Voice of Christian Youth America, aka, the VCY America Radio Network, is a traditional, evangelical

Evangelicalism

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 Christian

Christian

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 ministry based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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 which maintains a format of sacred music and spirituals through all of its broadcast outlets.

History

Originally known as "Milwaukee Youth For Christ

Youth for Christ

Youth for Christ is the name of a number of previously unaffiliated evangelical Protestant religious campaigns which led to the creation of Youth for Christ International in 1946....

," and later, "Greater Milwaukee Youth For Christ," it left the national YFC organization in 1973 and became known as the Wisconsin Voice of Christian Youth (WVCY) until 1995, when it changed to its present name.

Radio Network

The ministry operates 16 VCY America-owned radio stations in Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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, Michigan

Michigan

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, Minnesota

Minnesota

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, Kansas

Kansas

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 and South Dakota

South Dakota

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 and five low-power translators, which are carried on the VCY America Radio Network. This does not include its Internet site and "translator" and "satellator" stations. VCYAmerica radio provides programming via satellite to stations around the country.

Television

The network also runs WVCY-TV

WVCY-TV

WVCY-TV is a conservative Christian television station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It broadcasts digitally on Channel 22, but maps on a virtual channel via PSIP to their former analog channel position, Channel 30.-Sister Stations:...

 (Channel 30) out of Milwaukee, which does hold a commercial license but is completely viewer/listener supported and maintains a nominal affiliation with FamilyNet

FamilyNet

FamilyNet is a broadcast television network owned by ComStar Media Fund and based in Atlanta, Georgia. The network was founded in 1979 as the National Christian Network, and took the name FamilyNet in 1988 under the ownership of Jerry Falwell. The channel was acquired by InTouch Ministries in...

. W04CW in Tigerton

Tigerton, Wisconsin

Tigerton is a village in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 764 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Tigerton is located at ....

 also airs WVCY programming.

Other efforts

The ministry also operates a Summer camp

Summer camp

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, near Hillsboro, Wisconsin

Hillsboro, Wisconsin

Hillsboro is a city in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,302 at the 2000 census. The city is located within the Town of Hillsboro...

, called, "Trail Ridge Camp," as well as the "VCY Bookstore" in Milwaukee, which is also online.

Leadership

The ministry is run by a team headed by Vic Eliason

Vic Eliason

Victor "Vic" Carl Eliason is an American evangelical clergyman who is the founder and a prominent on air personality of the VCY America Radio Network, a conservative Christian broadcasting ministry, based in Milwaukee.-Early life:...

, a former Youth for Christ worker, ordained Christian minister and a recipient of an honorary doctorate from Bob Jones University

Bob Jones University

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, in 2001.

List of stations

Illinois

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• Charleston (t) 90.5 FM
• Olney WPTH 88.1 FM

Kansas

Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

• Fort Scott KVCY
  KVCY
  KVCY is a radio station broadcasting a Christian format. Licensed to Fort Scott, Kansas, USA, it serves the Pittsburg area. The station is currently owned by VCY America, Inc.....
  
   104.7 FM
• Salina KCVS 91.7 FM

Michigan

Michigan

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• Baraga WVCN
  WVCN
  WVCN is a radio station broadcasting a religious format and owned by VCY America. Licensed to Baraga, Michigan, it first began broadcasting under its current format in 1999....
  
   104.3 FM
• Iron Mountain WVCM
  WVCM
  WVCM is a radio station broadcasting a religious format and owned by VCY America. Licensed to Iron Mountain, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 2002....
  
   91.5 FM

Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

• Cook WQRN 88.3 FM
• Spring Valley KVCS 89.1 FM

Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

• Joplin (t) 106.3 FM

Ohio

Ohio

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• Cambridge (t) 94.5 FM
• Zanesville WJIC 91.7 FM

South Dakota

South Dakota

South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...

• Freeman KVCF 90.5 FM
• Gregory KVCX 101.5 FM
• Huron KVCH 88.7 FM
• Mitchell (t) 99.5 FM
• Pierre KVFL 89.1 FM

Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

• Eau Claire WVCF 90.5 FM
• Fond du Lac WVFL 89.9 FM
• Oshkosh WVCY-AM 690 AM
• Madison W216BL 91.1 FM
• Milwaukee WVCY-FM
  WVCY-FM
  WVCY-FM is a radio station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They are owned by VCY America and serve as the flagship affiliate of their Milwaukee-based radio network, airing a general fundamentalist Christian-based format...
  
   107.7 FM
• Monroe (t) 90.1 FM
• Owen WVCS 90.1 FM
• Prairie du Chien (t) 89.5 FM
• Ripon (t) 92.1 FM
• Sheboygan (t) 94.9 FM
• Tomah WVCX 98.9 FM
• Washburn WEGZ 105.9 FM
• Wittenberg WVRN 88.9 FM