Ft. Wayne Christian Station Gets Reprieve

Christian radio site extends ‘survival’
Remedy.fm secures 3 years of donations, out-of-state sponsor

Rosa Salter Rodriguez

Remedy.fm, the Christian-based Internet radio station that broadcasts uplifting music and messages aimed at teens, has gotten a new lease on life.

Told it would need to close by Jan. 31 if new sources of revenue were not found, the station has secured $342,000 in gifts and pledges for each of the next three years, station founder Char Binkley said Tuesday.

“We’re calling it our Christmas miracle because eight weeks ago we were pretty sure we were going to be closing,” she said.

The money will allow the station to obtain independent non-profit status beginning in 2010, Binkley said. Until then, the station will continue to operate under the non-profit status of Taylor University Broadcasting, whose board granted the reprieve Monday.

Binkley said the American Bible Society in New York City became the station’s sponsoring organization and Taylor University became its sponsoring university, meaning the station will use Taylor exclusively for student internships and volunteer training.


Three contributions of $30,000 a year for three years were provided by individuals, Binkley said. He said that staff members plan to continue to solicit contributions, including pledges of $100 per month per year.

Though the station will continue, its three salaried and 17 part-time employees have taken 25 percent pay cuts under the new “survival budget,” Binkley said.

Restoring the cuts will be the first priority when additional money is raised, she said. No one will lose a job, and all employees decided to stay because “they are all so committed to this ministry,” she said.

The station also plans to stay at its current storefront studio at 327 E. Wayne St., Binkley said.

Heard at www.remedy.fm, the station has documented listeners in 99 countries and all 50 states, with the largest concentration in Indiana and surrounding states. The station’s Web site registered its 1 millionth unique visitor in May.