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Christian radio station
Trans World Radio (TWR)
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Founded
| 1952
(
1952
)
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Founder
| Paul Freed
[
nl
]
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Type
| Evangelical Media Distributor
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Headquarters
| Cary, North Carolina
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Area served
| 190 Countries 275 languages and dialects
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Key people
| Lauren Libby, president
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Website
| twr
.org
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Trans World Radio
(TWR) is a multinational evangelical
Christian
media distributor. The largest Christian media organization in the world, it uses
mediumwave
or high-powered AM and
shortwave
transmitters, local FM
radio stations
,
cable
,
satellite
,
Internet
, and
mobile device
technologies. Currently, their programs can be heard in 190 countries in more than 300 languages and dialects.
TWR distributes programs for ministries such as Thru the Bible and Turning Point as well as their own programs.
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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Bonaire
operations of Trans World Radio in FM 89.5 MHz and AM 800 kHz.
TWR started in 1952, when
Paul Freed
[
nl
]
set up the organization to reach Spain by broadcasting from Morocco. Later, TWR moved to Monaco. Other major transmitting sites include
Guam
(
KTWG
),
Bonaire
,
[1]
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.
References
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Further reading
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- Freed, Paul E. (1979). Towers to Eternity, Nashville, Sceptre Books.
ISBN
0-8407-5709-3
External links
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