Cross Rhythms Plymouth Official Launch

It's getting closer and closer!

Rumours are that the brand new community FM radio station for Plymouth, Cross Rhythms Plymouth 96.3FM, could be on air in the early part of next year!

With the growing excitement, something that's sure to raise the buzz even further is the forthcoming 'Official Launch' on Friday November 10th.

This special presentation night to the Plymouth community is being held at the Methodist Central Hall, in the heart of the Plymouth City Centre.

Many of the local dignitaries, including dozens of local church leaders will be attending and it is sure to be an exciting night.

If you live locally and want to be a part of this momentous occasion contact ian@cornerstonevision.com for more details.

Romainian TV Covers All Europe

ROMANIAN TELEVISION STATION NOW COVERING ALL OF EUROPE

Romania’s first Christian TV channel is now broadcasting via satellite to cover all of Europe.

After 12 years of active presence in Romania, Alfa Omega TV started permanent 24 hour-per- day, 7 day-a-week broadcasting on June,11, 2006, coinciding with the Day of Pentecost.

Now, after almost five months of broadcasting, the channel has been included in one of the most important digital DTH platforms in Romania, MaxTV.

Their programming is retransmitted by cable TV networks from hundreds of towns in Romania.

Their broadcast is free to air through the EUTEL SAT W2 satellite and can be picked up all over Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

The daily program structure contains programs produced by Alfa Omega TV and other producers from Romania and the international media and also includes language segments in Hungarian, German and Serbian.

(Assist News Service)

Provisional approval for radio station

A story reported last week that an Indonesian radio station operated by Back to the Bible's radio station was seeking the local government's approval to operate.

Last week, Back to the Bible's Mark Blowers said, "The interesting thing is that because it's such a heavily Muslim area these council members are almost all Muslim and so the chance of this being approved from a human perspective is almost nil."

But today, Blowers says while it was touch-and-go at first, there's good news regarding their petition. "It actually has been approved and all the paperwork has been signed."

That's the biggest hurdle. He goes on to say, "We won't actually receive the certificate until the end of 2006. Once we have that, then there is no recourse for any of those opposed to the station, and there is opposition to the station."

Their staff has maintained good focus despite uncertainties. "We've had people demonstrate in front of the station," explains Blowers, "saying 'you're not legal, you can't do this.' But we're functioning under the law."

The granted license is credited only to saints on their knees in prayer. "This is obviously God's doing because this place is 99-percent Muslim. To be able to broadcast the Gospel along with other programs that are going to help the people is just an answer from God."

So far, the station has seen incredible response. The staff received over 10,000 letters in their first year. It's obvious God's Word is having an impact and people's lives are being changed.

(Mission Network News)

WHISTLING FROG WINS AWARD

The first Independent Christmas Radio Award has been awarded to the
Bradford-based Whistling Frog Productions - a ministry of HCJB-UK - for
a series of radio features they made for HOME FM in Huddersfield.
'Homeless at Christmas' told the story of how Nightstop, a charity in
West Yorskhire, looks after young people with nowhere to go during the
festive season. Many of the Nightstop families are Christians and the
winning programs linked their Christian faith into the meaning of the
Christmas story. The five short features were played as part of the
evening news slot during December 2005 on HOME FM.

Independent Christmas is a commercial radio sponsorship scheme run by
Jerusalem Productions, part of the Jerusalem Trust, one of the Sainsbury
family charitable trusts from one of the UK's leading supermarket
chains; they exist to encourage the inclusion of Christian programming
on mainstream radio and TV in the UK. The Jerusalem Awards ceremony took
place last week at the Royal Society of Arts in London. Whistling Frog
Productions also scooped the top award in the 'Reflections' category for
'Exterminate! Exterminate!' - a breakfast show insert featuring two
daleks, fictional mutant extraterrestrials popularized in the UK TV
series Dr. Who, discussing 1 Corinthians chapter 13. The winning
reflection was broadcast on Pulse Classic Gold in Bradford.

Whistling Frog Productions is a radio group specializing in creative
programming that looks at the spiritual side of life. In the last nine
years the Whistling Frog team has picked up no less than 24 radio awards
for material broadcast on commercial radio in the UK. To listen to the
winning reflection, log on to www.audiopot.org and type 'dalek' into the
search box.

In Britain, rather than focus on the traditional world of Christian
radio, HCJB-UK has a passion to reach those outside the church who
listen to secular radio stations. To achieve this we use the name
'Whistling Frog Productions' - placing our own award-winning radio
material on local commercial stations, utilizing Christians already
working in the radio industry and offering quality training to aspiring
Christian broadcasters. The ethos of Whistling Frog Productions is
simple: to produce creative, non-cheesy radio for a mainstream audience
on Christian themes, making sure the final product is entertaining,
thought-provoking and definitely not preachy. The Whistling Frog
Productions team also produces a weekly Sunday breakfast show on
commercial radio in West Yorkshire, are involved in professional radio
training in the UK and overseas, and they operate a Radio Volunteers
Group in Bradford every Tuesday evening.

Author Seeks "God Stories"

October 18, 2006
NEWS RELEASE

Christian Author Seeks God Stories from Great Britain

Do you have a God story? If you do, award-winning journalist turned author Jennifer Skiff wants it for her upcoming book God Stories: Modern Day Encounters with the Divine. The book is a compilation of short stories drawn from a diverse range of religions and cultures that have illuminated an individual’s faith or helped shape their belief system.

“A God Story is something that happens to you that is so profound it confirms your belief in the existence of a Divine Power. It is when you receive personal proof that God exists,” says Skiff.

“Eighty-six percent of the world’s population believes in a Divine power and there’s a reason for that. I’m finding that most people are hesitant to share their story at first but once they do, they are often relieved. Many say they were afraid to tell their story because they didn’t think anyone would believe them,” says Skiff. Skiff came up with the idea for the book after having several epiphanies herself.

People who have a story they’re willing to share are invited to submit it at the website www.Godstories.com. The criteria for submission is that the story must be true and must have happened to the person who is submitting it. If the story is chosen for the book, Ms. Skiff will interview the contributor and then edit the story to meet the book’s format.

Jennifer Skiff is an investigative correspondent who has spent fourteen years traveling the world for CNN and CNN International News. Skiff currently splits her time between homes in London, Australia and America.

Harmony Books, a division of Crown Publishing at Random House was top bidder for the book that recently went to auction in New York.

Jennifer will be in London from October 28 – November 14th and is available as a radio guest. Talk back has been extremely successful on this topic in Australia this month. Please contact Jennifer directly by e-mail, jen@godstories.com for an interview or any additional information. Please include a phone number and she will contact you within an hour. Thank you for your consideration.

Challenge for Indonesian Radio Station

A fledgling Christian operated local radio station in Indonesia is facing a challenge.

Back to the Bible International has been operating there under limited approval from the government. Back to the Bible International's Mark Blowers sais he's now concerned because they're being required to get local government approval for the station.

"It's critical that they get this approval from the local council, or they cannot continue broadcasting. The interesting thing is that because it's such a heavily Muslim area these council members are almost all Muslim and so the chance of this being approved from a human perspective is almost nil."

"We've had a local Christian FM radio station on the air for about a year in an area that's heavily Muslim. The interesting thing about this particular location is it's close to where the tsunami happened back in December 2004," says Blowers.

Blowers says this the station has seen an incredible response. "We have received over 10,000 letters in our first year, and it's critical that people pray that we can stay on the air because God's Word is having an impact and people's lives are being changed."

The national director in Indonesia is doing work before their presentation, says Blowers. "Pray for them as they meet with the chief of police in the local area to tell him what's going on before the meeting. They're hoping to win his support and we need God to sway his heart because that will make a large difference with the other council members."

A decision is expected in the next couple of weeks. Blowers says a positive decision would be an incredible answer to prayer. "If we got this local approval there is basically nothing that could happen within the law of Indonesia to shut down our station in the short term."