LifeTalk Radio is a network of over 200 radio stations featuring Christian music, Christian talk and teaching, and other religious programming.Jack Nash, "New Christian Radio Launched in Louisville", Southern Tidings, May 1996. pp. 10-11. Accessed August 18, 2015Program Schedule, LifeTalk Radio, Accessed August 18, 2015 Its headquarters are in Riverside, California."Contact Us", LifeTalk Radio. Accessed August 18, 2015 LifeTalk Radio is the only radio network owned by the North American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church,"Paul Moore, President of LifeTalk Radio, Retires", Adventist Review, (2002) Accessed August 18, 2015 and is a ministry of the Adventist Media Center.Newsbreak, Adventist Review, August 22, 1996. p. 21. Accessed August 18, 2015Organization, Adventist Media Center. Accessed August 18, 2015
History In 1991, LifeTalk Radio was founded by Paul Moore, in Yakima, Washington.Cyril Miller, "Paul Moore's Retirement Celebrated", Southern Tidings, June 2002. p. 20. Accessed August 18, 2015 In 2000, the network's headquarters moved to Vonore, Tennessee."Radio network moves headquarters to Vonore", The Advocate and Democrat, April 20, 2000. In October 2001, Moore was given the Society of Adventist Communicators' "Award of Pioneering Innovation" for creating the network.Sheila Elwin, "Creating Relationships, Communicating Christ", Southern Tidings, November 2001. p. 22. Accessed August 17, 2015Mark A. Kellner, "Adventist Communicators Conference: 'Communicating Christ'", Adventist News Network, October 15, 2001. Accessed August 18, 2015 In 2002, Moore retired as president of LifeTalk Radio, and was replaced by Phil Follett. On July 15, 2004, Steven Gallimore became president of LifeTalk Radio, and the network moved its headquarters to Collegedale, Tennessee later that year.News Notes, Adventist Review, (2004) Accessed August 18, 2015 In 2011, LifeTalk Radio moved its headquarters to Simi Valley, California.Jacquie Biloff, "Life Talk Radio Moves to California; Officials Cite Reorganization", Dakota Conference of Seventh Day Adventists, January 20, 2011. Internet Archive. Archived July 19, 2011. Accessed August 18, 2015 By 2015, the network's headquarters had been moved to Riverside, California.Contact Us, LifeTalk Radio. Internet Archive. Archived November 12, 2014. Accessed August 19, 2015
LifeTalk Radio's first radio station, KSOH in Yakima, Washington, began broadcasting in March 1992.Cindy Chamberlin, "Yakima Radio Station Targets Talk Audience ", North Pacific Union Conference Gleaner, Volume 87, Number 20, November 2, 1992. Accessed August 19, 2015 The station was launched with an "interactive talk radio" format, airing Christian talk programming. In 1996, LifeTalk Radio purchased and launched several additional stations."For the Record", Broadcasting & Cable, September 2, 1996. p. 75. Accessed August 19, 2015 In 2000, the network was heard on 15 stations,"Letters From Listeners", Adventist Review, January 6, 2000. p. 45 Accessed August 19, 2015 8 of which were owned by the network."Radio Business", Radio & Records, Issue Number 1332, January 7, 2000. p. 6. Accessed August 19, 2015 By 2004, LifeTalk Radio was airing on 35 stations,"New Radio Stations Go On-the-Air . . . !", Carolina Action, Volume IV, 2004. p. 5. Accessed August 19, 2015 by 2005 it was airing on 65 stations,Typeline, Review and Herald Publications, Volume 21, Number 12, June 16, 2005. p. 1. Accessed August 19, 2015 and by 2008 the network was airing on 70 stations.Adventist Review, Volume 185, Issues 1-18, (2008) p. 33 By 2015, the network was airing on over 100 stations.Stations, LifeTalk Radio. Accessed August 17, 2015
Stations LifeTalk Radio is heard on over 73 full-time and part-time affiliates in the United States, along with 122 additional affiliates internationally. LifeTalk Radio also streams through Roku."Now Streaming to 10 Million Homes on Roku", LifeTalk Radio. Accessed August 18, 2015
Owned and operated stations
+ Call sign Frequency City of license State Facility ID KUDU 91.9 FM Tok Alaska KSVA 920 AM Albuquerque New Mexico WBLC 1360 AM Lenoir City Tennessee KCSH 88.9 FM Ellensburg Washington KSOH 89.5 FM Yakima Washington
Translators Call sign Frequency(MHz) City of license State Facility ID W217AW 91.3 Dalton Georgia K282CD 104.3 Los Lunas New Mexico K220GX 91.9 The Dalles Oregon K217EI 91.3 Scio Oregon W220CO 91.9 Carbondale Pennsylvania W253BO 98.5 Collegedale Tennessee W236DA 95.1 Lenoir City Tennessee
Fulltime affiliates + Call sign Frequency City of license State WYFR-LP 89.9 FM Fairhope Alabama KQQS 89.3 FM Sitka Alaska KPGC-LP 95.1 FM Norman Arkansas KWOL-LP 103.7 FM Arroyo Grande California KXFB-LP 99.5 FM Fallbrook California KRGR-LP 101.3 FM Paradise California WSDX-LP 101.9 FM Brandon Florida WSRD-LP 93.1 FM Albany Georgia WLOJ-LP 102.9 FM Calhoun Georgia WYAW-LP 93.5 FM Savannah Georgia KOTF-LP 97.5 FM Hayden Idaho KQFR 90.7 FM Moyie Springs Idaho WLSE 103.3 FM Canton Illinois WWTG 88.1 FM Carpentersville Illinois WSHI-LP 98.5 FM Shelbyville Indiana KSDH-LP 100.1 FM Great Bend Kansas KBFA-LP 95.7 FM West Monroe Louisiana WGPG-LP 92.9 FM Battle Creek Michigan WSFT-LP 105.5 FM Berrien Springs Michigan WYNJ 89.5 FM Blackduck Minnesota WHPJ 88.7 FM Hibbing Minnesota WYSG-LP 96.3 FM Hinckley Minnesota KPJT-LP 99.1 FM Maple Grove Minnesota KOPJ 89.3 FM Sebeka Minnesota KOLJ-FM 91.1 FM Wannaska Minnesota KLHW-LP 90.5 FM Kansas City Missouri KHCI-LP 104.1 FM Moberly Missouri KSLN-LP 95.9 FM Sullivan Missouri KETI-LP 95.7 FM Choteau Montana KANB-LP 102.3 FM Kalispell Montana KWLY-LP 104.9 FM Missoula Montana WLWM-LP 105.7 FM Charlestown New Hampshire WBLN-LP 104.9 FM Glens Falls New York WKHV-LP 103.9 FM Kingston New York KTWJ 90.9 FM Bismarck North Dakota KSAF-LP 104.1 FM Minot North Dakota KLYF-LP 100.7 FM Coquille Oregon KGEL-LP 92.5 FM Jasper Oregon KFYL-LP 94.3 FM La Grande Oregon KMAB-LP 99.3 FM Madras Oregon KGLS-LP 99.1 FM Tillamook Oregon WOLR-LP 98.9 FM Williamsport Pennsylvania WYEJ-LP 106.7 FM Anderson South Carolina WJNU-LP 97.5 FM Cookeville Tennessee WDNX 89.1 FM Savannah Tennessee KJHV-LP 96.3 FM Killeen Texas KVBM-LP 104.7 FM Killeen Texas WXTR 89.9 FM Tappahannock Virginia KTFJ-LP 104.7 FM Burlington Washington KEIT-LP 100.7 FM Colville Washington KEEH (HD2) 104.9 FM Spokane Washington KLRF 88.5 FM Walla Walla Washington WPGR-LP 105.7 FM Clear Lake Wisconsin
Translators Call sign Frequency(MHz) City of license State Facility ID W250BK 97.9 Chatsworth Georgia K209FH 89.7 Grangeville Idaho W282BS 104.3 Dunlap Illinois K228EW 93.5 Bemidji Minnesota W284CO 104.7 Asheville North Carolina K223CV 92.5 FM Albany Oregon W288DC 105.5 FM Columbia Tennessee W234AW 94.7 Pulaski Tennessee
References
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