1170 WWVA Wheeling, WV and 620 WSNR Jersey City, NJ aired Overcomer Ministry in their usual overnight time slots this morning. I guess no definite end date for them either.
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Overcomer Ministry ending radio broadcasts
- Thread starter BomberOtt
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One of the most bizarre examples of screaming radio preachers is Terry Blalock, who was on WWCR and IIRC WBCQ a few years back. Incomprehensible. Was known in shortwave circles as “Blalock the Blaster”.
Here’s an example, get ready to shield your ears:
Who hasn't heard of The Hu? "I Will Not Be Repeatedly Misled" was a huge hit for them. Not to forget "Speaking of My Contemporaries"...
How about 770 WEW? Are they still running it? As a daytimer, their entire schedule was Overcomer Ministry.
I just checked an online SDR near St. Louis and Overcomer is still going on WEW.
Yeah, that's the guy. Not sure if he's African American or not. But sounds like it, accent wise. A whole lot of shouting. I remember hearing him on the AM band when I visited Northern Louisiana in 1996. It was quite an experience hearing it. Sounds like the Legendary Stardust Cowboy on steroids, with a Bible in his hand....
Given how much Ralph Gordon rambled endlessly about the "end times" which never came, it feels appropriate that the "end times" for his radio broadcasts came and went.
Chatter on SWDX forums is that Overcomer will continue on a few stations until current airtime contracts expire.
All these prophecy preachers preaching the Rapture, and dying with no Rapture
Incredible. And to think, it all started because he just wanted a double cheeseburger, onion rings, and a large orange drink...
Overcomer broadcasts do inquire very often for listener feedback on where they listen. I’m sure shortwave was far down the list, DX QSLs aside.
Has anybody noticed whether WBCQ is still one of them? I remember Allan Weiner publicly stating that he promised Stair he would continue broadcasting his programming even if Stair ran out of money. Whether that promise extended to ministry broadcasts after Stair's passing, I don't know.
Cigarettes, political campaign contributions, cable TV, Arby's...
(I would say the $20-$30/hour friend pricing range some shortwave broadcasters offer are fair given the audience sizes. But that's only if you're appealing to broad audiences, like VORW, or don't care about the cost per soul saved, as in cases of non-mainstream religious ministries. Mainstream ministries -- those whose broadcasters wouldn't boot them for their brand of religion -- can achieve many times greater "soul ROIs" simply renting Sunday airtime on OTA TV and FM where significant audiences still exist.)
This was the interior of Stair's house on the ministry farm, which was a tiny, converted grocery store already built on the land prior to its conversion to their farm. Photos I've seen of the other residents' homes showed no signs of luxuries either. Same with all the other structures and buildings there -- barns, communal dining areas, their tabernacle, etc. If they were anything, they were financially humble and seemed to send every donated dollar straight back out in the form of airtime. During all my years of shortwave DXing, I remember Stair constantly begging listeners for very specific reception reports, right down to exact frequencies and times and signal quality descriptions. It always gave me the impression he was trying to maximize reach and cut unproductive signals from his budget.
Obviously, he didn't have his own block of mansions, or a Lear jet, like some popular preachers have had.
And I don't recall him ever asking for money on the programs. The exact opposite of Gene Scott, or some TV preachers.
He didn’t have his own “FCC monkey band” like Gene Scott, either!
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Since more than one person has mentioned Dr. W. Eugene Scott, I would be remiss to not share the link to the article at the UHF History site about channel 30 in Los Angeles and its assorted other affiliated stations:
uhfhistory.com
History of UHF Television
Good riddance. What a gas--bag (or wind bag), as it were.
Look up some of the "prophet's" "predictions."
In the 1980s, he predicted Pres. Reagan would be forcibly removed from office.
And so many other false predictions.
Like with the list of events Alex Jones predicted. None of them came to fruition.
Look up some of the "prophet's" "predictions."
In the 1980s, he predicted Pres. Reagan would be forcibly removed from office.
And so many other false predictions.
Like with the list of events Alex Jones predicted. None of them came to fruition.
It was always "the last generation"
If we have nuclear world war three, it will always be the last generation.
Who is still hearing him on the air, incidentally? Are the AM stations previously noted here as still broadcasting him post-shortwave shutdown still carrying his feed? On the shortwave bands themselves, from my location in Los Angeles at least, I'm hearing him on, and only on, WTWW. But the audio has been distorted frequently, as if somebody had an equalizer's 250 Hz slider pumped all the way up into gross clipping.