Trans World Radio
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 Speaking Hope to the World | |
| Founded | 1952 |
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| Founder | Paul Freed |
| Type | Evangelical media distributor |
| Headquarters | Cary, North Carolina, U.S. |
Area served | 190 countries, 200+ languages and dialects |
Key people | Lauren Libby, president |
| Website | twr |
Trans World Radio (TWR) is a multi-national evangelical Christian media distributor. The largest Christian media organization in the world, it uses high-powered medium wave (AM) and short wave transmitters, local FM radio stations, cable, satellite, Internet, and mobile device technologies.
TWR distributes programs for ministries such as Thru the Bible and Turning Point as well as their own programs. Currently, their programs can be heard in 190 countries in more than 200 languages and dialects.
TWR is a member of Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA), Evangelical Press Association (EPA), National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), and International Orality Network (ION).
History
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TWR started in 1952, when Paul Freed set up the organization to reach Spain by broadcasting from Morocco: on February 22, 1954, the "Voice of Tangier" in Morocco broadcast the first TWR transmission to Europe.
The history of this radio mission began with a 2,5 kW shortwave transmitter dating back to World War II. The programs, initially intended for the Iberian Peninsula in Spanish and English, quickly expanded. On January 1, 1956, a new 10 kW transmitter was added, allowing large parts of Europe to be reached. By the time the "Voice of Tangier" ceased broadcasting in 1959, the radio mission was broadcasting in 24 languages.[1]
Until 1959, Tangier was an international zone, but then it was placed under the control of the Moroccan government. The government decreed that all non-governmental radio stations had to cease operations by December 31, 1959. Thus, the story of TWR from Tangier ended after less than five years.
Before leaving Morocco, Freed signed a contract to build and operate a shortwave transmitter at Radio Monte Carlo in the Principality of Monaco in September 1959. Since May 1960, TWR was broadcasting from the transmitter facilities previously built by the Nazis on Mount Agel in Monte Carlo. A medium wave transmitter was added four years later.
Other major transmitting sites include Guam (KTWG), Bonaire,[2] Sri Lanka, Cyprus, and eSwatini (Swaziland). The Federal Communications Commission has assigned the call letters KTWR to the Guam transmitter site. The callsign PJB is assigned to the Bonaire station.
From 1995, TWR broadcast from state-owned transmitters in Meyerton near Johannesburg, South Africa, as well as from Yerevan and other stations in the former Soviet states.
TWR started broadcasting from Cyprus to minister to the Middle East in the 2000then.
Network
[edit]TWR is member of the Association of Christian Broadcasters.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2004: Trans World Radio sendet seit 50 Jahren". www.radiojournal.de. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
- ^ O'Neal, James E. (May 14, 2018). "TWR's Bonaire Facility Gets 440,000 Watt Makeover". RadioWorld.com. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
Further reading
[edit]- Freed, Paul E. (1979). Towers to Eternity, Nashville, Sceptre Books. ISBN 0-8407-5709-3
External links
[edit]Shortwave radio stations located in the United States  | |
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| Government stations | |
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| International | |
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| National | |
- Evangelical Christian mass media
- International radio networks
- Christian radio stations in the United States
- Shortwave radio stations in the United States
- Russian-language radio stations
- French-language radio stations
- German-language radio stations
- International broadcasters
- Christianity in Guam
- American companies established in 1952
- Cary, North Carolina