[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3490]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




TRIBUTE TO AM 1490 WMBM, SOUTH FLORIDA'S FIRST BLACK-OWNED AND OPERATED 
 RADIO STATION--NEW BIRTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION CELEBRATES 10 YEARS 
                                IN RADIO

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                         HON. KENDRICK B. MEEK

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 3, 2005

  Mr. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this 
opportunity to extend my congratulations to Bishop Victor T. Curry, 
D.D., Min, President and CEO, and to everyone at the New Birth 
Broadcasting Corporation as they celebrate their 10th year in radio.
  Celebratory events will begin with a community worship service at 7 
p.m. on March 9th and will feature Pastor Jeffrey A. Johnson, Sr. of 
the Eastern Star Church of Indianapolis, Indiana.
  Since the purchase of AM 1490 WMBM, the landscape of gospel radio has 
changed dramatically. WMBM has received local as well as national 
recognition for its contribution to our local community, for it not 
only plays the best in gospel music, but it also provides its listeners 
with late-breaking news and inspirational, life-changing programming. 
WMBM, the first black-owned and operated station in South Florida, is 
one of the first radio stations to stream its broadcast via the 
internet. WMBM also publishes a quarterly nationally distributed 
magazine and an annual directory of black-owned and supported 
businesses.
  I want to extend my warmest congratulations to Bishop Curry and his 
staff for doing such an important job so well, and my best wishes for 
another outstanding decade in broadcasting.

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