K-LOVE and Trans World Radio Team Up to Share the Gospel Internationally
K-LOVE CEO Tom Stultz, TWR President & CEO Andy Schick
Franklin, Tenn. – K-LOVE, the parent organization of leading Christian radio networks K-LOVE and Air1, is teaming up with Trans World Radio (TWR) to bring positive and encouraging Gospel-oriented content to most of the world. The venture brings together two organizations that have been reaching people with God’s message for almost 120 years combined. Together, the ministries hope to reach up to 190 countries with a special emphasis on countries that are closed or restricted to Christian missionary efforts.
TWR is an international Christian media ministry with local ministry teams around the world, broadcasting biblical programming in more than 200 languages and dialects. This collaboration will bring together K-LOVE’s trusted, positive and encouraging radio brand with TWR’s international reach and relationships across 190 countries, linking more people around the world to the hope of Christ and opening new territory for the Gospel through the expansion of Christian radio, particularly for unreached people groups and strategically significant locations. TWR’s local ministry teams will adapt K-LOVE’s content for each culture and language, so it connects with people in their own context and heart language. K-LOVE will also be growing its Spanish-language ministry through K-LOVE Global.
“We believe God has brought these two ministries together to help move more people closer to Jesus by combining our strengths, expanding our reach, and creating more opportunities for lives to be transformed,” says K-LOVE Chief of Staff Dr. Bobby Wood, who has extensive missionary experience. “Together, we are seeking to make a greater impact than we could alone, advancing the mission of sharing Christ’s love with those around the world that need to hear it the most.”
“K-LOVE excels at music and encouragement, and TWR has spent over 70 years reaching people in their own language with local teams around the world. Tom and the K-LOVE team understand that cultural differences matter, and that ministry in someone’s heart language is how you reach them with the love of Christ,” says TWR President Andy Schick.
“We believe the Lord used the founders of K-LOVE to create something really special by combining the passion and encouragement of talented disc jockeys with incredible music that resonates with a large portion of the population who might not otherwise tune in to a religious broadcast,” says K-LOVE CEO Tom Stultz. “When we realized we could extend our positive and encouraging messages on a global basis, we knew we had to pursue it. We are delighted TWR is as excited about this as we are. Our combined mission is to make Christ known where He’s not known.”
K-LOVE launched its first international outreach in 2025 by providing its content to existing radio ministries in Italy, Zambia and Lithuania. K-LOVE plans to raise initial funding for this initiative from supporters with a particular interest in reaching more people for Christ through international radio expansion.
Meanwhile, K-LOVE is excited to announce that Ed Lenane has been appointed Vice President of K-LOVE Global. K-LOVE Global will be focused on expanding the reach and impact of K-LOVE around the world. Ed is a perfect fit for this role, with almost 30 years at K-LOVE and industry experience at nearly every level, including internationally. Reporting to Dr. Wood, he will collaborate closely with K-LOVE’s primary international partner, Trans World Radio, while also exploring other ways to spread the hope of Christ around the world. He will assemble a Global team drawn from internal departments to assess opportunities and accomplish the goals of this expansion.
K-LOVE, Inc. is a nonprofit, multi-platform media company on a mission of inspiring people to move closer to Jesus. Founded in 1982 as Educational Media Foundation, in Santa Rosa, Calif., with a single radio station, K-LOVE, Inc. today owns and operates the world’s two largest Christian music radio networks: K-LOVE and Air1, with more than 1,100 broadcast signals across all 50 states, streaming audio reaching around the world, concerts, and a growing family of media ministries including podcasts, books, streaming, films, concerts and events. K-LOVE employs 500+ team members among its offices in Franklin, Tenn. and Rocklin, Calif., and field locations around the country. For more information, visit KLOVE.com.
