Radio Maria USA - KNIR - AM 1360 - New Iberia, LA

The Start of Radio Maria. Radio Maria was born as a parish radio in 1983 in the diocese of Milan, Italy. Radio Maria’s purpose was ... See more to keep parishioners informed and to help them through prayer and even through the broadcast of daily Mass and the Rosary. In 1987, the Radio Maria Association was formed by laymen and priests hoping to give Radio Maria independence from the parish and a larger scale in its commitment of evangelization. Within three years, the program schedule had been completely redesigned, and all of Italy’s regions were covered with the signal, making Radio Maria Italia a National Broadcasting Station. The World Family is born. Radio Maria Italia, grateful for having experienced the maternal guidance and grace of the Blessed Mother, felt the desire to communicate, with a missionary spirit, such gifts with other nations. This is how the various Radio Maria’s were founded throughout the world. The World Family, established in 1998, was the natural consequence of the founding of so many new Radio Maria stations throughout the world. Within the World Family, the chrism forms more and more a family whose strength resides in the Lord and is at the service of the New Evangelization. Radio Maria currently operates in over 30 countries, spreading the Gospel to millions of listeners in more than a dozen languages. Radio Maria, in the United States Radio Maria began broadcasting from its first English-speaking station on May 25, 2000 in Alexandria, LA. Since that time, frequencies have been added in Lake Charles, LA (September 17, 2000), Port Arthur, TX (November 27, 2000), Natchitoches, LA (July 2, 2002), Anna, OH (June 8, 2006), Springfield, OH (May 31, 2008), Hollidaysburg, PA (June 12, 2009) Peshtigo, WI and D’Iberville, MS (June 1, 2010). Like most members of the World Family, Radio Maria USA can also be heard internationally on the internet. Radio Maria USA features prayers and programming by local presenters and is made possible only through the work of dedicated volunteers and the donations of its generous listeners. ------ Shows: Divine Mercy Chaplet, Food for the Journey, Holy Rosary, Mary's Touch, Stations of the Cross, A Caring Place - Live, American Catholic Radio, Angelus, Angelus and Full Rosary, At Home With Jesus, Bible Alive: A Dramatization, Brokenhearted, Cajun Holy Rosary, Catholic Radio Weekly, Celebrate Life, Compline, Conversations with Fr. Bob, Don't Give Up, Evening Prayers, Family Spirit Alive!, Family Theater Classic Radio, Fatherhood Speaks - Live, Fathers of Our Fathers, Finding Your Keys, Francesca & Friends, Freedom & Joy, God's Word Alive & Active, Healing Through the Mass, Heart to Heart, Hispanic Hour, Holy Mass - Radio Maria Chapel, Holy Mass - Sacred Heart Church, House Calls, Lenten Radio Retreat, Letter to the Hebrews, Letting Go: Hospice & End of Life Care, Life is Still Worth Living, Life on the Line, Liturgy of the Hours, Living the Lectionary, Living The Word: Men's Scripture, Living with Mary Today, Miracles of the Heart, Morning Prayer, Mother of All Peoples, Novena, Our Living Faith, Our Quest for Truth, Pro Life Event Calendar, Reading Holy Scripture Together, Sacred Treasures, Serra Club Rosary, Spanish Rosary, Spirit & Truth, Stories for the Young at Heart, Take Your Limits Off God, The Angelus & Holy Rosary, The Bible & Life Through the Ages, The Holy Rosary (Joyful), The Lord Among Us, The Magnificat, The Will of God - Live, Thoughts on Jesus, Thy Kingdom Come, Truths of Our Faith, Walking with the Word, We Hold These Truths ----- Hosts: Fr. Leo Clifford, Ann Shields, Cheri Lomote, Warren Hebert, Barbara Beckwith, Sharon Cross, John Feister, Glenda Canfield, Ronnie Besson, Jerry Deville, Dan Jurek, Pope John Paul Ii, Jim Disch, Michael May, Brian Brach, Bob Camuso, Lori Wirtz, Anna Iatesta, Anne Mcglone, Christian O'connell, Richie Richie, Maggie Maggie, Chris Kramer, Kimmy Dramer, Shirley Temple, Andrew Cole, Jrle Blanc, Francesca Franchina, Fr. Duane, Joe Soucheray, Fr Duane Stenzel, Fr. Jim Willig, Via Mazzini, Via Turati, Diane Whaley, Fr. Duane Stenzel, Glorious Mysteries, Jimmy Seghers, Fr. Ryan Humphries, Glenda Mathers, Father Javier Alson, Father Antonio Larocca, Michael P. Duricy, Linda Schubert, Fr. John Cush, John Wright, Mark Danis, Lyn Bauman, Kathy Duggan, Darlene Dufour, Duane Stenzel, James Lipre, Sinclair Oubre, Fr. Robert Young, New Iberia, Lake Charles, Fr. David Zink, James Macdonald, Fr. Richard Barker