Peter
Stohrer
President, NH Gospel Radio, Inc.
July 2009
Vision
NHGR intends that further future development will expand the coverage
of Christian programming to areas not already served in the State of
New Hampshire.
More local programming is being introduced on the stations. Locally
conducted Bible studies, and interviews of Christian testimony,
pastors' forums and devotionals are currently heard. We desire to
assist local churches through PSA (public service announcements)
promotion of their programs and events. Community service projects such
as blood drives and disaster reliefs are high on the agenda. We really
want to give WVNH a local flavor and serve all of the communities
within our listening area.
History
It
was 1986 when the vision of several Concord area Christians began a
process which, on March 7, 1999, finally blossomed into the first
broadcast of WVNH radio. They were not, however, 13 easy years.
Much
prayer, plenty of work and much frustration were characteristic of the
process. In 1996 Rev. Walter Holder joined five other committed
believers to help launch what seemed to be a futile effort. "It must
have been God that brought me into it; I'm not one to board a sunken
ship." Holder said. "Before too long, by God's grace, the tide was
turning for the station, and suddenly that vision was virtually being
resurrected from the dead."
Most
frustrating had been the Board's attempt to find a site for the
transmitter. The breakthrough finally came in the Spring of 1998, when
a Gilmanton woman with property on a lofty hill agreed to make her
ideal property available. The Board of six immediately recognized this
as a divine intervention, an evident provision from the Lord. "As it
turned out, God had something better in mind for us than we had ever
imagined! We moved on to construct the transmitter/antenna on the best
site our engineer had seen in all his long searches."
The
Federal Communications Commission issued the construction permit for
WVNH 91.1 in February of 1999.
After
two weeks of testing in late February and early March of 1999, WVNH
took to the airwaves on March 7th at 12:15p for the first time and has
been broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week ever since.
In July of 2009, after 9 years in the planning stages, the FCC granted
a new license to NH Gospel Radio for WANH at 91.5 in Meredith. The
addition of the 1700 watt WANH signal provides the extended coverage of
solid biblical programming to all of the Lakes Region of NH.
To God be the glory, great things He has done!
Statement
of Faith
1. WE BELIEVE the
Bible, consisting of the Old and New Testament, to be the only
inspired, inerrant, infallible, authoritative Word of God written.
2. WE BELIEVE that
there is one God eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and
Holy Spirit.
3. WE BELIEVE in the
deity of Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His
miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in
His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the
Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
4. WE BELIEVE that
for salvation of lost and sinful man regeneration by the Holy Spirit is
absolutely essential. Salvation is by grace alone through personal
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. His death for man's sin and His
resurrection, and His promised eternal life.
5. WE BELIEVE in the
present ministry of the Holy Spirit by Whose indwelling power and
fullness the Christian is enabled to live a godly life in this present
evil world. The evidence of the Holy Spirit's ministry is His grace,
His fruit and His gifts.
6. WE BELIEVE in the
resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto
the resurrection of life, and they that are lost unto the resurrection
of damnation.
7. WE BELIEVE in the
spiritual unity of all believers in Christ.
PSA Policy
Public
Service Announcement Policy
WVNH - New Hampshire Gospel Radio
Board
approved and effective March 2001
NH
Gospel Radio is pleased to serve the whole body of Christ our Lord
within our listening region. We welcome requests for public service
announcements (PSA's) of special ministries and events of the local
churches. Such churches must be in agreement with the station's
published doctrinal statement.
WVNH
may decline PSA requests which management deems to be inappropriate for
promotion by this station.
PSA
privileges shall also be extended by the management to worthy
non-ministry community events and programs within the area of the WVNH
listenership and deemed appropriate for promotion by this station.
Christian
ministry events not specifically sponsored by and accountable to one or
more of our local churches shall not receive the PSA promotional
privileges of New Hampshire Gospel Radio. Exceptions may be made only
by approval of the Board of Directors based upon its knowledge of and
confidences in the sponsor(s).
All
PSA requests should be presented in writing via mail or email at least
3 weeks in advance of the event.
Board/Staff
   |
Board
of Directors, from left to right:
John
Loker (Vice President), George Dyksta,
Peter Stohrer (President)
Not pictured Gail Holder
|
Incorporated
in the State of New Hampshire as New Hampshire Gospel Radio, the Board
of Directors of NHGR appropriately reflects the denominational
diversity the group is attempting to promote within the evangelical
community. The five current members of the Board* come from five
different Christian denominations.
Our
President, Peter J. Stohrer, is Director of Engineering and IT for
WZID, WQLL, and WFEA in Manchester and serves as an Elder at Concord
Bible Fellowship, a Plymouth Brethren Assembly. Rev. John Loker, our
Vice President, is pastor of The Kingston United Methodist Church. Our
Treasurer, George Dykstra, is a retired professor from New Hampshire
Community College in Laconia and active in the Grace Presbyterian
Church of Laconia. Our newest Board member is Gail Holder, wife of our
late President Walter S. Holder, is a member of CenterPoint Church in
Concord.
CONSULTANTS TO THE BOARD*
Tom
Marsh, Certified Public Accountant
Roy McCandless, Attorney at Law
STATION MANAGER*
Peter
J. Stohrer
*Volunteers
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