Quote Originally Posted by Woochifer;375681[I
]In a large urban area, you don't get that same ratio of religious programming for the simple reason that a large market size can support more OTA commercial programming.[/I] Religious programs are relatively cheap to produce, and the transmitters in smaller markets don't cost that much either. A commercial TV station that has to sell ad time and provide a full slate of TV shows and other programming costs much more to operate. A religious TV station just needs a board operator and a satellite dish. HSN used to simulcast on several OTA stations as well, until they moved everything to cable and online.
I think you need to check that first statement. I live just outside of Philly. All of our local stations and the UHF stations cater to the whole Philadelphia-South Jersey, and Delaware area. That is a very big market and there is no shortage of these channels on TV or the radio.

Poor people usually have that lower IQ RGA speaks of. Poor people are less likely to have a huge cable package. Poor people are more likely to buy into the whole story therefor are more likely to hand over what little money they do have with high hopes of getting into heaven or have God find them a better job or life. So where is a better market than a large urban area with lots of poor people? Yeah the whole Philly area and any other urban area. Just as many poor people live in Philly as live in Arkansas but that place is a whole other story.