

Great lineup of albums from RCA Victor back in the 60’s!

07/18/2025

Released TODAY and added to our library TODAY!

07/15/2025

Anyone remember any of these classic recordings from Word?

07/11/2025

Just got our first promotional items in the mail! We now have double-sided business cards with a QR code for our website and logo stickers!

Address

2882 W. Highway 380
Decatur, TX
76234

Website

https://cityonahill.radio/

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