Washington Adventist University

For 60 years WGTS 91.9 has served Washington, D.C., and shared Christ. See a timeline of their history here.

1957
WGTS is the first non-commercial radio station to start operating in the Washington, D.C., area.

1960
The station’s power increases from 10 watts to 10,000 watts, and another power increase is completed in the mid-1960s.

1966
WGTS is the first non-commercial radio station to broadcast in stereo in Washington, D.C.

1972
Don Martin, WAU alumnus and current board member, becomes the first full-time manager of the station.

1982
The station starts broadcasting 18 hours a day.

Story by WGTS Staff

On May 8, 1957, in the basement of the men’s dormitory on the campus of then Washington Missionary College, WGTS 91.9 started broadcasting on a 10-watt transmitter, covering a scant square mile in Takoma Park, Md.

The call letters—WGTS—echoed the college’s motto “Gateway to Service.” 

Historia de Personal de WGTS

El 8 de mayo de 1957, en el sótano del hogar de varones en el campus del entonces Colegio Misionero de Washington, WGTS 91.9 comenzó a emitir en un transmisor de 10 vatios, cubriendo apenas una milla cuadrada en Takoma Park, Md. 

Las letras—WGTS—se hicieron eco del lema de la universidad “Gateway to Service”. 

Bonnie Franckowiak, professor and coordinator of the Master of Science Nursing Program at Washington Adventist University, says recognizing substance abuse varies from age group to age group. For example, adolescents showing changes in mood or failing grades could be signs of drug use. In more advanced age groups, needle marks could be a clue that someone is using. She says the biggest determinant is recognizing a person ceasing to function as he or she once did, not to mention their finances vanishing for no visible reason.

Photo by Bonnie Franckowiak by Tijuana Griffin

Washington Adventist University’s 39th G. Arthur Keough Lectureship recently commemorated the fifth centennial of the Reformation (1517 – 2017). Aleksandar S. Santrac, professor of Religion and Chair of the Washington Adventist University Department of Religion, was the featured speaker.

The first lecture (below), The Legacy of Martin Luther’s Sola Scriptura,” re-examines the ecumenical and postmodern dimensions of the legacy of Luther’s Sola Scriptura principle, the reformer’s revolutionary teaching that the Scriptures are the sole infallible rule of faith and practice.