HCJB

Radio HCJB, the Voice of the Andes, is one of the oldest mission station in the world, was established on 25 December 1931 by the missionaries Clarence W. Jones and Reuben Larson. The current president of HCJB is Wayne Pederson. The transmitter was located initially in Quito, capital of Ecuador, today the mission of Colorado Springs (USA) is working out.

HCJB world

HCJB Radio currently broadcasts worldwide in multiple languages ​​, since 1953 also in German language. Main target areas of the programs are South America, North America and Europe. The programs are broadcast on shortwave and Ecuador also on medium wave, to satellite, podcast and phonecast. Human and financial resources, the transmitter is strongly supported by North American Mennonite Brethren Churches. For a mission station Radio HCJB has a strong cultural. So it is in the broadcasts, in addition to religious contributions to the stimulus of South America with Andean music, experience reports and background stories about Ecuador.

The very good at receiving stations around the world enjoys a very high popularity and has a large audience in the German-speaking Europe. Many listeners who operate the shortwave reception as a hobby have, on this station one of the first contacts with broadcasters from South America. QSL cards from HCJB in Ecuador are popular collectibles.

The abbreviation HCJB, the callsign of the station stands for Hear Christ Jesus' message, english Heralding Christ Jesus Blessings, Spanish Hoy Cristo Jesús Bendice, quichua Huiñaitami Cristo Jesús Bendician. HCJB operates not only broadcast work and preaching of the gospel. This Mission has several charitable institutions in Ecuador, such as a hospital and schools. The organization sends missionaries addition, doctors also treat in the Ecuadorian rainforest, the indigenous Indians.

In the branch of health work " HCJB Global Hands" HCJB also has a team of doctors for emergency aid in natural disasters, such as the the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 was in use. In addition to surgeons and general practitioners to the team include a water engineer who ensures the Trinkwassseraufbereitung site. These missions take place in conjunction with the American Mission Samaritan's Purse.

Technicians of the transmitter operate their own water plant, which is used to power the wireless systems with electricity. Excess energy is sold to the state.

HCJB pay its employees no salaries. Each employee must pass a religious confession and has a circle of friends who supported him with donations.

Partnership

Important partners of Radio HCJB in Germany, the German Missionary Fellowship (DMG ) and the Christian radio and TV stations ERF Medien ( Germany ) and SW radio. Eleven employees / inside the DMG are in teams for tasks of HCJB ( radio work, medical service, emergency assistance, etc.) in Ecuador in use.

Chronicle

The School of Christian Communicators (CCC ) decreases with twelve students to teach.

The responsibility for the German -language service of Radio HCJB in Quito is moved within HCJB Global and placed under the Department of the HCJB World Office Germany. To this end, the Executive Board of the Association Radio HCJB is elected in Germany. Order in Ecuador continue to work to be able to, in Quito, the association " Vozandes Media " is founded. Using the engineers at HCJB Global builds Vozandes Media transitional on the Pichincha a new antenna and a 10 kW shortwave transmitter on in order to continue the programs of the Quichua, Cofan and Huaorani without interruptions by closing the transmitter site Pifo can. German, Low German, Portuguese and programs in the Brazilian Indian language Cofan be continued every day from this point on the transmission facilities of CVC in Chile. It is planned centrally perform the broadcasts for South America in the future from a smaller new transmission site in Ecuador. For this purpose, HCJB Global a 100 kW transmitter, several smaller stations and antenna technology. In Europe, the shortwave broadcasts run in German, Low German, Russian and Chechen since the end of 2009 on the shortwave station in Sitkunai, Lithuania on.

For HCJB Australia, the new transmitter site takes in Kununurra, near the old plant more and more shape. A new building has become necessary because the old location the mast height is limited to 40 m due to a nearby airfield. The new location is no limit exists, so in addition to a new curtain antenna, the " steerable antenna " from Pifo can be rebuilt in a customized version there. In addition, the system should be supplemented by two other stations of the type "HC -100", so HCJB Australia will then be a total of 4 100 kW transmitter available.

In Germany the own transmitter site in Ostfriesland by HCJB Germany can be taken from the first summer with 1.5 kW output power in operation. From the beginning of August there is a new, first time 24 - hour broadcast schedule. In addition to the transmission on shortwave broadcasts will now be broadcast as a live stream on the Internet and by phonecast around the clock. The German as well as Portuguese shipments to South America will now be aired from August through Media & Broadcast under the auspices of Vozandes Media to South America, as the transmitter of CVC is closed in Chile.

Also HCJB Australia takes its new transmitter site for the first time in operation. Over the coming months, the programs will be changed step by step to the new transmitter site and the technique of Kununurra to Kununurra I II be moved.

Former and current employees

• Anne and David Nightingale (1953-1964)
• Catherine and Hugo W. Jantz [ Hugo born March 5, 1930 † August 12, 2006 ] ( 1956-1960 )
• Mary and Peter Hübert [ Peter born November 10, 1923 † April 18, 2008 ] ( 1964-1989 )
• Mary Wiens (1964-1970)
• Esther A. and Henry C. Born [ Henry born September 16, 1920 † 23 November 2002 ] ( 1969-1971 )
• Elfrieda and Cornelius Balzer (1971-1984)
• Martha de Montenegro (1981-2011)
• Dorothea and Rüdiger claw ( since 1982) (now in Paraguay)
• Iris Rauscher (since 1986)
• Uschi and Wolfgang Brinkmann (1988-1994)
• Sigrid and Horst Rosiak (since 1991)
• Esther Neufeld (since 1993)
• Petra and Horst Wiese (1999-2008) (now in Scotland)
• Rebecca Garcia ( since 2002)
• Katja and Axel Jeroma (2007-2010)