Meet the Staff
Roger Lonnquist, General Manager
I got involved with YNOP as a volunteer way back in 1989, joined the Board of Directors in January, 1990, became a staff member in 1999, and have been Network General Manager since 2006.
I got started in radio back in the 1970's...back then radio stations had things like turntables, tape decks, and lots of other gadgets you only see on E-Bay these days! I was in secular radio prior to joining the YNOP staff in 1999.
As a secular radio guy, I was always impressed at the power of radio to efficiently communicate messages to huge numbers of people! That's why I eventually got nto Christian broadcasting...I don't think there's any more effective way to take the message of Jesus Christ "to the highways and the byways", and to "compel people to come to Jesus" than Christian radio!
I'm a native of Wisconsin, and after working at radio stations there, in Texas, and in Florida, I decided to come to Montana "for a year" in 1987...somehow that one year just keeps getting extended!
My wife, Janice, and I have been married since 1990 and live in Helena. We have had the privilege of watching God grow YNOP from one radio station with three translators back in 1990, to its current size of about forty stations and translators!
In 2004, Janice and I started Western Family Television, a ministry which operates Christian TV stations that air the JCTV youth network. As with radio, it has been amazing to see how the Lord can reach people with His message through broadcast media...in the case of JCTV, teens and young adults!
For the past couple years, I've represented YNOP on the President's Council of the National Religious Broadcaster's Association.
My favorite Bible verse is Philippians 3:12 where Paul says, "...I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me". In light of the huge amount of spiritual need that exists in the world today, that's a great challenge for all of us to try to live up to!
One of the best parts about my role at YNOP is that I get to see so many people...our board, staff, and so many who support and pray for YNOP...all doing what they can to "take hold of that that for which Christ Jesus took hold of (them)" every day! It's a real blessing to me to be part of this "network of people" God has put together to carry His message to Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and southern Canada here at HIS Network of Praise!