196 Station, for a thirty-minute program to be released once a week for a three- month trial period. The program, well received by the KFAC audience, was the beg1nning~-;;£-~ -- Biola radio ministry eventually covering most of the United States and much of Canada and Mexico. In 1938, when the financial situation became so critical at Biola that the future of the School looked almost hopeless, Dr. Talbot took to the air to make a successful appeal to Biola's friends for $25,000.00. It was out of this critical situation the "Biola Hour" was born. In 1939, Biola's radio ministry began to expand when Dr. Talbot ac- cepted an offer for time on Sunday nights from 9:00 to 10:30, over Radio Station KMTR, a popular local Station, at a cost of $68.00 for each broad- cast, rather expensive for those days. The Board agreed to back Dr. Talbot, and in time this program was extended to a daily broadcast of thirty min- utes at 11:00 A.M., Monday through Friday. The next step in the expansion of Biola's radio ministry came in 1942, when Dr. Talbot suggested the possibility of adding a station in San Fran- cisco at a cost of $10,000.00 per year, a bit frightening_ 'l.vith the memories of the depression years still vivid in the minds of the Board members. How- ever, the possibility of making the work of Biola known in Central and Northern California was challenging and triumphed over the fears. The de- cision proved to be a wise one. In 1943, a young man formerly with the Moody Bible Institute's Radio Station was hired to work with Dr. Talbot in producing the radio program. He recommended the increase of the program which was to be through the use of transcriptions to be shipped to the stations, eliminating a direct tele- phone hookup. Although this meant at least a week's delay in the program's release over the stations, it posed no real problem and was a tremendous financial savings. About the same time, a change was made from Station KMTR, in Los Angelef
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