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The gospel broadcast (ERF) is a non-profit registered association. It was created on 19 October 1959 in Wetzlar. The ERF operates radio and television programs with the goal of helping "by radio and television broadcasts that humans become Christians and Christian Christian to remain "(homepage of the ERF). Were added a branch of Internet work, the Christian Internet working group (CINA) and a donation (2001), which after own stating "the promotion of the religious and cultural life as well as social and dia.-conical interests by medium work ", and which has of the gospel of Jesus Christ by word and picture "to the task.

The gospel broadcast was created as German branch of Trans World radio (TWR), today however its own partner became. Mainly the ERF sends its radio program over the branch RA satellites. Since 1 April 1996 the gospel broadcast uses also the medium-wave transmitter on the frequency 1539 kHz in Mainflingen, over which in former times the Deutschlandfunk radiated its program. Besides the program is spread as material audio in the Internet. The television programs (yard with sky, thank God!) with CNBC Europe and several regional transmitters are radiated.

At present approximately 190 coworkers are employed with ERF Germany, 50 with ERF Switzerland and 10 with ERF Austria; in addition several thousand free journalistic and seelsorgerische coworkers as well as Kontakter come for the public work. Director of the transmitter is a journalist, book author and singer-songwriter Werth, director of program the free-church minister Udo Vach, managing director is Ulrich director for technology and marketing is Hans Hartmut Diehl. Radio editor-in-chief is Andreas Odrich, leader of ERF television is wolf Dieter Kretschmer.

The financing takes place via donations of the listeners, spectators, user and friends with an annual budget from approximately 13.5 million euro (conditions 2005).

CrossChannel.de

The main radio program is supplemented since March 2004 by CrossChannel.de. CrossChannel.de calls itself as a Christian Web radio, which is produced under leadership gospel broadcast by a established editorship and moderator team as well as a number of free coworkers. It acts concerns a 24-Stunden program, which is daily sent and particularly young people contacts. CrossChannel.de is in the meantime the largest German Web radio in the Christian range. Christian music mainly up-to-date (above all skirt, Pop and Hip Hop) is sent. There are however also speech contributions to Christian topics and magazine endings with information. The transmitter would send for the first time 2004 and exclusively from donations is financed. Since October 2005 ERF Switzerland operates the own Radiosender LifeChannel

Bible TV

Since 1 January 2006 the gospel broadcast (ERF) in Wetzlar radiates daily two hours program with Bible TV (Hamburg) as firm block between 17 and 19 o'clock under the slogan "our end of workday ". "Property the message of Jesus Christ so ERF director Werth must among the people, today more than ever ": "The electronic media, which to us God entrusted, are for it an incomparable instrument, above all the television. "In these ERF rail the transmission rows already worked are "to yard with sky "and "thank God! ". Besides there is transmissions, which admits radio so far from ERF is, for instance the magazine "Calando ", and "the word to the day ". The transmission row is new "value (h) e of guests "with ERF director Werth, the news magazine "idea TV ", "the Wochenpsalm ", the row "word for word by the Bible "and the talc ending "Nikodemus.TV "to faith questions. Further rows are in Planung.Der ERF are partner of Bible TV and daily already were with its two halfhour magazines "thank God! "and "yard with sky! to see "at changing transmission places. With the program heightening co-operation steps between ERF and Bible TV into a new phase.