Donnie McClurkin Radio Show Grabs No. 1 Spot in Major Markets
Donnie McClurkin has taken the number one spot on morning radio in Philadelphia and New York.
The 54-year-old pastor of Perfecting Faith Church in Freeport, N.Y., blesses people with his singing voice away from the pulpit. While he has been a leading voice in gospel music with a career that spans almost 20 years, McClurkin also has a radio show that has the number one spot in New York and Philadelphia markets from 5 a.m. to 6 a.m.
The findings came from Jan. Nielsen radio ratings and Skip Dillard, New York operations manager for WBLS, spoke about how much of a blessing McClurkin has been to his station.
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"Pastor Donnie McClurkin has been truly a blessing to our airwaves. He is the #1 radio program in its timeslot of 5a to 6a in the entire New York radio market," Dillard said in a statement obtained by The Christian Post. "The feedback from our listeners is always positive. They are always asking for more content from him."
Derrick Corbett, Director of Urban Programming iHeartMedia/Philadelphia echoed similar sentiments.
"Pastor McClurkin has been a big part of the WDAS Morning Presentation in preceding the Steve Harvey Morning Show for almost 7 years now," Corbett said in a statement obtained by CP. "His numbers show that the focus of faith and family isn't lost with this audience, and is a testament to his positive message and the spirit of the music that's played within that hour."
McClurkin seemed overjoyed about his faith based program doing well in large radio markets.
"The Donnie McClurkin Show has done so wonderfully in reaching #1 in New York and Philadelphia in its' radio time slot. I'm thankful that this show can reach so many across the country and around the world, and give them great music that inspires them in the course of their day to this degree," he said in a statement. "We're reaching millions and looking to reaching millions more!"
Muyiwa Olarewaju, the Station Director for the Premier Gospel station in the United Kingdom spoke about the importance of McClurkin's show.
"For us the Donnie McClurkin show is one of the biggest shows we have on the station," he said in a statement obtained by CP. "It's important to us and helps us to maintain our position as the number #1 gospel music station in the UK."
McClurkin previously spoke to CP about his ability to take part in so many ventures.
"The definition of grace is the supernatural ability to do what you cannot do in the natural and God graces us to do what He's called us to do," he previously told CP. "He put just enough hours in a day, just enough days in a week and just enough weeks in a month for us to accomplish things."
