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Community Family Radio, Mongolia FEBC Radio station |  Community family radio WIND-FM 104.5 is one of the most listened local radio stations in Mongolia. In just a few years, WIND has been recognized by the government of Mongolia as one of two high standard professional radio stations. WIND can potentially reach one million inhabitants in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. In addition to the local audience reached on FM, radio programs produced in WIND-FM’s Ulaanbaatar studios can reach as many as six million Mongolians living in Outer Mongolia and the Chinese Inner Mongolia via FEBC’s shortwave signal from Saipan. FEBC, Far East Broadcasting Company, is an international Christian broadcaster.
The home of WIND-FM burnt down on January 13th, 2003. To replace the building, which was completely destroyed, drawings for a new radio station were prepared free of charge by Christian volunteers in Finland. The new facility is under construction and is scheduled to be finished by May 2008. The entire radio station construction project is being funded through donations. Finnish volunteers with the help of local labor are building it from the ground up.
February 2008. In the photo, Eero Vesin, Ville Hänninen and Jorma Pentikäinen in the front of the new and old radio house. The new building is 98% completed.
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International co-operation
Posted by : eilamurphy on Wednesday, March 26, 2008
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| The construction of WIND-FM has been a remarkable wonder of international co-operation. Several countries from the East, and several countries from the West have been 'meeting,cooperating, and working alongside one another' in the midst of North East Asia in an answer to prayer to make a dream become a reality. This May 26th is scheduled as the official inauguration day of the WIND-FM radio building. That means most of the construction work will be completed by then, and the Finnish builders including these in the photos will return to their homes in Finland. About fifty Finnish volunteers have assisted in either the design, the management of the project, or taken part in the many construction labors it has taken to build WIND-FM over the past four and a half years. The Finns have been working side by side with the Mongolian workers as well as with members of FEBC's international team of missionary volunteers from various backgrounds. |  | | The WIND-FM radio house will be functional near the end of May, however, your prayers and support will still be needed after inauguration day as some finetuning of the interiors, fencing and the building of a guard shack have yet to be completed. (more by clicking the headline above) |  |
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Busy beavers at WIND-FM 2008
Posted by : eilamurphy on Monday, February 11, 2008
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 | | What would the heavy construction days be without Leena Vesin's coffee? In the photo from the left Mongolian "Electric-Matti", Finns Seppo Hirsimäki, Markus Taipale, and Eero Vesin, American Chris Slabaugh, Finns Raimo Huhtala, Kalervo Rautanen ja Ossi Rinne-Nirva. Missing from the photo are Finns named Ville Impiö, Tuomo Myllynen and Timo Tuomisalo, as well as Chris's wife Joyce Slabaugh and Eero's wife Leena. |
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Eero and Leena Vesin, Ulla-Maija and Ahti Kotamaki, Reijo Javanainen, Seppo Siren and Tarvo Vallineva, were all traveling together across Mongolia in a four wheel drive mini-bus. Together with their driver they made it from Ulaanbaatar on the first day as far as the town of Erlain, Mongolia near the China border. After wandering across the great plains of Mongolia, in the middle of night they were unable to find a room in any of the hostels. Who would have guessed they would find themselves sleeping that night in a street person’s ger. In all, eleven slept together…four members of a gracious Mongolian family shared their ger with seven tired Finns. Read more by clicking the title above this story…
