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I want to make everyone aware of our efforts to start and "own" our very own Internet Radio Station! It will be called "Freedom Through Faith Christian Radio" and is designed to "Get The Word Out" 24 hours a day, 365 days a year!
We are going to utilize a revolutionary concept. Instead of simply broadcasting in English (or any other single language, as 99% of the current radio stations do), we are going to ROTATE languages! That's right! Based upon different geographic time zones and the support we get from churches and ministries interested in other countries - we will be rotating languages.
How does it work? Here is an example I provided our Board of Directors.
Let's start with English. Based upon the Eastern Time Zone in the United States, we will broadcast in English from, say 11am until 6pm. Then, we will shift to the Pacific Island nations, broadcasting say, 2-3 hours of programming, in their language, to their people - from about 1pm - 3 or 4pm in their time zone. Then, we shift to Korean, Chinese, Japanese (depending on the interested ministries in that area) - again, broadcasting 2-3 hours from the same time, 1pm - 3 or 4 pm in their time zone.
We then shift to Hindi for 5 hours. From about 1pm -6pm or so - in their time zone. We then shift to the Russian language for 2-3 hours, same concept. Then into French or German for 2-3 hours. We can then go into the Spanish language from say, 8am Eastern Time until we switch back into English at 11am. Then - we do it all over again!
We are already making contacts and have several ministries who have expressed interest in broadcasting on this Internet Radio Station. The concept is to allow start-up ministries and ministries whose budget does not allow them to enter the "traditional" broadcast market, to do so at steeply discounted rates.
For example, a 30 minute, once per week broadcast, on a traditional AM radio station, usually averages anywhere from $50 to $100 per program episode (I know, because we are doing this on four stations around the country right now). We are going to offer the same, 30 minute program, once per week, for $20 per month! A DAILY program will only be $50 per month!
The overseas ministries, those whose economy is depressed, we are going to offer even steeper discounts! In some cases, we will even sow the time to them. The purpose is to allow these churches and pastors from these other nations to be able to tell "their congregations" to listen in while at work or at home, via their computer, from whatever time their language is on (i.e. 1pm - 5pm). It allows their people to listen, in their own language, to the Word of God.
We are excited about this concept. We have the plans. We have the equipment to get started. We have a platform that will support our initial steps with a budget WE can afford. We are almost finished with the technical aspects and within the next couple of weeks we will begin the BETA testing for a month or so. Then - we will be ready to send the Word Around the World, touching hearts and changing lives!
It is anticipated, based upon feedback we have already received, that this will be a very popular tool to allow ministries called into Broadcast Ministry to fulfill their calling. We see the future need to upgrade our delivery platform in order to ensure high quality transmission and ease of use.
To do this, we have established a budge of $5000 for the first year. That allows us to upgrade equipment and the platform. That is the entire cost of the first year of operations. This means we do not have to put pressure on ministries to increase their support or face the possibility of shutting down operations when the ministries that "jump in" are just getting their listenership going. We will NOT upgrade until we have the entire first year operational costs ready to pay in advance.
To help raise these costs, we have established a donation page. This page will allow you to get further details of what we are doing, how we anticipate doing what God has called us to do, and provide you with an opportunity to sow into the radio station. Please visit the link below
http://funds.gofundme.com//FTFCHRISTIANRADIOcom
(yes, I know, there is NO "dot" where it is supposed to be .com. The Go Fund Me techs are working on that).
If you have or know of a ministry that would like more information on entering the Broadcast Ministry Market with our station, please tell them to email me at brotherbob@ftfm.org or visit our website at www.ftfm.org and contact us.
Thank you and remember - Be Blessed in All You Do!
Bro. Bob Thibodeau
