United Christian Broadcasters
| Industry | Broadcasting |
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| Founded | Christchurch, New Zealand (1960s) |
| Headquarters | Auckland, New Zealand |
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Key people
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Hal Short (President) |
| Website | International |
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| Broadcast area | United Kingdom |
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| Format | Talk Christian Music |
| Owner | United Christian Broadcasters ltd |
| Webcast | UCB Player |
| Website | UCB |
| Broadcast area | New Zealand |
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| Format | Rhema: talk radio (1978) S Star: CCM (1997) Life fm: CHR (1993) Shine: Christian TV (2004) |
| Class | Terrestrial/Internet |
| Owner | Rhema Broadcasting Group |
| Broadcast area | Philippines |
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| Format | Talk Christian Music |
| Owner | United Christian Broadcasters (Century Broadcasting Network) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | positivelypinoy |
United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) is an international Christian broadcasting and media group. Through affiliates in twenty five countries, it operates radio and television stations and publishes and broadcasts Bob Gass's free daily devotionals The Word for You Today and word4u2day.
The group was started in New Zealand by Richard Berry. In the early 1960s, the Christchurch evangelical was inspired by Ecuadorian Christian short-wave radio station HCJB to set up a radio station in his garage. The station became a permanent operation in 1976, and in subsequent years it expanded throughout New Zealand.
The Rhema model was used to establish UCB affiliates in Australia, the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries, and beyond. In July 2010, UCB United Kingdom's UCB TV partnered with the mobile TV and video on demand network Yamgo to launch the world's first ever live Christian mobile TV channel.
The Word For You Today is a free, daily devotional written by Bob Gass and distributed internationally by United Christian Broadcasters as a daily radio programme, as website content, as an email newsletter and as quarterly print editions. One million copies of the United Kingdom and Ireland print edition are distributed each quarter to hospitals, rest homes, care facilities and UCB supporters. Other regional editions are distributed to subscribers, churches and Christian organisations in other parts of the world.
Bob Gass has described the devotionals as "a kick start for cold mornings, when you don't feel like reading your Bible or find it a bit dry". He started writing The Word for Today devotional readings in 1992 as various inspirations he had received in forty years of being involved in Christian leadership and from the Biblical principles instilled in him by his mother. After positive response in the United States, he offered international rights to the devotionals to United Christian Broadcasters CEO Gareth Littler, with a successful first print run of 3500 copies in 1994 being distributed to UCB supporters in the United Kingdom.
Following requests and planning, a contemporary youth version, The Word 4U 2Day, was introduced in August 2003 in conjunction with Manchester Christian youth ministry The Message Trust. About 250,000 copies of the United Kingdom and Ireland print edition are distributed quarterly. The version is distributed by UCB youth stations as a radio programme and website content.
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