CREATIVE RADIO

 

CREATIVE RADIO

WCTS Radio, a ministry of Central Baptist Seminary, recently celebrated sixty years of broadcasting. Don Odens, my brother-in-law, has been involved with the station since those early years. He recently participated in a short video where he talks about the early days of the station.

My own experience with WCTS also dates back to those early days. As a student at Central Seminary I worked as an announcer, taking the early morning shift which started at 6:00 a.m. My fiancée, Carmen Odens, lived in Owatonna, Minnesota, as a student at Pillsbury Baptist Bible College.

Remember that these were the days before cell phones, before email, and before Instagram. The dorms at Pillsbury had one phone on each floor, and long-distance calls were expensive. So, we made a plan. She would turn on WCTS Radio when she got up in the morning. I would, sometime during that first hour, play a song. The title was “I’ll Never Be Lonely Again.” The lyrics were written by Audrey Mieir. When Carmen heard that song, she knew I was at the station and when I played that song, I knew that she was listening.

That’s my confession. WCTS played a vital role in our dating relationship.

You won’t hear that story on the video, but if you contact the station you will hear a great account of how God has used WCTS Radio these many years.