A signal worth keeping.
Chapel Radio started as a Sunday sermon recorded on a cassette deck. Now it is nine shows, a live stream and a team of 22.
From cassette to stream
In 2011, deacon Walt Morrison began recording Sunday sermons for homebound members. He duplicated tapes in his garage and mailed them out. Forty-one people subscribed.
When tapes became podcasts, the audience quietly grew. Pastors from other churches sent their own recordings. A student volunteer named Priya Nair built our first website, and the cassette deck went into a drawer.
Today Chapel Radio produces nine shows from a converted storefront studio. Everything is free, listener-funded and recorded with the same goal: help people hear and understand Scripture.
How we make audio
Clarity
If it is confusing on the first listen, we redo it.
Respect
We respect your time, your intelligence and your attention.
Access
Free to stream, with transcripts, in every app.
Humility
We link to local churches, because radio is not church.
How we got here
A few moments that shaped who we are today.
Cassette ministry
Walt Morrison mails 41 tapes of Sunday sermons.
First podcast
Our weekly sermon goes on iTunes.
Live stream launches
Open Line begins on Friday nights.
120,000 monthly listeners
Nine shows and 1,800 episodes.
The people on the mic
Host, Open LineEli Branch
Former radio DJ who still opens every show with a bad joke.
Morning DevotionalDr. Naomi Hart
Teaches Old Testament and writes each devotional by hand.
Head of ProductionPriya Nair
Engineer, editor and keeper of the master sound.
Founder and AdvisorWalt Morrison
Still brings donuts to every recording session.
What we stand on
- The Bible is God's Word, and worth hearing every day.
- The church is a community, not a broadcast.
- Honest questions are welcome on air.
- Production quality is a form of hospitality.
- The gospel is for everyone, everywhere.
Keep the signal strong
Tour the studio, watch a taping or just say hello to the crew.