Mount Pearl , NEWFOUNDLAND. Adventist radio station VOAR recently received approval from the Canadian Radio-Television Commission (CRTC) for 12 new broadcast licenses. "This is setting a precedent in Canada for Christian broadcasting. VOAR will be the first Christian radio station to operate a large network of transmitter sites, covering such a vast amount of territory," says Nicole Batten, communications director. "Christian broadcasting has had a slow start in Canada compared to the United States, which has over 250 Christian radio stations alone. In Canada, we have only 18 - there are more than that in one state in the U.S. The CRTC has made it very difficult for Christian organizations to obtain broadcast licenses in Canada," says Batten.
VOAR is Canada’s only Adventist radio station, as well as the oldest Christian station of any denomination in Canada. Now VOAR is expanding Adventist radio to cover the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador coast to coast, with plans to expand into other areas of Canada.
Newfoundland and Labrador is the last remaining mission field in North America. Newfoundland has only 700 members of the Adventist Church and Labrador has no church presence at all. VOAR hopes to change that by spreading the gospel via the airwaves, says station manager Sherry Griffin. The 12 new transmitters should be in operation by October 2002.
For more information, contact the project coordinator Nicole Batten by phone at (709) 745-8627 or by email at nbatten@voar.org.
1041 Topsail Road, Mount Pearl, Newfoundland A1N 5E9 Canada
Phone (709) 745-8627 | Fax (709) 745-1600 | Email nbatten@voar.org
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[ March 27, 2002: Message edited by: Daryl Fawcett ]
