H.M.S. Richards - VOP Founder
H. M. S. Richards, Sr. (1894-1985)
H. M. S. Richards, pioneer religious broadcaster, was the founder and long-time speaker of the Voice of Prophecy radio ministry. His ministry inspired broadcasts in dozens of languages on more than 1,000 stations worldwide, as well as Bible courses in some 80 languages offered by more than 125 correspondence schools.
Upon graduation from college in 1919, H.M.S. Richards served as an evangelist in various places in the United States and Canada. In the 1920s in California he began experimenting with radio announcements for his meetings. He began regular radio broadcasts on October 19, 1929 on KNX (AM) in Los Angeles.
Later Richards presented daily live broadcasts of The Tabernacle of the Air over KGER in Long Beach, and live weekly remote broadcasts from his tabernacle to KMPC (AM) in Beverly Hills. In January 1937 his footprint expanded over a network of several stations of the Don Lee Broadcasting System, and the name of the broadcast was changed to the Voice of Prophecy. His first coast-to-coast broadcast over 89 stations of the Mutual Broadcasting System was on Sunday, January 4, 1942.
Throughout the years Richards' Voice of Prophecy broadcasts were marked by an opening theme song of "Lift Up the Trumpet" performed by the King's Heralds quartet and closed each week with a new verse written to his poem "Have Faith in God."
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For "Have Faith in God" verses by H.M.S. Richards, click here.
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And for the complete story of the life of this remarkable man, you may purchase a biography written by long-time King's Heralds tenor Robert Edwards. Click on the picture or title below:
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HMS Richards: A Bio - Buy the hardback 329-page book. |
