Quarterly Music Beat

AN UPDATE FROM OUR FRIENDS AT BURNING DOG RADIO

As you read this, a radio station in Menomonie is playing music. What kind? It varies. Depending on the day and the time of day you may be reading this, there may be a live show, a live concert, a broadcast of a church service, or, you guessed it, a song. We’ve been called eclectic, indie, alternative, and the list goes on. After years of having the most variety of genre in Dunn County, we have often forgotten, perhaps taken for granted, what our station means to us. We are serving God by running this station, providing good music and Biblical truths through our programming, but how does it change the way we live? How do we want it to change the way you live?

It’s simple. We want you to listen differently.

The world shouts profanities, slurs, and horrific slogans across anything it can. Music is a big culprit. It’s not music’s fault; music is technically just vibrations traveling through the air. The culprit is a whole lot of sinful hearts. However, listeners take in nasty lies about themselves, others, how to live, love, and we all know where it can lead to. When we listen to anything, we absorb the message like a sponge. Whether or not we are able to appropriately wring out the nasty stuff is up to the priorities set beforehand by the individual. How have they chosen to listen? 

We challenge you, listeners of anything: podcasts, radio, Spotify, overheard conversations on the bus, and elsewhere, to listen differently to the world around you. Is it pointing you to God’s goodness? Or is it pulling you away? Is it pointing you toward the lie of “self-care?” Just because you listened to a song with profanity in it doesn’t mean you’re doomed for eternity. Just because your favorite podcast has a political segment doesn’t mean we’re labeling you a Democrat or Republican. We want listeners to be intentional about how they listen so they are able to flourish as the person God made them be, including how they think and act as a result of it.

We play music we believe points people toward the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We share clips of Bible teachers around the country highlighting various topics from a Christian perspective. We have clips from TV shows and movies to give people a giggle after a long day at work or to make sure they’re still paying attention. We do this with the hope you listen intentionally to our programming. We do this so we continue to be intentional in how we listen. We all must decide.

We are Burning Dog Radio, a non-profit station in Menomonie, WI. You can listen at 101.7 FM in town.