Northern New Jersey Project update

Saturday, June 15th, 2013

The FCC has granted approval for the assignment of the Construction Permit for Taylortown, New Jersey to Redeemer Broadcasting.  Now we just need to have a closing on the deal.  So far, the project is going extremely well.   Our target date for on the air is still Reformation Day this year.  We will try and get there sooner.  

There are still several hundred dollars left on the original matching grant.  Your gifts would be much appreciated at this time.  

In addition to the above, we still need:

 $7,000 - FM Transmitter
          $8,600 - IP Codecs
          $3,000 - EAS equipment
        $12,000 - Tower work and mounts/bracket fabrication

The above list of equipment is not covered by the matching grant.  Would you like to fund one of these pieces of equipment, or perhaps with a friend, fund it?   These are essential for us to obtain before we can go on the air.  All gifts are tax deductible.  If someone comes forward with a matching grant we will let you all know immediately!  

Would you like to institue a new matching grant?   If so let us know via email at  ministry@redeemerbroadcasting.org 

The areas where coverage is predicted are: Western Essex County, most of Morris County, and Eastern Sussex County.

Please have a part today in this exciting project.   If you would like to participate in this project and want to give via PayPal, here is our link.

Newburgh translator problems

Wednesday, June 12th, 2013

We are having problems this morning with our Newburgh translator.  The root cause is the Verizon DSL connection that feeds our translator.  A ticket is open with Verizon Business Class and they are trying to solve the issue.  

UPDATE 9:41 AM : We just got off the phone with a Supervisor and they are working our our problem as well as looking into a longer range and better solution for us.  

Thank you for your patience.  

Northern New Jersey Project Matching Grant

Tuesday, June 4th, 2013

Please pray about giving towards the Northern New Jersey FM project.  Your gift will be doubled.  

We are planning for expansion with an FM signal into Northern NJ. One church in Northern NJ has offered a matching grant program for this expansion. Your gift towards the “NJ Project Matching Grant” will be matched dollar for dollar up to $50,000. 

5/30/13 update - Matching donations so far: $49,289.    We still need $711 to complete this matching grant.  Once in hand, these monies will be suffient to build over 2/3 of the station.  We now have enough to order our antennas and the "directional proof." 

Deadline: We need to meet the matching grant by the end of June.  However, earlier donations are essential to allow us to order the equipment that we need now, so that our build schedule remains workable. 

In addition to the above, we still need:
  $7,000 - FM Transmitter
          $8,600 - IP Codecs
          $3,000 - EAS equipment
        $12,000 - Tower work and mounts/bracket fabrication

The above list of equipment is not covered by the matching grant.  Would you like to fund one of these pieces of equipment, or perhaps with a friend, fund it?   These are essential for us to obtain before we can go on the air.  All gifts are tax deductible.  If someone comes forward with a matching grant we will let you all know immediately!  

Would you like to institue a new matching grant?   If so let us know via email at  ministry@redeemerbroadcasting.org 

The areas where coverage is predicted are: Western Essex County, most of Morris County, and Eastern Sussex County.

Please have a part today in this exciting project. We believe that this project will move fast and our goal is to turn on the new transmitter on Reformation Day 2013.  If you would like to participate in this matching grant program and want to give via PayPal, here is our link.

Do you know how to prepare a mechanical drawing? We need your help.

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

The New Jersey project is now in full swing.  

We need immediate help from a mechanical designer who can work with us to produce a couple of high quality architectural/engineering drawings pertaining to our antenna and mounting hardware.  Using a CAD program or Visio would be a plus. 

Please contact Dan Elmendorf using our email address of: ministry@redeemerbroadcasting.org  

Thanks!

Mt. Beacon internet connection problem was fixed today

Friday, February 15th, 2013

Good news! Today the Verizon technicians were able to ascend Mt. Beacon and found the problem of our intermittent outage affecting our Newburgh translator.  They took a four wheel drive truck with chains part way up, then hiked the rest of the way.   They found a junction that had been compromised with water and ice.  They were able to fix the connection. 

As you may know, the Mt. Beacon transmitter site is very difficult to get to this time of year.  

Droppage of our internet feed has been a recurring problem for us - for years now, we have struggled with internet problems. We really need to invest in a satellite feed so that our on-air signal becomes reliable. If we had a satellite feed it would not only immediately help Newburgh, but also WFSO and the future expansion into other areas. Please pray for us. If you would like to give a onetime gift to help us secure a satellite feed, we will put that directly into our expansion fund and use it for that purpose. As you may know, as a condition of expansion, it necessarily implies a satellite feed in the near future.   

Speaking of expansion, our immediate focus continues to be the three areas vacated by the large Family Radio FM signals, namely Northern NJ/NYC, Philadelphia, and Annapolis. We are working very diligently to secure signals into these areas.  

Thank you for your prayers and support.

Skipping heard over Newburgh translator due to internet problems

Friday, February 15th, 2013

We still have some skipping that is apparent over the Newburgh translator.  This is due to a problem with the DSL business connection that Verizon provides to us. Verizon had a ticket open on the problem Thursday 2/14, and tried to get a technician up the mountain, but they could not get up due to the snow and ice. Now the ticket is closed but they plan to try and borrow a snowmobile or truck with chains to try and resolve the problem as soon as feasible.  

As you may know, the Mt. Beacon transmitter site is very difficult to get to this time of year.  

Droppage of our internet feed is a recurring problem for us.  For years now we have struggled with internet problems. This shows the need to upgrade to a satellite feed so that our on-air signal becomes reliable. If we had a satellite feed it would not only immediately help Newburgh, but also WFSO and the very likely future expansion into other areas.  Please pray for us.  If you would like to give a one time gift to help us secure a satellite feed, we will put that into our expansion fund and use it for that purpose. Because to expand, necessarily implies a satellite feed.    

Speaking of expansion, our immediate focus continues to be the three areas vacated by the large Family Radio FM signals, namely Northern NJ/NYC, Philadelphia, and Annapolis. We are working very diligently to secure signals into these areas.  

Thank you for your prayers and support.

Streaming and website back to normal

Thursday, January 31st, 2013

The problem with our domain server is resolved and our streaming and website are both back to normal.  Thank you all, for your calls, prayers and support! 

Glitch in website and streaming

Wednesday, January 30th, 2013

Earlier today we had a glitch with our name server and that caused our website to be down and also affected our online streamong.   We are working on the problem and expect to have most everything resolved by the end of today.   Thanks for your patience.     

Do you miss 94.7 in New York City? Listen to beautiful Christian programming via Mondo Radios

Tuesday, January 29th, 2013

Do you miss WFME 94.7 FM in the Bronx and Brooklyn in New York City?  Do you miss it in Newark and Northern New Jersey?

Perhaps you would like to try a WFME alternative.  Listeners in the metro area sent many many millions of dollars to WFME, only to have that heritage signal sold to a secular broadcaster.  Now Family Radio has moved the WFME call sign to another station that is outside of the NYC area.  

Redeemer Broadcasting provides beautiful Christian music, news, and excellent preaching and teaching.  We used to work with Family Radio and then started our own network.  We are not subject to the station sales coming out of Oakland, California. We are not subject to the definite future sales of even more stations (KHFR is the latest). We are not subject to the false teaching of Harold Camping. But we have retained all that was good about Family Radio.  We really think you will like what you hear.  

Redeemer is local to the Hudson Valley and we include faithful local pastors in our on-air programming. 

94.7 FM is gone and is not coming back, but there is a wonderful alternative that you can listen to right now via internet streaming.  We can also help you acquire a Grace Digital Audio internet receiver at a very low cost.  See more information at the bottom of this news posting.

Quite often we are contacted by a former Family Radio listener.  We would encourage you to feel free to call us today! Our toll free number is 888-724-4427. Learn more about an internet table radio that pulls in Redeemer Broadcasting with the push of one button.  

Why not join our online family of listeners?   By God's grace we are here to stay and would welcome you and interact with you when you send us emails or call us on the phone.  We believe that God is still saving people. We believe that God has a church and it is the Body of Christ, and the gates of Hell will not prevail against it - not even Harold Camping.

Our plan is to place a radio signal in your area some day in the future.   Right now though, you can receive us loud and clear using our internet feed! 

Want to hear us?  Just click on the below links:  
WINAMP: 
http://www.redeemerbroadcasting.org:8000/listen.pls

Windows Media Player:
http://www.redeemerbroadcasting.org/listenwmp.asx

OR,

Do you have a Smart Phone?  If so, you can also hear us using the app tunein - load it up and then search for "WFSO" - that works great!  Contact us if you need help getting it setup. 

OR,

If you like our programming, please consider acquiring a Mondo internet Radio, produced by Grace Digital Audio.  These are wonderful radios. and will enable you to hear our programming on a table radio as long as you have high speed internet in your home with a wireless connection available.  Once set up, all you have to do is hit one button, and we come right in, every time!

Two ways you can obtain one of these special radios:

    1. Make a one time donation of $175 to Redeemer Broadcasting, and we'll send you a Mondo radio for FREE (request "Mondo" with your donation).

    2. Contact us and ask for our special discount code, and order one yourself.   Just email us at ministry@redeemerbroadcasting.org 

May you have a Blessed New Year!

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013

"Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14) 

In this New Year, may we let go of the failures and sins of our past and reach forward to those things which are ahead, in Christ!