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Family Radio, also known by its licensee name Family Stations Inc., is a Christian radio network based in Oakland, California, USA, founded by Lloyd Lindquist, Richard H. Palmquist and Harold Camping.〔http://www.truthradio.com/Camping.pdf〕 The network consists mainly of FM radio stations with non-commercial licenses (and a few commercial licenses used as non-commercial) and relays, with some AM stations and two television stations. In mid-2013 Family Radio announced that WYFR, its shortwave station in Okeechobee, Florida, would shut down permanently on June 30, 2013.〔http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/2013/06/wyfr-to-close-all-shortwave-services.html〕 The network produces programming in more than 40 languages.〔Family Radio Worldwide. Family Radio. 21 January 2008 Family Radio is best known for the incorrect end time dates made on the air by Harold Camping. He taught that the Rapture would occur on four different occasions; first he said it would happen in September 1994, then he taught that the date was March 1995. More recently on May 21, 2011, his third prediction attracted worldwide media interest. Following the failure of that prediction, the Family Radio website was updated to a new design that falls back to the date of October 21, 2011 for the end of the world, which originally was the end of the "five months of torment" including: ''"We always look at the word 'earthquake' to mean the earth, or ground, is quaking or shaking violently. However, in the Bible the word 'earth' can include people as well as ground.'' ''"In Genesis 2:7 we read:'' And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground…' Thus the word 'earthquake' can also be understood to teach that mankind shakes from the cold.'' ''Therefore we have learned from our experience of last May 21 what actually happened. All of mankind was shaken with fear. Indeed the earth (or mankind) did quake in a way it had never before been shaken."''〔http://www.familyradio.com/x/whathappened.html〕 ==Programming== Family Radio's music programming consists mainly of early American hymns and avoids other genres generally, including Contemporary Christian Music and southern gospel. One of Family Radio's oldest broadcasts was a call-in program called ''Open Forum'' in which Harold Camping, the station's president, responded to callers' questions and comments as they relate to the Bible and he used the platform to promote his various end-time predictions. The program was finally cancelled not long after Camping's third failed "rapture-less" prediction and a stroke which he suffered in June 2011. Other programs include ''Family Bible Reading Fellowship'', ''Family Bible Study'', ''Rise and Rejoice'', ''Music to Live By'', ''The Quiet Hours'', ''Beyond Intelligent Design'', ''The Christian Home'', and ''Family Radio World Wide''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Family Radio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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