SCOBA Agency To Launch 24 Hour Internet Radio
1/12/2007
SCOBA
The Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas
8 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10021
SCOBA AGENCY TO LAUNCH 24 HOUR INTERNET RADIO
Press Release
For more information contact:
Chuck Powell, Development Director
877-273-2348
Ft.
Lauderdale (January 10) – Technology is rapidly changing the way
Americans listen to the radio. This year 58% of US homes with internet
access have high speed internet, either DSL or Cable and a growing
number of Americans are listening to web based radio.
The
audience for internet radio increase 50% this past year with 12% of
Americans 12 years of age or older listening to internet radio. The
fact is internet radio is developing faster than FM radio did when it
was introduced just 30 years ago.
This is why Orthodox
Christian Network (OCN) is launching The Ark, a 24 hour a day internet
radio outreach designed to be a listening alternative for you and your
family. The Ark will be a fully functioning media resource for Orthodox
Christians to provide positive, uplifting contemporary Orthodox
Christian music and more. The Ark will also be a wonderful teaching
resource to share with the growing internet media listeners the rich
theology and beautiful worship of Orthodox Christianity. The Ark will
launch its 24 hour ministry Sunday, January 21st, 2007 on
www.receive.org. This is also Share The Light Sunday all across the
nation in all our Orthodox Christian parishes, a Sunday established by
our Orthodox hierarchs to call the faithful to support the media
ministry work of OCN.
Rev. Dr. Christopher Metropulos, founder
and Executive Director of OCN, said “The Ark is another way OCN is
using every means available to create a national, sustainable, and
effective media witness for our Church. Orthodoxy is simply not well
known in too many communities across America. The Ark will help change
that!”
Programming on The Ark will focus on Orthodox Christian
contemporary music by Orthodox artists like Jimmy Santis, Fr. Peter Jon
Gilquist, Eikona, Monica Matthews, and Andrew Anthony. It will also
feature OCN’s premier syndicated radio program Come Receive The Light.
Plus more teaching ministry programming is being developed to share the
rich, scriptural teachings of Orthodoxy to more and more spiritually
seeking Americans. Emmy Louvaris, the Program Director for The Ark,
states “As a working mother of two daughters, my girls are constantly
listening to music on the internet or their IPods. Our Church needs to
provide an alternative to all the stuff out there. I want my children
to stay connected to the Church.”
OCN is committed to using
media to being an effective support to the ministry of the local
parish. Because of this commitment, The Ark will also be a customizable
ministry tool for local parishes. Every parish that becomes a Share The
Light Parish in 2007 will be eligible to receive a customized version
of The Ark for their home page. A local parish will be able to share
parish announcements, festival news, and even a Sunday sermon. When
visitors come to that parish web site, they will enjoy all the
programming of The Ark AND local parish information.
The Ark is
the second media ministry product produced by OCN. Our first was the
nationally syndicated half hour program Come Receive The Light. To
learn more about OCN and how we are using media to share the timeless
beauty of Orthodoxy, go to www.receive.org.
OCN is a
commissioned agency of SCOBA, the Standing Conference of Canonical
Orthodox Bishops in the Americas, and our Orthodox hierarchs have
directed OCN to find effective ways to use modern media to raise
awareness of our Orthodox faith in the minds of the general population
and to be an “assistant” to local parish priests in keeping our
faithful attached to the Church between worship services.
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Charles Powell
Director of Development- Orthodox Christian Network
877-273-2348
Come Receive The Light
chuck@receive.org