About Jim
(and fellow volunteers)
Hi folks! I'm Jim Linthicum
I've been a volunteer voice-over announcer and behind the scenes audio production man for Radio Maria USA's Ohio stations since the summer of 2006 with the sign-on of 88.7 WHJM-FM licensed to Anna with its studio in nearby Minster and transmitter in neighboring Botkins. I'm a 1973 graduate of Lehman Catholic High School located in Sidney, Ohio.
(GO CAVS!)
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Me along with Mary Pyper, Greg Forsthoefel and Jennifer Wright-Korte (pictured above) have been part of our Radio Maria Ohio crew from the get go. Our local program presenters include Francesca Franchina, John Wright, Glenda Canfield, Mark Danis, Father John Fletcher, Julia Monnin and others.
We feed live programs to our originating station KJMJ Alexandria, LA from a local live studio in the Hoying Professional Building in Minster.
In May of 2008 we aquired 1600 WULM-AM which serves Springfield and Dayton.
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We added an FM "translator" 103.3 W277A0 in Enon as a WULM simulcast in the fall of 2015 which serves the northern portion of Dayton, Vandalia, Tipp City and Troy.
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We also feed live programs to KJMJ from our Dayton area studio in the Father Boyle Center in Springfield.
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More about 88.7 FM WHJM, our Upper Miami Valley and Limaland station at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHJM
our local Radio Maria Ohio crew
(a few of My coworkers)
Mary Pyper
Executive in charge of fundraising and National Board Tresurer.
Mary is also presenter of the weekly program "Marian Apparitions" live from our Dayton area studio which can be heard locally on Wednesdays at 11:00 am and Sunday evenings at 6pm.
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Greg Oen and
Cletus "Clete" Prenger
Remote Broadcast engineers from our Minster WHJM studio
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Greg recorded the yearly Christmas concerts from St. Augustine Church in Minster.
Clete also helped in the studio as at our live remote broadcasts from Maria Stein.
Francesca Franchina
Host and presenter of the weekly programs "From The Tummy To The Heart" and "Francesca and Freinds."
...a unique mix of Italian soul food with the Catholic faith...with some interesting guests too!
Julius "Juley" Bender
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Our very first Minster studio volunteer who also assisted as an audio engineer at the yearly "Fatima USA" live broadcast from Maria Stein.
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Juley is now retired.
Thanks Juley for your many years of volunteer service to Radio Maria.
IN MEMORIAM
Fr. Duane Stenzel O.F.M.
Our first Preist Director and National Program Director at originating station KJMJ. when it hit the Louisiana airwaves in 1999. He humbly served as our program presenter of"Healing Through The Mass," "House Calls" (now known as "Prayer Time" )and "Take Your Limits off God" which is aired as repeats on Sunday mornings
Fr. Duane passed away on January 18, 2011 and is interred at Maryhill Cemetery in Pineville..outside of Alexandria, Louisiana.
Richard Boeckman and Fr. Rick Nieberding C.P.P.S.
Jim Boeckman
Ernestine R. Miller
Rich, a long time Minster buinessman was Radio Maria's first supporter.
Fr. Nieberding was presenter of the weekly program "Living The Lectiomary" live from our Minster studio which is now hosted by Julia Monnin, author of the independantly published inspirational book:
"The World is NOISY...God Whispers.'
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Rich along with Fr Rick are both interred at St. Augustine Cemetery in Minster, Ohio.
The son of Rich Boeckman and a member of our Minster studio crew who also helped out at our live broadcasts from Maria Stein.
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Jim and his father Rich are both interred at St. Augustine Cemetery in Minster.
She was in charge of our Minster studio operations from 2009 until her retirement.
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She along with her husband Harry B.
Miller co-founded WERM Radio at 92.1 FM located at Moulton between Wapakoeta and St. Marys in 1965. which later became WAXC in the late 70s, WZOQ "92 Zoo" in the mid-80s and leading up to its current incarnation WFGF "92.1 The Frog" a country format now based in Lima.
Ernestine and Harry later owned and operated WZZY 98.1 FM in Winchester, Indiana.
Ernestine and husband Harry are both interred at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Wapakoneta.
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Rest in Peace Ernestine and Harry.
SHoutout to a dear radio freind
Kim Faris
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A devoted wife to husband Steve Weimer, a mother and now a grandmother in addition to being a member of the Dayton Broadcasters Hall of Fame and the Ohio Radio and Televison Broadcasters Hall of Fame. whose voice you hear often during our top of the hour group legal ID on all of our U.S. stations.
We are blessed to have Kim's ever cheerful upbeat voice, positive mental attitude and her Catholic faith with us on Radio Maria in addition to being a major on-air personality for several Dayton area radio stations for 43 years.
Kim retired from commercial radio in Dayton on July 16 of 2021.
Thank you Kim for promoting Radio Maria USA with your ever-cheerful and positive voice...
Please consider this an invitation to join us as a volunteer in the Dayton area.
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Click on the audio player below for Kim's updated legal ID
