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Ave Maria!

Yesterday, 16 December 2010, was the unofficial birthday of Radio CorMariae. At around 5:30pm we jerry-rigged the newly installed antenna line, connected it up to the transmitter, and fired up the radio station for the first time. It was an incredibly joyful event as this was the culmination of over 2 years of hard work by a huge team of volunteers to get this radio station up and running – and we, the privileged few, got to enjoy the fruit of all that hard work – if only for a brief period of time.

Don’t get excited and tune in your radio to 88.5 FM yet! This was only our first test transmission and there is still a lot of technical and engineering work to be completed before we can go on the air full-time. Our official launch date is set for 25 March 2011.

Pictures tell a big part of the story:

Gathering together over the past months, a group of lay men and women, together with the friars of Our Lady’s Chapel in New Bedford, are working to make Radio CorMariae a reality. It began with the desire to bring the Immaculate to the greater New Bedford area through radio, and endless meetings of dedicated and knowledgeable laymen and friars to determine the feasibility of the project. In time the FCC permit was granted, but the work was just beginning!