I remember, as a family, huddling up to the radio in our living room, waiting for “Sailor Sam” to come on 90.1 WMBI in Chicago. I loved listening to these spirited adventures, whisking me to unknown worlds and simultaneously drawing my heart toward Jesus. As I got older, “Sailor Sam” was replaced with “Adventures in Odyssey” from Focus on the Family which then gave way to preaching and teaching from preachers like Chuck Swindoll on “Insight for Living” or Allistair Begg on “Truth for Life” or Tony Evans on “The Urban Alternative.”
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DJ Nikki Swarn, director of programming at The Drop, who goes by the name Ameryka Jones on-air, talks on her morning show at the station on Feb. 17, 2021 in Denver. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post)
The folks at The Drop were feeling it. It was the morning after Valentine’s Day, the first official day of the station being on its FM signal, 104.7. Why not swoon a little?
The people for whom the station had been created have been showing their love for “The People’s Station for R&B and Hip Hop” since it began streaming in June 2019. Now, The Drop’s brew of commercial-free cuts and community-loving content had an FM home. And, yes, even in a world of digitized fare and streaming options, it felt different.