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[HCDX] US Christian Broadcaster Still Believes in Shortwave
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October 28, 2011
US Christian Broadcaster Still Believes in Shortwave
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/religion/US-Christian-Broadcaster-Examines-the-
Future-of-Shortwave-Radio-128872053.html
Since the dawn of wireless communications, international broadcasters, including the Voice
of America, have used shortwave radio to communicate with the world. While many
broadcasters now are switching to other technology to get their broadcasts out, privately
funded religious organizations in the United States still are devoted to shortwave.
Everything is set for a broadcast to the world at Christian radio station KNLS . It goes out in
English, Chinese and Russian.
With the rise of the Internet, some news broadcasters, including the Voice of America, are
moving away from shortwave radio.
But some religious broadcasters in America still believe in the medium.
"Our view is that there is a great future for shortwave," says Charles Caudil, president of
World Christian Broadcasting, which runs KNLS. He says its long-range signal is ideal for
reaching rural areas in the developing world.
"Very few people there have the Internet available to them, or satellites. But they do have
shortwave receivers. There are about three billion shortwave receivers in the world," he said.
World Christian Broadcasting was founded three decades ago by former Army Lieutenant
Maurice Hall. He helped to set up a shortwave facility for President Franklin D. Roosevelt's
Yalta summit with Churchill and Stalin.
It is now one of the biggest Christian shortwave broadcasters in America. From its studio
outside Nashville, Tennessee, it mixes cultural programming with the Christian gospel.
And it seems to work. Fan mail arrives, and Bibles are sent to those who want them.
The outlet is building a relay station in Madagascar, which will open a door the Muslim world.
Egyptian-born Tony Tadros of the new Arabic service and his colleagues at World Christian
Broadcasting say they respect Islam. But they argue that Arabs are now ready to embrace
religious tolerance.
"Most people in the Middle East, they have misconceptions about Christianity," Tadros said.
"They think that the Bible is corrupt and they have a lot of misconceptions that they just got
through the years."
Convincing them otherwise might not be easy. Many Muslim countries ban Christian
proselytizing. And some converts have been arrested or faced death threats.
Abdullah Antepli, the Muslim chaplain at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, says
authorities in those countries consider those leaving the faith a threat to Islam.
"Not only a threat but an attack, also a violation, as they understand [it]," he said.
This American imam condemns that view. He says it does not live up to Islam's own ideals.
Spreading the faith is both a Christian and Islamic tenet. And these days, technology makes
that possible on many platforms - television, the Internet and even mobile phones. But World
Christian Broadcasting still has faith in shortwave radio.
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