Family Radio Counts Down to Judgment Day on May 21
A few weekends ago while on a road trip to Santa Barbara, I scanned the left side of the radio dial for interesting college radio stations. After I lost all trace of college radio, somewhere around...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes at Family Radio as May 21st Judgment Day Approaches
When I visited Family Radio’s headquarters last Thursday, May 12, 2011, I was not only interested in President and General Manager Harold Camping’s thoughts about Judgment Day; but I also had a lot of...
View ArticleHarold Camping to Issue Statement Today on Non-Rapture
I’ve been listening to Family Radio pretty much non-stop since I first heard Harold Camping emanating from my car’s speakers a few weeks back. Although I personally didn’t buy into his May 21 Rapture...
View ArticleHarold Camping Explains that Judgment Day was Spiritual
When Harold Camping concluded his call-in talk show “Open Forum” on Thursday, May 19, 2011, he said goodbye to his listeners as he anticipated that he would be whisked away in the Rapture on Saturday,...
View ArticleFamily Radio’s Rapture Fallout Prompts Letters to FCC and Congress
The hype surrounding Family Radio’s prediction of Judgment Day and the Rapture on May 21 (and subsequent pronouncement that the Rapture will be delayed until October 21, 2011) not only attracted the...
View ArticleFamily Radio’s “Open Forum” On Hiatus While Harold Camping Recovers from Stroke
Last week there were reports that Family Radio‘s 50-year-old “Open Forum” program was being cancelled in light of Family Radio founder Harold Camping’s recent stroke on June 9th. In recent months, the...
View ArticleFamily Radio Airs Replacement Programs in Open Forum Slot
Much of my obsession with Harold Camping’s Family Radio empire has been a direct result of his live call-in radio show “Open Forum.” On the air for 50 years, the show was an amazing glimpse into the...
View ArticleFamily Radio’s Harold Camping Speaks: End of World “Probably” on October 21
Now that it’s October, my thoughts have turned to the pronouncements by Family Radio that the end of the world will take place on October 21. As we reported, the worldwide Christian radio network...
View ArticleHarold Camping Issues Vague Apology, Says World will End without Warning
October 21, 2011 came and went and Family Radio founder Harold Camping’s dire predictions about the end of the world occurring on that date never came to be. Although he’s been recuperating from a...
View ArticleIn New Statement, Harold Camping Admits Family Radio was Wrong to Predict...
I first became obsessed with Harold Camping and Family Radio nearly a year ago when I heard Camping’s bold statements about the impending rapture and end of the world. Part of what made his radio...
View ArticleAs May 21 Anniversary Approaches, Family Radio Avoids End of World Talk
A year ago I was growing increasingly fascinated with Family Radio as they became the center of a media frenzy over their President Harold Camping’s predictions of global catastrophe on May 21, 2011....
View ArticleDelving into Family Radio’s Finances Two Years after Judgment Day
Today marks the 2nd anniversary of Family Radio‘s failed Judgment Day/Rapture. It was a surreal few weeks leading up to May 21, 2011, with the Christian radio network’s founder Harold Camping doing...
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