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Photo, color. Pastor Tom Griner is a co-host of a Christian talk show on
KKVV-AM radio. Craig L. Moran/Review-Journal
Local ministers take to the airwaves to spread their beliefs.
Pastor Tom Griner is the first to agree that the half-hour radio and hourlong TV shows he hosts aren't the slickly produced offerings people raised on Jerry Falwell and Robert Schuller may be accustomed to.
But to Griner, pastor of Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Las Vegas, that's part of their appeal.
The radio program, which airs at 3 p.m. weekdays on KKVV-AM 1060, and TV presentation, which airs 9 a.m. Sundays on KFBT, Channel 33, are "not stuffy, not starchy,S"Griner said. "This is homegrown stuff. It's a reflection of who we are."
Griner is one of a handful of Las Vegas-area ministers who have turned to the electronic airwaves to spread the Gospel. Whatever their productions lack in high-tech gloss, they more than make up for in enthusiasm and sincerity.
While it's not exactly a major trend, the use of radio and TV for religious education and inspiration is no longer restricted to nationally syndicated preachers.
In Southern Nevada, Christian talk station KKVV _ which broadcasts daily from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. _ is a prime radio forum for area ministers.
"We're pretty much 95 percent talk all day long," said Sharon David Moss, general manager and program director.
About six hours...