Spirit 104.5FM

On air in Koboko since 3/00

Spirit Radio Networks most remote station, the staff lives in thatch-roofed mud huts. Solar powered until last year, power has now been increased to 6kW ERP from a 250 foot tower enabling us to reach deep into southern Sudan, almost to Juba where fighting is on-going in a 17 year old civil war.

Reaching about 2 million listeners, Spirit 104.5 FM's audience include refugee camps, aids hospitals, prisoner of war camps and primarily extremely poor rural people. Broadcasting in 5 languages, this station is the only source for news, information, education, preaching programs and inspirational music.

This station reaches into the area where Osama Bin Laden lived for 6 years after being kicked out of Saudi Arabia . Many of Spirit Radio Networks potential listeners (over 40% Muslim) are grateful followers of his because of his food distribution and provision of jobs where unemployment is often over 60%.

Koboko Opportunity: Erecting a series of small repeater stations on tall hills in southern Sudan is our prayer request in the coming months. For about $20,000 per 15-watt station, a family will be hired to erect a small 20-foot tower on a hilltop, assemble a set of solar panels and live there to provide security. In event of bombing attack, these families would quickly disassemble and hide in a to-be-constructed bomb shelter.

Spirit 96.6 FM

On air in Kampala since 10/02

Spirit Radio Networks strategic tower site on a very tall hill 10 miles east of Kampala enables this station to reach into 3 countries including Tanzania and Kenya across Lake Victoria . Broadcasting from very humble studios built in a shipping container in the village of Mukono Spirit Radio Networks potential audience is over 6 million.

Spirit 96.6 has formed a strategic partnership with Uganda Christian University a 100-year-old school founded by Anglicans and Episcopalians with a heart for the Gospel. Beginning May 1 st , UCU will air 4 hours of student-produced programming daily. This vital training will enable many young believers to capture decent paying jobs in the fast-growing communications industry in Africa .