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| 1924 Dec |
Martha Root gave the first African radio broadcast about the Bahá'í Faith, in Capetown. |
Capetown; Africa |
Marth Root; radio |
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| 1942. 9 Jun - 15 Feb 1943 |
John Stearns began sponsoring a radio program
in Quito under the auspices of his small business, "Kandy Kitchen",
which presented classical music and readings from the Bahá'í Writings. These broadcasts came over short wave (32.05 meter,
9355 Kc) Monday evenings at 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. The broadcasts could be heard all over South America and
occasionally in Spain.
The Bahá'í Radio Hour, "Words and Music" was
broadcasted every Sunday from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM and a program called "Bahá'í Echo" three times a week Monday, Wednesday and Friday from
9:15 to 9:30 PM.
[Heroes of God: History of the Bahá'í Faith in Ecuador, 1940-1979 p5] |
Quito; Ecuador |
Baha'i Radio; John Sterns |
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| 1944 Apr |
The first Bahá’í shortwave radio broadcast was beamed from New York towards South America. [BW9:44–5]
VV76 says this was 1943. |
New York; United States |
Bahai radio; Firsts, Other |
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| 1973 1 Apr |
The Bahá’ís of the Central African Republic broadcasted the first of their weekly radio programs on Radio Bangui. The Bahá’í community along with the other major religions in the country was accorded the privilege of presenting weekly radio broadcasts over Radio Bangui, whose programmes reach not only all of the Central African Republic but the neighbouring countries of Equatorial Africa as well. The first programme was entitled “What is the Bahá’í Faith?” and was presented by Gbaguene Robert and Toleque-Koy Michel. [BW16:141]
See also...A Brief Account of the Progress of the Bahá'í Faith in Africa Since 1953 by Nancy Oloro-Robarts and Selam Ahderom p10-11] |
Central African Republic |
Radio; Firsts, Other |
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| 1975. 25 May |
The compilation, Use of Radio and Television in Teaching (Extracts from letters written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi), was sent in a message addressed to all National Spiritual Assemblies by the Universal House of Justice. [25 May 1975] |
BWC |
Media; Bahai radio; Compilations; Teaching |
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| 1975 (End of the year) |
The Bahá’ís of the Central African Republic began to televise regular semi-weekly programmes. [BW16:141] |
Central African Republic |
Radio |
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| 1976 Jan |
Bahá’ís in Jamaica initiated a weekly 15-minute radio programme. [BW16:186] |
Jamaica |
Radio |
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| 1977 12 Oct |
The first Bahá’í educational and cultural radio station, HCRN-1 Radio Bahá’í del Ecuador, made its inaugural broadcast at 1420kHz, 20 watts, in Spanish and Quechua from studios in Otavalo. [BBD193; BW17:169, 215–17; BW19:120; VV77; Mess63-86p373]
Radio Bahá'í was first housed in the Amatu'l-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum Institute in Otavalo. [BW18p226]
For pictures see BW17:216, 218 and VV77.
Full time programming (six hours a day) was initiated on the 12th of December, 1977. The 1 kiloWatt transmitter was located at Cahas, 20km south of Otavalo. [Radio Bahá'í Ecuador p23, 52]
On December 12th, 1979, programming was initiated in the short wave band on 2340 kHz in the 120-metre band. The 1 kilowatt transmitter was located about 30 km north of Otavalo at an altitude of 10,000 feet. In 1982 the transmission frequency was switched to 4990 kHz on the 60-meter band. [Radio Bahá‘Í Ecuador p205 note 23]
For further details on this radio station see Radio Bahá'í Ecuador by Kurt Hein.
See as well the compilation entitled Use of Radio and Television in Teaching attached to the message from the Universal House of Justice dated 25 May 1975.
Pictures
| Otavalo; Cahas; Ecuador |
Bahai radio; Bahai-owned radio; Firsts, Other; Education |
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| 1977 15 Dec |
The Hemispheric Bahá’í Radio and Television Conference was held in Panama, with 125 participants from 24 countries. [BW17:219; Mess63-86] |
Panama |
Conferences, Bahai; Conferences, Other; Bahai radio; Television; Media |
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| 1981 26 Nov |
The Comunicación Intercambio y Radiodifusión Bahá’í para America Latina y el Caribe (CIRBAL) was established by the Universal House of Justice to promote the development of Bahá’í radio and mass media activities in Latin America. [BW19:59]
The special Committee for Service to the Blind, located in the United Kingdom, was a clearing house and production and distribution centre for materials both on tape and in Braille; and CIRBAL (Centro para Intercambio Radiofonico Baha'i de America Latins), among its other functions, serves as
a clearing house for tapes, videotapes, script and other materials suitable for use via radio and television. Its mandated area is South and Central America and the Caribbean. [BW18p115, 117]
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Peru; Latin America |
Bahai radio; Social and economic development; Universal House of Justice; Committee for Service to the Blindness; Disability |
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| 1981 26 Nov |
The inauguration of Radio Bahá'í Peru at Chucuito near Puno on the shore of Del Lago Titicaca (Lake Titicaca). [Mess63-86p510]
Its associated teaching institute was completed for use soon thereafter, going immediately into intensive service.
At one point in the 80's they were broadcasting at 1 kw on the medium-wave for ten hours per day in.the Spanish, Quechua and Aymara languages. [BW18p111]
See also Bahá'í News May, 1987.
Picture of the site. |
Puno; Peru |
Bahai radio; Teaching Institutes; Bahai-owned radio |
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| 1984 Naw-Rúz |
The inauguration of Radio Bahá'í of Bolivia on the medium-wave band at Caracollo, Bolivia. Construction of the new station and its associated Teaching Institute was completed in January 1984 and inaugurated on March 21, the Baha’i new year Naw-Ruz. [Mess63-86p619]
A country-wide radio production and broadcasting programme began in 1983 as prelude to opening of the station. [BW18p111]
The radio station reaches a region in Bolivia and Peru encompassing more than four hundred Local Spiritual Assemblies. Its mission is the socioeconomic development of the indigenous Bahá'ís in that region. Farsheed Ferdowsi and his brothers provided partial funding for this project in memory of their father, Fatollah Ferdowsi. To their pleasant surprise, the National Spiritual Assembly of Bolivia decided to name the Teaching Institute after him. [The Ferdowsi Institute]
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Caracollo; Bolivia |
Bahai radio; Teaching Institutes; Bahai-owned radio |
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| 1984 21 Mar |
The inaugural broadcast for Radio Baha'i WLGI, located at the Louis Gregory Bahá'í Institute in Hemingway, South Carolina, was Naw Ruz, 141 B.E. (March 21, 1984). [from an email from Greg Kintz, General Manager, Radio Baha'i, dated 19 March, 2019]
WLGI Website
To listen to WLGI on-line.
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Hemingway SC; South Carolina; United States |
Bahai radio; Bahai-owned radio |
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| 1986. 31 Jan |
The announcement of the inaugural broadcast of Radio Bahá'í Panama. [Mess63-86p710]
It was situated in the Chiriqui area of western Panama as part of the Guaymi Educational Centre complex at Soloy.
Also see One Country.
See BWNS1462 for a story on how this radio station served the community during the 2020 pandemic. |
Boca del Monte; Panama |
Bahai radio; Teaching Institutes; Bahai-owned radio |
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| 1986. 20 Dec |
The official opening of Radio Bahá'í Chile in Labranzo, Commune of Temuco.
The transmitter operated on 1160 kHz and served principally the indigenous population of Mapuche Indian community. [Bahá'í Historical Facts] iiiii
See BWNS1462 for a story on how this radio station served the community during the 2020 pandemic.
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Labranzo; Chile |
Bahai radio; Bahai-owned radio |
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| 1987 24 Mar |
Radio Bahá’í of Liberia (ELRB), the first Bahá’í-owned radio station in Africa, was inaugurated in Paynesville. [BINS164:6; BW19:121; VV77]
The initial broadcast was aired in December reached most of Liberia as well as parts of Guinea, Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone with its short wave signal, ELRB soon attracted a diverse and enthusiastic audience with its blend of cultural, service and Bahá’í programming. [BNno685p5]
This radio station was destroyed during the civil conflict and has not been re-established. |
Paynesville; Liberia |
Bahai radio; Bahai-owned radio; Firsts, Other |
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| 2002 26 Nov |
The inauguration of the Bahá'í radio station in Bulac, Philippines, located in a rural district some 30 kilometers from the city of San José on the main island of Luzon.
The station operated at 1584 kHz on the AM band, broadcasting at a power of 1,000 watts. Due to the flat topography of the region, it reached a wide area encompassing the entire province of Nueva Ecija and a portion of Tarlac and Pangasinan provinces, with a potential listenership of more than 2.3 million people. [BWNS181; One Country]
See BWNS1462 for a story on how this radio station served the community during the 2020 pandemic.
Picture of the site. |
Bulac; Philippines |
Bahai radio; Bahai-owned radio; BWNS |
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| 1932 Jan |
The first known use of radio to spread knowledge of the Faith was in Montreal by Martha Root. [MR381-382] |
Montreal, QC |
Radio; Martha Root |
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| 1937 Apr 1938 |
The Vancouver community developed a series of 12-minute radio programs broadcast on CJOR radio. The subject was "World Order". Along with an accompanying brochure on the 12 principles and study classes for the public, the program attracted from forty-five to sixty interested persons. The programs were heard in Victoria, Comox, Armstrong and Vernon. [OBCC215] |
Vancouver, BC; Victoria, BC; Armstrong, BC; Vernon, BC |
radio |
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| 1954. 17 Sep - 6 Nov |
Rex King from Tucson, Arizona arrived in the Yukon and stayed until the 6th of November. He also made two brief visits in April and May of 1955. He made the first Bahá'í radio broadcasts in the Yukon. [CBN No 117 October 1957 p1] |
Yukon |
Pioneering, Yukon; Rex King; Radio broadcasts |
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from the main catalogue
- 1970-1995: Newspaper articles archive (1970). Collection of newspaper articles from 1970-1995. [about]
- Bahá'í Consultation and Freireian Dialogue in Development: A Comparative Perspective, by Adel Salmanzadeh, in Online Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 1 (2007). The potential Bahá'í contribution to the development process; case study of Bahá’í consultation in development practice with the 'Radio for Development' (Ecuador); conflict between privileging the global market vs. human communities; sustainability. [about]
- Birth of Radio Bahá'í of Lake Titicaca in Peru, The, by Boris Handal, in Bahá'í News (1981). On a momentous international Bahá'í teaching project linking the sister communities of Peril and Bolivia. [about]
- Faith and Works: Maoris and the Baha'i Faith (1995). The transcript of an interview with two New Zealand Bahá'ís, Huti Toataua and Hedi Moani, aired by the New Zealand National Radio show "Faith and Works" (May, 1995) on "the growing relationship between the Maori community and the Bahá'í Faith." [about]
- Guidance for Bahá'í Radio from the Bahá'í World Centre (1990). Selection of guidance received from the Bahá'í World Centre on Bahá'í radio from May, 1980 to December, 1989, on four major themes: administration; programming, training and production; finance and technical matters. [about]
- Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age, by Universal House of Justice (1996). [about]
- Proselytizing, Development, and the Covenant, by Universal House of Justice, in Messages from the Universal House of Justice: 1963-1986, The Third Epoch of the Formative Age (1996). Teaching vs. proselytization; applying Bahá'í social teachings without becoming ensnared in prevailing cultural mores; and the uniqueness of the Bahá'í covenant. [about]
- Radio and Television in Teaching, The Use of, by Shoghi Effendi, in Compilation of Compilations, Volume 2 (1991). [about]
- Radio Bahá'í del Lago Titicaca, 20 años de historia, by Rene Quiñonez, in La Pluma del Conocimiento, 2 (2002). Un breve relato sobre los logros de un proyecto de desarrollo socio económico al servicio de los pobladores del altiplano peruano boliviano. [about]
- Radio Baha'i Ecuador, by Kurt Hein: Review, by Des O'Shea, in CADE: Journal of Distance Education, 4:1 (1989). [about]
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