HCJB World Radio received licence  approval for
Christian radio station in southern Russia

Christians have received government permission to start a Christian FM station in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkav which is just 50 miles from Grozny, the capital of war-torn Chechnya. HCJB World Radio recently signed a partnership agreement with North Ossetia Mission to put the station on the air.

HCJB helped out the ministry with a demonstration transmitter in 1996, and daily broadcasts are expected to begin soon.    This is the latest in HCJB World Radio's "radio planting" ministry--helping start local radio stations around the world. Since 1990 the mission has worked with more than 110 partners in more than 70 countries to put Christian broadcasts on the air, often in areas formerly closed to missionary efforts.

For further information contact:-

E-mail:  clowther@hcjb.org.uk
Phone:  01274 721810                            
Fax:  01274 741302
HCJB-UK, 131 Grattan Road, Bradford BD1 2HS, West Yorkshire