Communications in Ecuador - Ecuadorian Media, Telecommunications in Ecuador, Hcjb, World Radio Missionary Fellowship, Inc., Ecuador TV (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ecuadorian Media, Telecommunications in Ecuador, Hcjb, World Radio Missionary Fellowship, Inc., Ecuador Tv, List of People on Stamps of Ecuador, .Ec. Excerpt: HCJB, "The Voice of the Andes," was the first radio station with daily programming in the South American country of Ecuador and the first Christian missionary radio station in the world. The station was founded in 1931 by Clarence W. Jones, Reuben Larson, and D. Stuart Clark. Radio Station HCJB co-founder, Clarence Wesley Jones, circa 1945Radio station HCJB started as the vision of Clarence W. Jones, a musician, graduate of Moody Bible Institute, and the son of a Salvation Army minister. Following his graduation from Moody, Jones worked under evangelist Paul Rader and was part of the founding staff of the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle where Jones assisted in leading music, working with youth and overseeing Rader's weekly radio ministry called "WJBT" (Where Jesus Blesses Thousands) Impressed by the impact Rader's radio ministry had made, Jones felt called to establish missionary radio in Latin America. As a result, Jones traveled to Venezuela, Colombia, Panama and Cuba on a seven-week trip in 1928 looking for a suitable location for his envisioned radio station, but was unable to obtain the necessary government permits. Back in Chicago nearly two years later, Jones met Christian