Caribbean Radio Lighthouse can once again be heard with 10,000 watts of transmitting power throughout the Eastern Caribbean islands! The former AM radio transmitter always required a lot of repairs and maintenance, but last October began a series of catastrophic events that made it clear that we desperately needed a new AM radio transmitter. Through the generous financial support and prayers of many of you, we were able to purchase a new $80,000 AM radio transmitter! It took some time for the transmitter to be built and shipped to us here in Antigua, but by God’s grace, the new transmitter arrived late in April. While we waited, we did all that we could to keep the old transmitter broadcasting between 60%-80% power. The technology in AM radio transmitters has changed drastically in 30 years, and there was a lot of preparation and adjustments before we could install the new transmitter. Andrew and Summer Chafa with Tech2Proclaim Ministries spent three months with us helping prepare for the new transmitter and several other projects. Unfortunately, the transmitter came a little later than we expected, and the Chafas were not able to stay for the final changeover. My brother-in-law, Ryan Johnsonbaugh, came to help for the week of transition. And on May 14th, a technician from the transmitter company came to our site, made a few adjustments, gave instructions for maintenance, and commissioned our new AM radio transmitter! For me, it was such a relief that everything was properly prepared and the transition went smoothly! Thank you to so many who prayed towards that moment! Please pray now that listeners who may not have been able to hear us for the past half-year would tune into the radio station once again, and that with the new equipment our signal would reach even farther!
Through all this time, our staff continued their weekly duties of preparing programs for broadcast on our AM signal, FM signal, mobile app, and online broadcast. During April, we had a group of 45 elementary students and in May another group of 47 students come tour the CRL facilities! We use this opportunity, not only to share about the radio station, but to teach them why we are called “The Lighthouse”: to warn people about what the Bible says about the danger of hell and about the safety in Christ!
When I began this letter, I wanted to simply say, “It Worked!” But all praise to God for working out all the details, great and small! May He continue to use CRL and this transmitter to further His kingdom!
For the Lighthouse Staff,
Nathan P. Owens