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Moody Radio's beginning . . .

 

In October 1925 there was a storm that prevented the scheduled talent for Chicago radio station WGES from arriving. This opened the door for two cornet-playing Moody Bible Institute students, who happened to be on-site and could fill the time slot.

 

Few would have thought this "chance-encounter" would result in a weekly show and less than a year later help to launch MBI-sponsored radio station WMBI, the oldest non-commercial, Christian radio station in the country.  In spite of changing technology, audiences and formats, the station has maintained a familiar presence on the air for eight decades.

WMBI was just the beginning of what would come to be known as Moody Radio. In 1958, MBI purchased WCRF in Cleveland, Ohio and shortly thereafter, WDLM in Moline, Illinois. These purchases were the catalyst for a network that has grown to include 35 owned-and-operated stations in the continental U.S., reaching a potential audience of more than 30 million people and a measurable audience of more than one million listeners each week.

In 1982, Moody Radio began a satellite-fed network enabling communications across North America.  In 1997, Moody Radio expanded to Hilo, Hawaii, delivering 24-hour Christian programming via satellite.

 

Today, the network includes 453 affiliate stations and a total of 805 broadcast outlets including translators, Satellators, SCAs, cable and Internet stations reaching a potential population of 203,485,000 people.
 


Proclaim! is now INCONTEXT WITH MICHAEL EASLEY -- more teaching in a longer format -- 30 minutes.  InContext is heard daily at 8:30am.

 

 

CHRIS FABRY LIVE!addresses issues of the day from a Biblical perspective, and  is heard on weekdays at 9am.

 

 

 

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