1994
Estonian Christian Ministries' third radio project in Estonia. A team of volunteer builders from the U.S. A studio complex in three weeks. Mare and Paavo Pihlak's first encounter with the idea of a Christian family radio. The beginning of program making with the initial outlet at the Kuressaare Family Radio.
1995
Test broadcasts. Broadcasting license. Full broadcasting day. New workers.
- February 7, 1995. The weekly run of five hour test broadcasts each Tuesday from 6.00 through 11.00 PM.
- June. The first courses on radio work for enthusiasts.
- June 19, 1995. Local broadcasting license # KU 0000043 authorizing the airing of the program KRISTLIK PERERAADIO [Christian Family Radio] in Tartu at 89,0 MHz.
- August 1, 1995. The 17 hour broadcasting day. All beginnings are difficult.
- August-December. The development of an automated operation system for the broadcasting center.
- October-December. New workers.
- December. The Board of the Estonian Christian Ministries passes the decision to erect a radio mast in Tartu.
1996
The development of the Tartu Family Radio from a local broadcasting
station into a regional one.
- Spring. Preliminary works for the erection of the mast. God's guidance in the planning of the construction. The first contributors from Estonia.
- July. Volunteer builders from the U.S. back in Tartu. A 120-m mast erected. Additional studios and study rooms built.
- August 2, 1996. The signal from the Tartu Family Radio audible within 100 km.
- November 7, 1996. A regional broadcasting license allows the Tartu Family Radio to expand the coverage to the Viru County.
1997
A time of accumulating new ideas.
- March. Paavo Pihlak's study trip to the U.S.
- April. The second course on Christian Radio Work at the Tartu Family Radio for all enthusiasts.
- July. Installation of a relay transmitter in Rakvere.
- November. A seminar on Christian radio work in Vesälä, Finland. The broadcasting program of the Tartu Family Radio published in the newspaper EESTI KIRIK [Estonian Church].
- December. Ritabell ltd.--A new cooperation partner.
1998
The first attempt at self financing. A number of contacts. The expansion and technical improvement of studios. New workers. New ideas. A new board. A new redaction of the Constitution. Family Radio Days 98, Fall Round. Seeking help from everywhere. Acknowledgment from the Moody Bible Institute.
- February. The first round of the radio marathon Family Radio Days 98, a large scale fund rising event.
- March 2, 1998. The Synod of the Tartu deanery of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church (EELC) decides to render regular support.
- April. The third radio conference organized by the HCJB Eurasian team in Visla, Poland. New contacts.
- July. The installation of a new relay transmitter in the spire of the Otepää church.
- Fall. New radio series INIMENE JA RIIK [Man and State], KÄIES LOODUSE RADU [Treading Nature's Paths], and MAARAHVA HOMMIK [Country Folks' Morning]. Changes in staff.
- December. Tartu Family Radio audible in Võru.
1999
Support from the state. Construction works. The triumphal advance of information technology. Russian work and Russian language broadcasting on medium wave.
- January-February. New radio series financed through several foundations.
- May. A wider spread of the broadcasting program through the journal NÄDAL [Week].
- July. U.S. builders in Tartu. Plans for launching a Russian language project on medium wave. New studio rooms.
- October 15-16, 1999. Family Radio Days 99--Choose Goodness!
- September. Rakvere again on the air.
- November. The 88,7 MHz relay transmitter transferred from the Otepää church to the Puka telephone tower. The format and makers of the morning program established.
- November 23, 1999. A certificate of honor from the EELC Publishing Council for Christian radio work awarded at the synod of the EELC.
- December 21, 1999. The Council of Estonian Churches will award an annual prize for ecumenical work.
- December. This century's last broadcasts of the program ADVENDISOOV [An Advent Wish].
- A year of information technology.
- Recordings of Estonian language Christian music at the Tartu Family Radio.
- Plans for the future, medium wave.
