Richard H. Palmquist
American journalist
Richard Herman Palmquist is a retired American journalist and pioneer radio broadcaster.
Early career
As a student at Dallas Theological Seminary in the mid-1950s, Palmquist managed the institution's radio program, which was tape recorded and aired on various radio stations. From April to September 1957, he served as a missionary in Nome, Alaska, where he and several others began the process of setting up a radio station to broadcast religious programming to the Eskimos in remote areas of Alaska and to northeastern Russia. After he left, missionaries from the Mission Covenant Church completed the challenge, and in April 1960 radio station KICY began operation.
Family Stations Radio Network
From Alaska, Palmquist relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he selected Harold Camping to help him start Family Radio. He also served as General Manager of the ministry for the first six years, overseeing the initial growth of the non-profit enterprise from one local station, KEAR, which first went on the air on February 4, 1959, to a network of six stations. Palmquist and his wife Dolores designed the programming during the early years. After Palmquist's departure in 1965, Harold Camping took over as General Manager.
Tape Networks, Inc.
After leaving Family Radio in early 1965, Palmquist moved to Los Angeles with two other former employees of Family Radio, Barton Buhtz and Harold Hall.
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