Where's The Radio Broadcast?

Category: Behind the Lines
Author: John Malone
Date: 12th September, 2005 @ 12:21:26 PM


It would be pretty wearying to write the whole story of what happened to our radio broadcast.

In short, it got replaced with something more attractive to Wilkins Communications, despite our contractual provisions.

We were on 3 stations: Indianapolis (WBRI), Kansas City (KCNW), and Omaha (KLNG). We paid, through our local church, $7,000 per month for the first year, and then $5,500 per month according to a contract signed this May. Our contract was a revolving one, this time for six months until the end of October, with a provisional 30-day notice to terminate.

On August 24th, we received a fax communication that threatened to take us off the air August 31st unless certain payments – which were not all due, by the way – were made. The brother in our church responsible for payments offered to wire transfer funds, despite the wrongness of the charges. He was told by Mitchell Mathis, VP of Wilkins Communications that it did not matter: we were off the air.

We knew this was the case because listeners in Indianapolis had already told us – during the week of August 22nd – there were radio announcements being made that our broadcast was going off the air in favor of Irvin Baxter’s “Politics and Religion.” We were not informed whatsoever by Wilkins at that time.

Irvin Baxter is reputedly part of the “Jesus Only” or “Oneness” movement which denies Triunity of God. Baxter also teaches baptism as necessary for salvation from the penalty of sin.

Wilkins Communications claims in its “Statement of Faith” that they believe God is “eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.” This statement is to reassure you and me that we are dealing with a principled stand for orthodox Christian truth when we are dealing with Wilkins Communication.

I believed it once, but no more.

Some have asked us who to contact at Wilkins Communications. Here are the two from Wilkins involved in our contract.

Mitchell Mathis Toll Free: (888) 989-2299 – extension 24
Barry Bright Toll Free: (888) 989-2299 – extension 25

If you hear from them, we will be interested to know what they have to say about this offense.


© John Malone, 2007