LISTENING TO KNLS ANCHOR POINT, ALASKA, 11760 KHz

 

KNLS è una stazione religiosa che trasmette da Anchor Point (Alaska) programmi destinati alla Cina e alla Russia. In questi giorni è possibile ascoltarla anche da noi verso le 17.00 UTC sui 9580 in russo e sugli 11760 KHz in cinese, frequenza questa con un segnale leggermente migliore rispetto a quella utilizzata sui 31 metri. Gli ascolti erano stati segnalati nei giorni scorsi da Andrea Lawendel dall'isola di Favignana. Operante dal nord ovest americano dal 1983 la stazione ha iniziato a trasmettere in tempi più recenti con una stazione relay dal Madagascar.

KNLS 11760 KHz INTERVAL SIGNAL

KNLS is a religious station that broadcasts programs to China and Russia from Anchor Point, Alaska. These days it is also possible to listen to it here around 5pm UTC on 9580 in Russian and on 11760 KHz in Chinese, a frequency with a slightly better signal than the one used on 31 metres. The ratings had been reported in recent days by Andrea Lawendel from the island of Favignana. Operating from the American Northwest since 1983 the station began broadcasting more recently with a relay station from Madagascar.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE STATION

The idea for KNLS came about during World War II, when Maurice Hall, a young Army Signal Corps officer, was involved in delivering shortwave radio transmitters to the Yalta Conference so that President Franklin D. Roosevelt could stay informed of news from Washington. Hall, a devoted Christian, realized that Christian programming could also be sent to the entire world in the same way. After World War II, Hall became a minister, educator and missionary, but still dreamed of an international shortwave station that would reach the entire world with Gospel messages.

In 1976, World Christian Broadcasting Corporation was formed and work began on making the station a reality. The following year, Lowell Perry, one of the founding directors, was killed in a plane crash during a mission to find a transmitter site. In 1979, land was purchased in Alaska and a transmitter was built.

KNLS signed on the air July 23, 1983, broadcasting ten hours a day in Mandarin Chinese and Russian and reaching roughly one-third of the world. English was added later. As the Soviet Union's empire fell apart, listeners from those countries began writing and requesting Bibles and other religious materials. In 2005, the station signed on a second transmitter in Alaska.