Radio HCJB
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| Radio station | |
| Program type | Christian radio station |
| reception | analogue terrestrial , satellite , live stream |
| Reception area | worldwide |
| Start of transmission | December 25, 1931 |
| executive Director | Wayne Pederson |
| Program director | Anabella Cabezas |
| List of radio stations | |
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Radio HCJB , the voice of the Andes , is one of the oldest mission stations in the world and was founded on December 25, 1931 by missionaries Clarence W. Jones and Reuben Larson. The current President of HCJB is Wayne Pederson . The station was initially based in Quito , the capital of Ecuador , today the mission operates under the name Reach Beyond from Colorado Springs (USA).
HCJB worldwide
Radio HCJB broadcasts its programs worldwide in several languages, since 1953 also in German. The main target areas for the programs are South America , North America and Europe . The programs are broadcast via shortwave and in Ecuador also on medium wave , in addition via satellite, podcast and phonecast . In terms of personnel and finances, the station is heavily supported by the North American Mennonite Brethren . For a mission station, Radio HCJB has a strong cultural focus. In addition to religious contributions, the programs focus on the charm of South America with Andean music , reports on experiences and background reports on Ecuador.
The broadcaster, which can be received very well worldwide, is very popular and has a large audience in German-speaking Europe. Many listeners who practice shortwave reception as a hobby have one of their first contacts with a radio station from South America through this station. HCJB QSL cards from Ecuador are popular collectibles.
The abbreviation HCJB, the callsign of the sender, stands for H öret C hristi J esu B otschaft, English H eralding C hrist J esus B lessings, Spanish H oy C risto J esús B endice, quichua H uiñaitami C risto J esús B endician. HCJB is not just broadcasting and preaching the gospel . This ministry maintains several charitable institutions in Ecuador, such as a hospital and schools. In addition to missionaries , the organization also sends doctors to the Ecuadorian rainforest to treat native Indians .
In the health care branch “HCJB Global Hands”, HCJB also has a team of doctors who provide emergency aid in the event of natural disasters. B. was used in the 2010 earthquake in Haiti . In addition to surgeons and general practitioners, the team includes a water engineer who takes care of the drinking water treatment on site. These missions are carried out in conjunction with the American Samaritan's Purse Mission.
The transmitter's technicians operate their own hydropower plant , which supplies the transmitter systems with electricity. Excess energy is sold to the state.
HCJB does not pay its employees salaries. Every employee has to make a religious creed and has a circle of friends who support him with donations.
partnership
Important partners of Radio HCJB in Germany are the Christian aid and mission organization DMG interpersonal as well as the Christian radio and television broadcaster ERF Medien (Germany) and SW-Radio . Eleven DMG employees work in teams for HCJB tasks (radio work, medical service, emergency aid, etc.) in Ecuador.
timeline
| year | activity |
| 1931 | At Christmas the first broadcast of Radio HCJB with an output of 250 watts from a sheepfold will be broadcast. |
| 1940 | On Easter Sunday, the President of Ecuador inaugurates the new 10-kilowatt transmitter. |
| 1948 | The President of Ecuador awards the National Order of Merit to HCJB. |
| 1950 | In Quito, medical work begins among Indians. |
| 1951 | HCJB acquires 45 acres of land near the village of Pifo for the construction of transmission and antenna systems. |
| 1953 | The German Service is founded on August 13th. The new transmitter in Pifo goes into operation. |
| 1955 | "Hospital Vozandes", the HCJB hospital in Quito, is inaugurated. |
| 1956 | "Hospital Vozandes del Oriente", the HCJB hospital in Shell on the edge of the jungle, is inaugurated. |
| 1961 | HCJB receives broadcasting permission for the first television station in Ecuador. |
| 1965 | The hydroelectric power plant in Papallacta goes into operation. With an output of 1.8 MW, it produces energy for the transmitter in Pifo. |
| 1972 | The Spanish-language VHF broadcasts for Quito begin with a transmission power of 5 kW. |
| 1973 | The FM transmitter HCJB-2 in Guayaquil, the largest city in Ecuador, goes into operation. |
| 1974 | The computer-controlled program broadcasting room "PACS" is built. |
| 1976 | The construction of the controllable antenna - the first of its kind for broadcast purposes - begins. |
| 1980 | The output of the hydropower plant will be increased to 4 MW. |
| 1981 | The 500 kW transmitter designed and built by HCJB engineers goes into operation. |
| 1984 | The project "The World in 2000" is launched. Its aim is to coordinate the worldwide broadcasting mission.
The School for Christian Communicators (CCC) starts teaching with twelve students. |
| 1988 | HCJB conducts its international media seminar (Quito School of Broadcasting). |
| 1990 | The new 100 kW transmitter goes into operation in Pifo. Like the 500 kW transmitter, HCJB engineers designed and built it. It works on the principle of "Solid State Modulation" (SSB). Two used SSB transmitters are installed. |
| 1993 | Foundation of the Christian TV program ASOMA-VISION in cooperation with Radio HCJB. |
| 1994 | The "ALAS" satellite network goes on air in cooperation with HCJB and Trans World Radio (TWR). |
| 1998 | The HCJB homepage starts on May 1st. |
| 2000 | In cooperation with “EuroMax-Deutsch”, the German-speaking service has been broadcasting half an hour a day on ASTRA 1B since March 27th. At the same time, the program can be received as a live stream on the Internet and on Afristar (Worldspace). The German-language program for Europe is available "on demand" from the HCJB website. |
| 2002 | In February the first programs will be broadcast in the Plautdietsch language. Initially, half an hour a week via shortwave to South America and a quarter of an hour a week via satellite in Plautdietsch to Europe. From April, programs will be broadcast daily in Plautdietsch, later also via WRN. |
| 2003 | In spring, the HCJB transmitter in Kununurra, Australia will go into operation. The German-speaking department is celebrating its 50th anniversary. In December, the German programs will be broadcast terrestrially in Germany for the first time via the T-Systems broadcast systems. In the urban area of Berlin, the programs can be heard daily on VHF (until 2004). The ALAS satellite network is entirely managed by Radio HCJB. |
| 2004 | The Low German branch of work changes from the test phase to regular operation. The Rempel couple from Paraguay start their service as full-time missionaries for Low German. |
| 2005 | The HCJB hospital celebrates its 50th anniversary; a medical team specializes in worldwide disaster relief operations. |
| 2006 | The signature melody “He remains true” has been ringing in the ether for 75 years. The city of Quito awards Radio HCJB with the badge of honor. |
| 2007 | The mission is given a new identity in terms of its name and a new logo. The Rempel couple left the German editorial team and went back to Paraguay. The Plautdietschen programs are now produced by Viktor Sawatzki in Detmold at SW-Radio, partner of HCJB. |
| 2009 | The transmitters in Pifo have to give way to the construction of the new Quito airport and will be switched off in autumn 2009.
Responsibility for the German-language service of Radio HCJB in Quito will be shifted within HCJB Global and the department will be subordinate to HCJB Worldoffice Germany. To this end, the board of the Radio HCJB working group in Germany will be newly elected. In order to be able to continue to operate in Ecuador, the association “Vozandes Media” is founded in Quito. Marco Schaa becomes chairman. With the help of the engineers from HCJB Global, Vozandes Media is temporarily installing a new antenna and a 10 kW shortwave transmitter on the Pichincha in order to be able to continue the programs of the Quichua , Cofan and Waorani without interruptions due to the closure of the Pifo broadcasting station. German, Low German, Portuguese and programs in the Brazilian Indian language Cofan will be continued daily via the CVC transmitter in Chile. It is planned to carry out the broadcasts for South America centrally from a smaller new broadcasting location in Ecuador in the future. For this purpose, HCJB Global provides a 100 kW transmitter, several smaller transmitters and antenna technology. In Europe, the shortwave broadcasts in German, Low German, Russian and Chechen have been running since the end of 2009 via the shortwave station in Sitkūnai , Lithuania. |
| 2011 | HCJB Germany has been assigned the frequency 3995 kHz in the 75 m band by the Federal Network Agency and is beginning to build a small shortwave transmitter in northwest Germany. Until the system is completed, the frequency will be operated with transmitters from Classic Broadcast in Kall. The German-language programs on the channel in Lithuania will be discontinued.
At HCJB Australia, the new transmitter in Kununurra, not far from the old system, is taking shape more and more. A new building has become necessary because the mast height at the old location is limited to 40 m due to the nearby airfield. There are no limits at the new location, so in addition to a new curtain antenna, the "steerable antenna" made of Pifo can also be rebuilt in an adapted version. In addition, the system is to be supplemented by two additional "HC-100" transmitters, so that HCJB Australia will then have a total of 4,100 kW transmitters. |
| 2012 | Due to various difficulties, the planning of a new broadcasting station in Ecuador has to be abandoned by the HCJB World Office Germany. Vozandes Media in Quito becomes an independent organization, but remains linked to HCJB as a program producer.
In Germany, HCJB Germany's own transmission point in East Friesland can be put into operation from the summer, initially with 1.5 kW transmission power. From the beginning of August there will be a new, for the first time 24-hour broadcast schedule. In addition to being broadcast on shortwave, the programs are now also broadcast as a live stream over the Internet and via phonecast around the clock. The German-language as well as the Portuguese programs to South America will now be broadcast to South America via Media & Broadcast under the leadership of Vozandes Media, as the CVC transmission system in Chile will be closed. HCJB Australia is also putting its new transmitter into operation for the first time. In the course of the coming months, the broadcasts are to be switched step by step to the new transmission point and the technology will be moved from Kununurra I to Kununurra II. |
Former and current employees
- Anne and David Nightingale (1953–1964)
- Katharina and Hugo W. Jantz [Hugo * March 5, 1930, † August 12, 2006] (1956–1960)
- Sally Schroeder Isaak [February 19, 1926 - January 19, 2009] (1957–1987)
- Maria and Peter Hübert [Peter * November 10, 1923, † April 18, 2008] (1964–1989)
- Maria Wiens (1964–1970)
- Esther A. and Henry C. Born [Henry born September 16, 1920, † November 23, 2002] (1969–1971)
- Elfrieda and Cornelius Balzer (1971–1984)
- Martha de Montenegro (1981-2011)
- Dorothea and Rüdiger Klaue (since 1982) (now in Paraguay)
- Iris Rauscher (since 1986)
- Uschi and Wolfgang Brinkmann (1988–1994)
- Horst Rosiak (since 1991)
- Esther Neufeld (since 1993)
- Petra and Horst Wiese (1999-2008) (now in Scotland)
- Rebekka Garcia (since 2002)
- Katja and Axel Jeroma (2007-2010)
Web links
- Reach Beyond (English)
- The Andean Voice (German)
- Working group Radio HCJB e. V. (German)
- SW radio (German / Plautdietsch / Russian)
- Reach Beyond Australia (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ HCJB QSL gallery . HCJB Germany / Vozandes Media. Archived from the original on November 8, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 8, 2010.
- ^ Haiti - Emergency Medical Response Team . HCJB Global. Archived from the original on September 23, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 8, 2010.
- ↑ German Mission Community, partner organizations. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 13, 2010 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 0 ° 10 ′ 19.4 ″ S , 78 ° 29 ′ 19.5 ″ W.