{"id":631,"date":"2009-03-17T15:55:33","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T15:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/03\/gospel-soundcheck-featured-in.html"},"modified":"2009-03-17T15:55:33","modified_gmt":"2009-03-17T15:55:33","slug":"gospel-soundcheck-featured-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/03\/gospel-soundcheck-featured-in.html","title":{"rendered":"Gospel Soundcheck Featured in Associated Press American Idol Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clearly, the Christian music-American Idol link is a hot hot hot topic because last week I was <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/03\/mtv-features-gospel-soundcheck.html\" target=\"_blank\">interviewed not only by MTV<\/a> on the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/03\/im-a-guest-today-on-chris-fabr.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Fabry Live! radio<\/a> show, but also the Associated Press about the show and the number of Christian contestants.<br \/>\nYou can read AP Entertainment Writer Derrik Lang&#8217;s story in a bunch of publications, but here&#8217;s one link to the story at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/29739966\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC.com<\/a><br \/>\nI did a post this week about WHY I think there are so many <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/03\/4-reasons-why-there-are-so-man.html\" target=\"_blank\">Christian contestants on the show this season of American Idol. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clearly, the Christian music-American Idol link is a hot hot hot topic because last week I was interviewed not only by MTV on the Chris Fabry Live! radio show, but also the Associated Press about the show and the number of Christian contestants. 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