United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) is an international Christian broadcasting and media group. Through affiliates in twenty five countries, it operates radio and television stations and publishes and broadcasts Bob Gass's free daily devotionals The Word for You Today and word4u2day. It was founded by Richard Berry in the early 1960s in Christchurch, New Zealand and UCB International is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand.^[1] In July 2010, UCB TV partnered with the mobile TV and video on demand network Yamgo to launch the world's first ever live Christian mobile TV channel.^[2] UCB TV is a product of UCB in the United Kingdom.

History[link]

The group was started in New Zealand by Richard Berry. In the early 1960s, the Christchurch evangelical was inspired by Ecuadorian Christian short-wave radio station HCJB, and by the Biblical passages of Matthew 7:7, Matthew 19:26 and John 14:12, to develop a plan for Christian broadcasting in New Zealand. Private radio was neither a reality nor a possibility at the time, and many people were sceptical of his plan. However, with a friend from the Salvation Army Berry started a studio in the garage of his Banbury Street home. This studio was initially called Banbury Recordings Incorporated and later became Gospel Radio Fellowship; it was a small evangelical ministry which believed in the value of prayer and recorded preaching.

In the mid 1960s the group started preparing to begin broadcasting in New Zealand. Radio Hauraki had begun illegally broadcasting as a pirate station, and a government unable to enforce its regulations on the industry was forced to allow private broadcasting. Gospel Radio Fellowship used an old church building on Glenfield Crescent, Christchurch to set up new studios and a transmitter. The station failed to obtain a license in 1972 as Gospel Radio Fellowship, because the Broadcasting Authority believed there was not public interest in such a station, and that the station lacked professional staff and finance. The group changed their name to Radio Rhema and gained the endorsement of Pat Robertson, but still failed to obtain a license in 1974.

The station did obtain licenses for a one day broadcast in Christchurch in November 1974, Petone in October 1975 and Christchurch for 10 days over Christmas in 1976. It had funding to employ Berry and twenty other staff by 1974. At a hearing for a full license in 1978, after the three broadcasts, it had 7,235 members and 48,433 other supporters, as well as endorsement from churches and community groups. The application was successful and Radio Rhema, since relaunched as New Zealand's Rhema, was officially launched by then Prime Minister Rob Muldoon in November 1976. Muldoon described the evangelical faith that inspired Rhema was "a faith that moves mountains". By 1980 Christchurch station obtained an 18-hours-per-day license and had thirty five full time and ten part time workers; by 1982 it had gained a license in Wellington and had property and six staff in Auckland.

In subsequent years the Rhema station group expanded throughout New Zealand, and the Rhema model was used to establish UCB affiliates in Australia, the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries, and beyond.

The Word for You Today[link]

The Word For You Today is a free, daily devotional written by Bob Gass and distributed internationally by United Christian Broadcasters as a daily radio programme, as website content, as an email newsletter and as quarterly print editions. One million copies of the United Kingdom and Ireland print edition are distributed each quarter to hospitals, rest homes, care facilities and UCB supporters. Other regional editions are distributed to subscribers, churches and Christian organisations in other parts of the world.

Bob Gass has described the devotionals as "a kick start for cold mornings, when you don't feel like reading your Bible or find it a bit dry". He started writing The Word for Today devotional readings in 1992 as various inspirations he had received in forty years of being involved in Christian leadership and from the Biblical principles instilled in him by his mother. After positive response in the United States, he offered international rights to the devotionals to United Christian Broadcasters CEO Gareth Littler, with a successful first print run of 3500 copies in 1994 being distributed to UCB supporters in the United Kingdom.

Following requests and planning, a contemporary youth version, The Word 4U 2Day, was introduced in August 2003 in conjunction with Manchester Christian youth ministry The Message Trust. About 250,000 copies of the United Kingdom and Ireland print edition are distributed quarterly. The version is distributed by UCB youth stations as a radio programme and website content.^[3]

UCB United Kingdom[link]

UCB Media

Broadcast area	United Kingdom
Frequency	DAB, Sky Digital, Internet, Mobile
First air date	Founded 1986
Format	Talk Christian Music
Owner	United Christian Broadcasters ltd
Webcast	UCB UK
Website	UCB Media

UCB in the United Kingdom is a registered charity and the country's largest Christian media company.^[4] It aims to broadcast quality Christian radio programming, provide practical and insightful Christian television, and act as a support ministry for Christians. In pursuit of this it operates broadcast networks, publishes The Word For Today and word4u2day, operates the prayer support call centre UCB Prayerline and provides accredited industry training.^[5] The company is based in Stoke-on-Trent.

UCB Media broadcasts Christian radio nationally on DAB, Sky Digital and Virgin Media platforms, and internationally through internet streaming. Youth station the Word is Music, Bible reading station UCB Bible and local station UCB Ireland are all streamed online.

UCB UK[link]

National network UCB UK is available on DAB, Sky 0125, Virgin 914, online and via free iPhone app. UCB UK is broadcast nationally across the UK through formats of entertainment, the latest Christian music, news and current affairs, as well as thought-provoking interviews and discussions. Presenters include Robbie Frawley (breakfast), Paul Hammond (mornings), Abi Gregory (afternoons), Luke Weston (drive), Juls Martin (evenings), Trevor Kirk (overnights), Catherine Hassall (weekends), Deanna Fletcher (weekends), Dudley Anderson (weekends) and Paula Cummings (weekends). Programmes include UCB Unsigned, 20 the Countdown Magazine, Just Thinking with Ravi Zacharias, In Touch with Charles Stanley, Insight for Living with Chuck Swindoll, Different Perspective with Bernie Dymet, Precious Word of Truth with James McConnell, and Word For Today with Bob Gass.

UCB Inspirational[link]

Christian teaching and easy listening music network, UCB Inspirational is available on DAB, Sky 0136 online and via free iPhone app. Presenters include Anne Henderson (breakfast), Ruth O'Reilly-Smith (afternoons), Craig Wakeling (drive), Trevor Kirk (evenings), David Piper (overnights), Jo Langley (weekends), Carl Finnan (weekends). Programmes include Foundations 21, Hymns of Faith, Deovox, Gospel Greats, Worship Without Words, Faith 4 Today, 66/40 with Chuck Missler, Unlocking the Bible, and Insight 4 Living.

UCB Gospel[link]

Playing a selection of gospel music from the UK, US, Africa and the Caribbean, the UCB Gospel network is available on DAB, Sky 0135 online and via free iPhone app. Presenters include Richard Kays.

UCB the Word is Music[link]

Playing a selection of un-interrupted Rock, Pop and Urban music from across the UK and the World, the UCB the Word is Music network is available online.

UCB TV[link]

Christian television station UCB TV is available via the Eutelsat 28A satellite on Sky Digital channel 586 and online. UCB TV is the world's first ever live Christian mobile TV channel following its launch on the Yamgo mobile TV network on July 6, 2010. Programmes include Bayside TV, Hillsong TV, Edges with Mal Fletcher, Turning Point with David Jeremiah, Living Truth, Hope City TV, Way of the Master and Dreams for Living. Music programmes include the Gaither Gospel Series, UKCMC, Hillsong and Planetshakers.

UCB Media hosts a large and rapidly growing online community on Facebook,Twitter, YouTube and Vimeo. The word4u2day publication is also on Facebook and available as a daily podcast.

UCB Prayerline and Forces Prayerline[link]

UCB provide a confidential telephone service called UCB Prayerline with trained Christian volunteers who pray for callers' issues over the telephone.^[6] The service is supported by churches from across the United Kingdom, manned 7 days a week and receives around 100,000 calls per year.^[7] A parallel service, the Forces Prayerline, was started in Germany in 2005 and extended to the UK on 6 Nov 2008 at St. Clement Danes Church, London, on the occasion of the annual Armed Forces Day of Prayer. This service supports servicemen, servicewomen and their families at home and abroad.^[8][9]

UCB New Zealand[link]

UCB New Zealand, operating as Rhema Broadcasting Group, is New Zealand's largest Christian media organisation, broadcasting four radio networks and a television station, and publishing the quarterly The Word for You Today devotional publication, from the Rhema Broadcasting Centre on Upper Queen Street in the central Auckland suburb of Newton. UCB previously owned, but never utilised, a network of UHF stations now used by Prime Television New Zealand.

New Zealand's Rhema[link]

The group's main network, New Zealand's Rhema, is an evangelical Christian talk and music radio network started in 1978. Its week-day line-up includes Aaron Ironside (breakfast), Peter Shaw (mornings), Diane Campbell (afternoons), Alan Lee (drive-time) and Rosemary Jane (nights). Pre-recorded daily preaching from Joyce Meyer, James Dobson, Jeff Lucas, Tak Bhana, Berni Dymet, Chuck Swindoll and Chuck Missler is broadcast daily. UCB correspondents Steve Johnson (United States), Ruth Price (Australia), Jeff Fountain (Europe) and James Totton (Asia) and commentators Paul Sanders, Sarah Field, Kris Baines, Steve Taylor and Nick Tuitasi appear on the network breakfast each week.

Rhema, which take its name from the Biblical word rhema, is the founding network of United Christian Broadcasters. The initial programme/station manager, John McNeil, laid the groundwork for what became the network's relaxed talk and music format, in which a limited number of teaching programmes are intermingled with music, news and interviews and donation requests are limited to an annual "Rhemathon" campaign drive. Anna Wilkinson was the first breakfast announcer, Bob McCroskrie hosted the breakfast programme between 1997 to 2006 before leaving to set up lobby group Family First New Zealand, and Tim Sisarich presented the morning programme before becoming Executive Director of Focus on the Family New Zealand.^[10]

Southern Star[link]

Southern Star plays classic contemporary Christian music and hymns. Southern Star programming is broadcast on stations in rural centres, and on AM Network stations when Parliament is not sitting. The Southern Star Breakfast (06:00 to 09:00) with Dudley Scantlebury includes teachings from Derek Prince at 06:45 and Max McLean at 07:10. Glen Stephenson (09:00-14:00), Rosemary Jane (14:00-19:00) and Ross Browne (19:00-24:00) round off the weekday line-up. Saturdays are hosted by Dudley Scantlebury, Rosemary Jane and Andrew Urquhart, while Sundays are hosted by Glen Stephenson, Andrew Urquhart and Ross Browne. Former announcers include Cathy Jenke (1997–2003), John Cordery (2003), Brian Ferguson (2000–2003), Rachel Thomas (2001–2003), James Totton (2004–2005) and Rob Holding (2004–2005).

The Word[link]

The Word is a trial radio network that broadcasts a continuous pre-recorded, automated, uninterrupted programme of spoken Bible readings^[11] on former Southern Star frequencies in Hamilton (567AM) and Invercargill (1026AM) after Southern Star moved to newly formed AM Network frequencies.^[12] Since being set up in 2006, it has expanded to Dunedin on 1377 AM and Te Anau on 88.4 FM and 107.0 FM.^[13]

Life fm[link]

Life fm is a Christian contemporary hit radio network which sponsors the Parachute Music Festival. Life FM started 14:00 March 6, 1993 on 99.3 FM in Christchurch to the sound of U2 "In The Name Of Love" as a station broadcasting a mix of Christian and secular music, but it closed 18:00 Friday 11 July 1997 after the frequency lease with More FM expired. It was restarted in Auckland, Waikato and the Bay of Plenty shortly after as a 100% Christian network and has since expanded to frequencies across the country. Listener contributions, mostly raised during an annual Lifeathon campaign drive, make up 80% of the network's budget. The Morning Wake-Up breakfast programme is hosted by Burns and Tarsh; weekday announcers include Holly (daytime), Clint and Asher (afternoons) and Dan and George (nights); New Music Pulse and dance Remix are broadcast on Saturdays; The River worship music, The Forum talkback with George Penk (previously the Green Room with Frank Ritchie) and Underground Christian hardcore are broadcast commercial-free on Sundays.

Shine TV[link]

Shine TV is a Christian television channel broadcast on Sky TV channel 111, Christchurch UHF 56, Nelson UHF 44, Telstra Clear Digital TV and Freeview Channel 25. It has produced and broadcast weekend newsmagazine Nzone Focus with Allan Lee since 2009; it produced and broadcast daily newscast Nzone Tonight with Rachel Thomas, Asher Bastion, Andrew Curtis, Brooke Dobson and Allan Lee in 2007 and 2008; and it produced and broadcast current affairs programme Nzone with Tim Sisarich and Bob McCroskrie from 2004 to 2007 before the presenters went on to set up Focus on the Family New Zealand and Family First New Zealand respectively.

UCB Australia[link]

UCB Australia was featured in the Andrew Denton documentary film God on My Side, publishes The Word for Today and word4U2day, coordinates the PrayForMe prayer ministry and provides mailorder Christian resource service UCB Direct. However, the core operation of UCB Australia is the nationwide Vision Radio Network, previously called Vision FM. UCB's motto is "Connecting Faith to Life" and the radio network aims to make Christian Radio available for every Australian as a means to that end. As at the close of 2008, Vision operated on over 360 licences, including low powered services in metropolitan suburbs and rural towns. It also operated some higher powered services in some regional areas and in Western Melbourne on 1611 AM. By the end of 2010, Vision had expanded to over 460 relay stations, mainly LPON licences (low power open narrowcast) but also including Adelaide 1611 AM. Vision's talk and music programming is aimed at "unpacking" what it means to follow Jesus Christ in an understandable way.

Vision Radio Network[link]

Vision began broadcasting from small studios in Springwood, Brisbane on 1 February 1999. A few years later they moved into larger premises in nearby Underwood to better provide a 24 hour 7 day broadcast to some 300+ relay stations across the nation, plus listeners on the Internet and via satellite. UCB Australia has been able to acquire around 500 high and low powered open narrowcast licenses and has quickly gone about the task of setting up a national network of relay stations across Australia, from the largest cities to regional centres and tiny isolated towns in the bush. Many small to medium sized country towns in Australia have benefited from the cost effective approach of using low powered FM transmitters. Although typically only one to ten watts, they usually give quite adequate residential coverage in small towns, depending on the antenna height above local terrain. The setup cost is very achievable for most communities and the ongoing cost is minimal due to low maintenance equipment with low power consumption - some even use solar power in remote areas.

In the twelve months following March 2001 a rapid expansion began, seeing the number of relay stations 'on-air' triple from around 30 to 90. Also in April 2001, UCB Australia introduced Australia's first nation-wide news service from a Christian perspective - UCB News. UCB News is heard across the Vision Radio Network, as well as being accessed by a growing number of community stations who don't have the resources to produce their own news content. During 2003 UCB had opportunity to secure its first high powered open narrowcast licences, which were soon put on air. The network quickly reached 150 relay stations by the end of 2003, and in the following year would see its first foray into AM radio sites in Shepparton, Bunbury and Kalgoorlie. Just prior to Christmas 2004 a further 17 High Powered licences were secured to be on air the following year. Vision's 200th relay station was powered up on Australia Day 2005 at the Central Australian town of Yulara - right next to Uluru (Ayers Rock). Yarrawonga in Victoria had the honour of station number 300 in late 2007 and a significant development occurred in late 2008 with the unexpected acquisition of a medium powered AM service in Melbourne (1611AM).

UCB Philippines[link]

In Makati, Philippines, United Christian Broadcasters operates internet radio station The Edge Media in partnership with the Asian Seminary of Christian Ministries. The station is an advocate for a Christian worldview and is used as a training ground for students from 15 Asian nations to learn how to open low cost stations in their countries. It plays contemporary Christian music including pop, hip hop, alternative, praise and gospel songs. It plays music from a wide range of Christian artists of various nationalities, including local contemporary Christian artists which fit its format.

The Edge Radio[link]

UCB Canada[link]

In Ontario, Canada, United Christian Broadcasters operates 5 stations.

References[link]

External links[link]

• UCB International
• UCB UK
• UCB TV live on your mobile phone with Yamgo
• UCB Prayerline
• Forces Prayerline

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Donna Wilson (photo by Mary Collington)

Donna Wilson, PhD, educational psychologist, is the head of academic affairs of the Center for Innovative Education and Prevention (CIEP) and BrainSMART. She also serves as a Research Leader with the Abraham S. Fischler School of Education at Nova Southeastern University. Wilson completed her postdoctoral studies in structural cognitive modifiability prior to developing a graduate program putting cognitive research into practice while she served as chair of education at the University of Detroit Mercy. As a former classroom teacher, Wilson’s professional focus in on empowering educators with opportunities for learning how to align teaching practices with current research about how students learn. She has written more than 20 books and articles in the educational field and is a well-known presenter at educational association conferences in the United States and internationally. She has been a key developer of the Master of Science and Educational Specialist degree programs with a major in Brain-Based Teaching and the doctoral minor degree in Brain-Based leadership with the Abraham S. Fischler School of Education at Nova Southeastern University.

Philosophy[link]

From the beginning of her career as an elementary school teacher and school psychologist to her current work in teacher education, Wilson has advocated for empowering educators with the knowledge and skills they need to teach children in ways that they learn best so that they might achieve their full potential. Her work with tens of thousands of classroom teachers is informed by a synergy of educational, cognitive, and brain research. She is codeveloper of the BrainSMART model, which offers practical strategies designed to help students maintain a healthy and optimistic state for learning, to make lessons meaningful, to maintain students’ focus and attention on learning, to retain what they have learned, and to transfer and demonstrate their new knowledge in assessments and real-life applications.^[1] She also codeveloped Thinking for Results, a process for equipping students with the cognitive tools they need to actualize their learning potential.^[2]

Education and professional experience[link]

Wilson earned her PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Oklahoma and is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP). She also completed postdoctoral studies at the International Center for the Enhancement of Learning Potential with Reuven Feuerstein and Alex Kozulin.

As an assistant professor in the Psychology Department at Valdosta State University, Wilson began her university career as a teacher educator at the undergraduate level. She later chaired the Education Department at the University of Detroit Mercy, where she codeveloped a unique cohort and field-based master’s degree for teachers with a focus on cognition and motivation in diverse classrooms. Wilson co-led two educational research projects: (1) the implementation of a brain-based teaching approach supported by a Challenge Grant from the Annenberg Foundation with Florida Atlantic University and (2) a three-year Florida Department of Education initiative on brain-based teaching, Scholarships for Teachers in Action Research (STAR). The effectiveness of the latter initiative led to the development of Master of Science and Educational Specialist degrees with a major in Brain-Based Teaching through Nova Southeastern University. Wilson considers brain-based teaching to be an approach to instruction that acknowledges that learning may change the structure and function of the brain^[3] and that educational and cognitive research can be used to enhance classroom teaching practice.^[4][5]

Membership in professional associations[link]

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education; American Educational Research Association; Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development; International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology; International Mind Brain and Education Society; International Reading Association; International Neuropsychological Society; National Association of School Psychologists; New York Academy of Sciences; Society for Social Neuroscience

Selected recent academic presentations[link]

International Educational Organization, “The Brain in Education” Third Annual International Education Symposium, Invited Presentation “BrainSMART Strategies for Boosting Learning,” Dubai and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2011

International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology, Paper Presentation “Preliminary Results from a Qualitative Study of Teachers: Using an Education, Mind, and Brain Framework for Enhancing Instruction in K-12 Classrooms,” Boston, Massachusetts, 2011

Nova Southeastern University Conference on Global Leadership, Learning, & Research, Invited Presentation “Potential, Plasticity, and the Power to Get Better at Almost Anything,” Orlando, Florida, 2011

National Association of Elementary School Principals Annual Convention, Invited Three-Day Workshop for Principals and Teacher Leaders, "BrainSMART Leading for Learning in Culturally Diverse Environments: Putting Cognitive Research into Practice," Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2011

National Association of Elementary School Principals Annual Convention, Invited Extended Learning Presentation, "BrainSMART Leading for Learning: Keys to Increasing Student Achievement," Tampa, Florida, 2011

National Association of Elementary School Principals Summer Leadership Institute, Invited Three-Day Feature Workshop, “BrainSMART Leading for Learning in Culturally Diverse Environments: Putting Cognitive Research into Practice,” San Diego, California, 2010

National Association of Elementary School Principals Annual Convention, “Preconference Session: BrainSMART Administrator’s Guide to Increasing Student Learning” and “Leading for Reading,” Houston, Texas, 2010

Georgia Association of Gifted Educators and University of Georgia, “Drive Your Brain to Higher Achievement,” Athens, Georgia, 2006

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Annual Conference, “Increasing Student Achievement with BrainSMART Instruction,” Orlando, Florida, 2005

National Title I Annual Conference, “Drive Your Brain: Cognitive Tools for Increasing Student Achievement,” New Orleans, Louisiana, 2004

Summer Learning Brain Expo, “Thinking for Reading,” Chicago, Illinois, 2003

Learning and the Brain Conference, “Thinking for Results” and “Neuroscience and Early Childhood Education,” Boston, Massachusetts, 2002

Selected publications[link]

Conyers, M. A., & Wilson, D. L. (in press). Potential: Appreciating our #1 asset. Orlando, FL: BrainSMART.

Wilson, D. L. (1995, Fall). Some thoughts on achieving equity in education. The Reporter, 14.

Wilson, D. L. (1996). The school psychologist as co-teacher: An example using the COGNET program as a means of teaching thinking skills. Journal of Cognitive Education, 5, 171–183.

Wilson, D. L. (1996). The school psychologist as co-teacher and staff developer: A shift in thinking. NASP Communique, 33–34.

Wilson, D. L. (2011). The importance of educational leadership and policy: In support of effective instruction. Retrieved from ERIC database. (ED523494)

Wilson, D. L., & Bellanca, J. (1998). Mediated learning in and out of the classroom training manual. Arlington Heights, IL: SkyLight.

Wilson, D. L., & Church, S. (1993). Norman public schools three-year study of at-risk students. Research for Better Schools Teaching Thinking and Problem Solving, 15(1), 6–8.

Wilson, D. L., & Conyers, M. A. (2006). BrainSMART in the house (2nd ed.). Orlando, FL: BrainSMART.

Wilson, D. L., & Conyers, M. A. (2009). Wiring the brain to read: Beginning reading preK–grade 3. Orlando, FL: BrainSMART.

Wilson, D. L., & Conyers, M. A. (2010). Courageous learners: Increasing student achievement in diverse learning communities (3rd ed.). Orlando, FL: BrainSMART.

Wilson, D. L., & Conyers, M. A. (2010). Wiring the brain to read: Brain-based differentiated reading instruction. Orlando, FL: BrainSMART.

Wilson, D. L., & Conyers, M. A. (2010). Wiring the brain to read: Higher-order thinking for reading. Orlando, FL: BrainSMART.

Wilson, D. L., & Conyers, M. C. (2011). BrainSMART 60 strategies for increasing student learning (4th ed.). Orlando, FL: BrainSMART.

Wilson, D. L., & Conyers, M. A. (2011). Thinking for results: Strategies for increasing student achievement by as much as 30 percent (4th ed.). Orlando, FL: BrainSMART.

Wilson, D. L., & Germuth, A. (2011). Helping all learners reach their potential: What teachers say about BrainSMART. Durham, NC: EvalWorks; Orlando, FL: BrainSMART.

Wilson, D. L., & Greenberg, K. (2000). The COGNET education model. In A. Costa (Ed.), Teaching for intelligence II. Arlington Heights, IL: SkyLight.

Wilson, D. L., & Harman, A. (2011). Graduate survey: Data summary & analysis report. Raleigh, NC: Harman and Associates; Orlando, FL: BrainSMART.

Wilson, D. L., Heverly, L., & Conyers, M. A. (2011). BrainSMART early start: Building the brain power of young children (2nd ed.). Orlando, FL: BrainSMART.

External links[link]

BrainSMART, Inc. http://www.brainsmart.org

References[link]