A comprehensive new study from the Pew Research Center has examined the landscape of faith-based radio broadcasting across America, revealing significant insights about religious programming on the airwaves.
According to the extensive research, Christian programming dominates what researchers classify as “religious radio,” accounting for 74% of all faith-based stations nationwide. Catholic programming represents 8% of religious radio content, while the remaining stations fall into various other categories that researchers could not specifically classify.
The Pew study found that Christian radio stations split their programming nearly evenly between musical content and talk-based shows, with approximately half of broadcast time dedicated to each format. Additionally, the research discovered that evangelism serves as the main objective for 77% of these religious broadcasting stations.
