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A Semiological Analysis of Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) as Heard on 95.5 WFHM-FM Cleveland, Ohio “The Fish” Radio Station (July 2001 to July 2006)

Vago, Alexandra A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1303136485

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2011, PHD, Kent State University, College of the Arts / School of Music, Hugh A. Glauser.
Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) became accessible to a wider audience in Northeastern Ohio through the appropriation of 95.5 FM, the locally owned and operated all-classical music radio station in Cleveland, Ohio. CCM established its local presence on July 3, 2001 with the first morning show program broadcast on 95.5 WFHM-FM “The Fish” radio station. This dissertation posits that CCM text as heard on 95.5 “The Fish” functions as a didactic tool for sanctification, which is a process that frees one from sin. It is argued that CCM text uses popular music styles and song forms to convey the message of sanctification by reflecting the process as a lifelong journey and demonstrating the essential dyadic relationship between God and humankind.
Denise Seachrist, PhD (Committee Chair)
Ralph Lorenz, PhD (Committee Co-Chair)
Thomas Janson, PhD (Committee Member)
David Odell-Scott, PhD (Committee Member)
250 p.
Gender; Music; Religion
Contemporary Christian Music; CCM; "The Fish"; Sanctification

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  • Vago, A. A. (2011). A Semiological Analysis of Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) as Heard on 95.5 WFHM-FM Cleveland, Ohio “The Fish” Radio Station (July 2001 to July 2006) [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1303136485

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Vago, Alexandra. A Semiological Analysis of Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) as Heard on 95.5 WFHM-FM Cleveland, Ohio “The Fish” Radio Station (July 2001 to July 2006). 2011. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1303136485.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Vago, Alexandra. "A Semiological Analysis of Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) as Heard on 95.5 WFHM-FM Cleveland, Ohio “The Fish” Radio Station (July 2001 to July 2006)." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1303136485

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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