Planning

Planning, good thorough planning leads to avoiding unintended consequences.

When asked to help with designing a new radio station for Liberia. It would be a sister station that if you follow these BLOGS will know that VOX Radio Liberia went on the air almost eight years ago now on Thanksgiving day 2017. 

Check August 2025 for the KiOO radio report.

Knowing how funding such a project puts significant demands on ministry operations, my recommendation was to build the station in three phases. Design did include all three phases but the decision was made to build it all at one time. Construction started in early 2025 and a November 2025 target was set to complete the building and go live.

I accepted the invitation to attend the dedication of the station building I designed and the first live on-air broadcast will be November 13, 2025.

I have never had reservations about international travel . . . until now. First my flight is from Palm Springs CA (PSP) to Chicago (ORD) then on to Brussels (BRU) then Freetown (FRN) ending at Monrovia (ROB). Here is one of the reasons. Perhaps by my November 7th departure the Air Traffic Controllers will all be back on the job and there will not be a delay at one of the busiest airports in America, Chicago.  

More of what I meant, “until now”. Here is the news we got; I say we because Sharon makes all of my travel arrangements; she is amazing. The new radio station building to be dedicated and first broadcasting is in the far North of Liberia near the boarder of Sierra Leone and Guinea. Sharon wanted to know about housing and here is the report confirming her research, “Foya is an extremely remote area, and there are no hotels listed online. Over the past few months, our local Kioo Radio team has been working to secure a local guesthouse for our stay. We’ve purchased all the bedding and toiletries needed, and thankfully, Eva will be helping to prepare meals for us during our time in both Monrovia and Foya.”
​The international team gathering for this dedication are from the USA, Canada, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. We will be staying five nights in Foya. Reason number three, “until now”; when in Liberia I have always stayed sleeping under a net to protect from insects that like to eat me. 

Looking forward to the trip and the joy to see one of my designs and meet the new staff and team that is making all this happen.

A November post related to KiOO Radio and Planning will follow.