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United Christian Broadcasters has launched UCB Gospel - a 24/7 gospel radio station dedicated to broadcasting the best in UK and international Gospel music.
UCB Gospel is now available on digital satellite at channel 0135, as well as online and features Gospel music from around the world, as well as providing support and airplay for established [...]

 
For the past 18 months, UCB in the UK has been hosting regular monthly ‘Ministry Partners and Leaders days’ (MPLD); an extension of our ‘open day’ programme but geared specifically toward pastors and leaders of organisations.  
The purpose is to primarily update leaders about updates within one of the UK’s largest Christian media ministries, as well [...]

Breakfast host / creative all-rounder
Got the goods to pull a great breakfast shift?… Vision Radio Network continues to grow and we’re expanding our on-air team – we’re after a creative talent ideally suited to breakfast, and who can make a significant contribution to creating other new program content for radio and the web. Aside from [...]

In the wake of our previous report dated 1 April 2008 we are delighted to announce the following news received from the Omwiwa Yesu Management Committee in Gurue, Mozambique:

The local community radio station extended an invitation to the committee to increase the broadcasting times of three days per week to six days per week for [...]

This past weekend I was one of the fortunate who was able to attend the Mighty Men conference on the Shalom farm near Greytown. Many have asked me about it, and you may be one of these, or you may be someone who I thought would be interested to hear about the experience.
A few weeks [...]

A report from UCB Africa

Gurue Radio ministries, Mozambique launched their Christian radio production on air in November 2007. Now there are 3X30 minute Christian programmes on air per week – the first of its kind. Feedback is that their programmes have received the most written reaction of all programmes, in the form of letters to the station manager. The [...]

(Surisa Nel, Communication Manager and Lucky Mbiko, Programme Manager of Radio Pulpit with the PanSALB Award)
Radio Pulpit received the PANSALB (Pan South African Language Board) for multilingualism and nation building of the decade in electronic media this weekend.
PANSALB was established through an Act of parliament mainly to promote multilingualism in South Africa and to develop [...]

On April 10, a lot of normal people will converge in one very ordinary building for a conference that will shape culture throughout the Philippines and the world.
How, you ask?
A shift in technology and society occurred in the last few years that took power from major media production houses. That power to influence hundreds and [...]

News from UCB Canada

It’s been three months since UCB’s launch here in Chatham-Kent and everything on this end is going very well. This is thanks in no small part to the great team of volunteers who help the paid staff bring Christian radio to your homes. I’d like to begin the year by introducing them to you.
Beth Germs, Orv [...]

The team at UCB Australia are currently accepting applications for the following five vacancies:
 
Communications Manager
Paid - Full Time
Start date: immediate
UCB Australia communicates every day to tens of thousands of supporters and many who are connected to our ministries through various mediums. Right now we need someone who has good management and coordination [...]

I’ve just received a DVD copy of my TV report for Shine TV’s NZone on Samaritans Purse in Mozambique.  I have a generic version available if any of you wish to use it.  Please email me at news7@ucb.co.uk to request a copy.
God bless,
Peter Wooding
UCB UK Senior News Editor