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Ministry Updates

72 years and counting!

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February 7, 2021 marks the seventy-second year of ministry for Faith Radio.  We’re grateful for God’s grace, goodness, and faithfulness to Northwestern Media!

While we first went on the air in February of 1949, the story actually goes back to the late 1930’s when a trio of leaders and their wives began to fast and pray that God would open the door to own and operate an AM radio station in Minneapolis. The station would be dedicated to the Lord for the glory of His name and for the proclamation of the gospel! These three leaders, Dr. William Bell Riley, the first President of what is now the University of Northwestern — St. Paul, George Wilson and Loren Bridges,  faced many challenges including the rationing of steel for the war effort.

Dr. Riley died in December 1945, but the vision of these leaders continued.  Dr. Billy Graham followed in the footsteps of Dr. Riley, not only leading the fledgling Bible Institute but with his vision for radio. At a Northwestern chapel service in early 1948, Dr. Graham issued a challenge to the student body to give a dollar a week to start a Northwestern radio station.

Students and staff accepted the challenge and raised $44,000 through weekly offerings over the course of a year.  On Monday afternoon, February 7, 1949, KTIS AM900 signed on the air. President Graham was the first to speak, dedicating the station in prayer:

“This station stands as a monument to answered prayer and the sacrificial giving of the greatest gang of students, faculty and staff in all the world.”

As we look back at our history, we humbly and gratefully acknowledge all who have gone before us paving the way for the ministry that we know today. Faith Radio has grown and now broadcasts on 23 AM and FM signals across the Upper Midwest and Hartford, CT as well as reaching across the country and around the world through our mobile app, online, and on-demand programming – thanks to God and you!

Please join us this month and be a part of the story of Faith Radio. Your prayers and generous support keep us going and growing.

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Going and growing

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Warning labels

Warning signs and labels are everywhere! They are on the food items we buy, the medicines we take, and even on the shows and movies we watch on TV! Wouldn’t it be great if there were warning labels for Faith Radio? Perhaps it would say…Prolonged listening could deepen your faith. Or maybe it would say… Beware Christians

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Spiritually blind and in need of a Savior

Recently our pastor preached on the healing of the blind man from John 9. My guess is that you know the story – Jesus and His disciples while still in Jerusalem encounter a man born blind from birth; after some interaction Jesus winds up making some mud from spittle; places it on the blind man’s eyes and when he washes it off, he can see.…

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Transitions and changes at Faith Radio

We are sad to share that after eight years on the air, Live the Promise with Susie Larson will have its last broadcast on Friday, June 1st. Susie shares a bit of her heart behind this decision, “As many of you know, I suffered a significant setback health wise a couple of years ago. I’m so much better than I was, and am on my way to full…

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Springtime possibilities

“The world’s favorite season is the spring. All things seem possible in May.” Edwin Way Teale It does feel that way, doesn’t it?  I do believe that, in part, God gives us the weather seasons as illustrations of the differing seasons of the soul. So, with that thought in mind, please be encouraged by Philippians…

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Connecting faith to real life

As a society are we connected or disconnected? Well, the answer is, yes! Clearly as a society there are more connected devices than we can keep up with and yet, loneliness, lack of purpose and anxiety is a way of life for many. Those of us at Faith Radio understand how easy it is to get side-tracked or so busy that we miss out on God’s great…

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Connecting Faith

There’s a classic business book by Daryl Conner entitled Managing at the Speed of Change. The goal of the book is to help people manage and accept change in their lives and at work. Like many of you, Faith Radio is also managing change.  In case you missed it, veteran broadcaster and friend, Neil Stavem has stepped away from his daily…

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Dr. Billy Graham

“The men who followed Jesus were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up. The world has never been the same.” Those were words of Dr. Billy Graham, who as you know went on to be with the Lord on February 21st at the age of 99. I can add nothing of significance…

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