World Harvest Radio International (WHRI) is a
shortwave radio
Shortwave radio is radio transmission using shortwave (SW) radio frequencies. There is no official definition of the band, but the range always includes all of the high frequency band (HF), which extends from 3 to 30 MHz (100 to 10 me ...
station in the
United States, broadcasting conservative religious programming worldwide in the
English language on a number of frequencies. Part of the
Family Broadcasting Corporation Christian broadcasting group, WHRI is based in
Cypress Creek,
South Carolina, with programs for audiences in
Asia broadcast from T8WH in
Palau.
History
Lester Sumrall founded the Lester Sumrall Evangelistic Association (
LeSEA) and its humanitarian arm LeSEA Global Feed the Hungry, World Harvest Radio International.
WHRI signed on in 1985 with their first service, ''Angel 1'', covering Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Its 2nd service from WHRI, ''Angel 2'' went on the air in 1987, covering Europe, Central and South America.
In 1993, WHRI opened a second station, KWHR (transmitted from
Ka Lae, the southernmost point in
Hawaii), which provided ''Angel 3'' covering China and Eastern Asia, expanding in 1997 with ''Angel 4'', covering the South Pacific. The license for KWHR expired in 2009. ''Angel 3'' and ''Angel 4'' now transmit from T8WH in Palau, a station which had originally been built by High Adventure Ministries in the mid-1980s, and operated for some 15 years under the call sign KHBN. The Palau site is no longer in operation, having closed October 27, 2019. Along with the sale of WHRI, this concludes all of World Harvest Radio's shortwave broadcasting.
In 1998, its third station, WHRA in
Greenbush, Maine
Greenbush, officially the Town of Greenbush, is a New England town, town in Penobscot County, Maine, Penobscot County, Maine, United States, on the Penobscot River. The town's population was 1,444 at the 2020 United States Census.
Geography
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, signed on with ''Angel 5'', a signal for Africa and the Middle East. As of November 17, 2009, World Harvest ceased operations of WHRA and dismantled its facilities, with its frequencies reassigned for WHRI.
WHRI also operates ''Angel 6'' with a signal primarily for Mexico.
In August 2020, it was announced that WHRI was selling its facilities to Allen Weiner, owner of
Monticello, Maine-based shortwave station
WBCQ, pending
FCC approval.
Radio Insight: "Station Sales Week Of 8/14", August 14, 2020.
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Frequencies (in MHz)
* Angel-1: 6.175, 7.315, 9.605, 9.895, 11.565, 11.775, 17.51, 21.63
* Angel-2: 5.92, 6.195, 7.315, 9.825, 9.84, 9.895, 11.635, 17.51
* Angel-3: 9.93, 9.965
* Angel-4: 9.625, 9.96, 11.705, 15.4, 15.5, 17.8
* Angel-5: 9.93, 9.96, 9.965, 9.975
* Angel-6: 6.175, 7.385, 9.795, 9.86, 15.16
References
External links
Family broadcasting corporationWHRI history
Shortwave radio stations in the United States
Christian radio stations in the United States
Family Broadcasting Corporation
Radio stations established in 1985
1985 establishments in the United States
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