LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1929, Page 203

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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1929. 203

ion, in a separate building, on the Seminary grounds. Initial
station, begun in the fall of 1926, and on Sunday, May 29, 1927, the
work ion of the new KFUO Station and the tenth anniversary of
en L. L. were jointly celebrated.

The new radio plant proved to be an improvement in every way,
the 1,000-watts sending power giving us a wider range than the
500 watts which were used at the old station. We have regularly

rated on a frequency of 550 kilocycles (545.1 meters), with the
oP" tion of a short period in 1927, when the Federal Radio Com-
eri il instructed us to broadcast on a frequency of 1,280 kilocycles.
(034.3 meters), which proved to be a very unsatisfactory channel.

We have constantly increased our radio service to the listening
public, and this necessitated the engaging of a full-time radio operator
in the person of Mr. Carl H. Meyer, a young man of our faith.
Mr. Paul Amt, a student of Concordia Seminary, has recently been
engaged to serve as full-time musical director of KFUO till June 30.

Since the broadcasting from the assembly hall at the Seminary
was not satisfactory on account of acoustic conditions, the ceiling of
the assembly hall was covered with celotex, an insulation board, at
a cost to KFUO of approximately $2,500, this sum being part of the
$5,500 received for the old KFUO apparatus, which was sold to
; a local broadcasting station.

f The KFUO Radio Committee publishes a bimonthly radio bul-
letin known as the Gospel Voice.
We have had very satisfactory results from our radio activity,
and we are thankful to God for having blessed the feeble and imperfect
labors of our hands. Thousands of appreciative letters from un-
| churched people and non-Lutherans, including Jews and Catholics,
are eloquent testimonies to the fact that the Lutheran Church is the
Bible Church. The gist of their remarks is that the preaching of the
Gospel by the Lutheran Church rings true to the hammer. KFUO
has become a vital factor in the spiritual lives of thousands of people
over a wide area.

Nevertheless, on account of lack of power, KFUO can render
only a limited service to the country. While we frequently receive
favorable reception reports from distant States, the reliable service
range of a station such as ours covers only a small part of the North
American continent. The millions whom we do not reach are in
need of the Gospel in the same measure as those who live within
earshot of KFUO. The radio is an excellent means, given to us by
God in these latter days, to send the message of sin and grace into
the countless homes which we can reach in no other way. Religious
programs sponsored by other denominations ‘are to-day covering the
nation like a blanket, while Lutheran radio programs are being

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