James Burton Coffman and KCAC (AM)

James Burton Coffman (May 24, 1905 – June 30, 2006) was "one of the most influential figures among Churches of Christ in the 20th century." He was known, especially during the second half of the 20th century, throughout the Churches of Christ for his exhaustive writing and study of Old Testament and New Testament scriptures. Throughout his life he served as a preacher, teacher, author, and community leader. Most of his career defined him as a teacher and administrator in school systems, congregational contexts, and even as a military chaplain.

Contents 1 Ministry 2 Authorship 3 Education 4 References

Ministry

Throughout thirty years of congregational ministry, Coffman served and preached at the Central Church of Christ in Houston, Texas, and at the Manhattan Church of Christ in New York City, New York. He also served for a short time in the District of Columbia. His contributions were considerable in every setting to which he devoted himself. He helped the Central Church of Christ build a facility on Montrose Boulevard. In New York, Coffman initiated The Manhattan Project, in which he helped to raise more than $1 million to build the first facility for the Churches of Christ in New York County on what happened to be the most expensive real estate in the world. Coffman noted that "For 100 years, Churches of Christ in (New York City) have worshipped in converted residences, lodge halls, mortuaries, theaters and other make-shift facilities. A hundred years is long enough to prove that success cannot be attained by such means." Manhattan Church of Christ still stands and serves on the Upper East Side today.

Later serving as a chaplain in the United States Armed Forces, Coffman held many gospels meetings internationally. He also formed an initiative to increase the number of personnel serving as United States Air Force chaplains from the Churches of Christ. He is also known for conducting hundreds of gospel meetings throughout the United States.

He spent a year as vice-president of Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. He received honorary degrees from Abilene Christian University, Pepperdine University and Magic Valley Christian College. Authorship

Coffman is the well-known author of a 37-volume verse-by-verse commentary series, including every book in the Protestant Bible, which he finished in 1992. It is sold internationally, and serves as an amalgamation of many varying interpretations laid side-by-side for study along with a careful collection of research into the historical backgrounds of the biblical text. His commentary series and biography can be found at Coffman Commentaries.

His five-part collection of memoirs is available through Abilene Christian University's Center for Restoration Studies. Education

B.A. Abilene Christian University (1927)

KCAC (AM) and James Burton Coffman

KCAC (1010 AM) was a radio station in Phoenix, Arizona that began with a rhythm and blues format in 1961, changed to a Spanish-language format in 1966, and then served as that market's first free-form station from 1969 to 1971, when it declared bankruptcy. In its free-form incarnation, it had a major impact on Phoenix's counter culture of that time and its DJs formed the basis of KDKB-FM, which has gone on to be a notable Album Oriented Rock station. History

In 1961, KCAC originated as a rhythm-and-blues station, located at 20 E. Broadway, in Phoenix. It was one of the few radio stations in Arizona that were African American-owned and -operated. Among its DJs were Jim Titus, who, while at KRIZ radio in 1958, had become Phoenix's first African-American radio announcer.

KCAC's management decided to change to a Spanish-language format four years later, but the station was not a success.

KCAC switched to a free-form format when William Edward Compton became its station manager in 1969. He served in that capacity and as a DJ until it went off the air in 1971. In an attempt to describe its free-form format in 1970, a guest columnist in the Arizona Republic described it thus:

Free-form programming as used by KCAC allows the individual announcer complete discretion. This allows some of the innovations in rock air time denied under Top 40 programming, as well as opening the door to other musical forms. A typical show on KCAC will include elements of jazz, blues, folk, classical, hillbilly, country, soul and, of course rock. The absence of prescheduled news programs allows occasional hour-and-a-half collages of uninterrupted music.

When KCAC went bankrupt in 1971, Compton collaborated with KDKB co-owner Dwight Tindle to "invent" KDKB and its air sound. Several KCAC DJs made the move with Compton to KDKB—including Gary Kinsey (on-air name, Toad Hall) and Hank Cookenboo. The 1010 AM frequency was subsequently bought by Golden West Christian School who operated KHCS on it.
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