October 16, 1960 – Monte Carlo

On October 16, 1960, TWR broadcast its first program from a 100,000-watt transmitter on Mount Agel, high above the Principality of Monaco. Today, programs target listeners in the CIS, Europe, and North Africa in more than 20 languages.

May 1, 1974 – Cyprus

In cooperation with Radio Monte Carlo, TWR began daily broadcasts from Cyprus on May 1, 1974. From a 600,000-watt AM transmitter, broadcasts are targeted to an estimated 350 million people in 21 countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

August 20, 1992 – Albania

On August 20, 1992, TWR signed a contract with Radio Tirana in Albania to begin broadcasting to Eastern Europe via AM radio. Named after Albania's capital city, Radio Tirana was used by the Communists to broadcast their propaganda for more than four decades. We began airing programming from Albania on October 1, 1992, in four languages. Today, TWR-Albania broadcasts more than 95 hours per week in over 15 languages.

June 1, 1993 – Russia

Although TWR had broadcasts to India from both Sri Lanka and Guam, a stronger signal was needed to reach the northernmost parts of India and the Himalayan countries. TWR met with representatives of the Main Center of Broadcasting Networks in Russia (Radio Moscow), which formerly represented the strong voice of Communism from the Soviet Union to the world.

An agreement to broadcast Christian programming into South Asia was signed and transmissions began on June 1, 1993, in 13 languages to northern India, Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet. Today, more than 50 hours of programming in 30 languages are aired each week.

November 15, 1996 – Central Asia

On November 15, 1996, TWR began broadcasts from a one-million-watt AM transmitter in the region to countries in Central Asia and the Middle East, home to more than 60 of the world's least evangelized people groups. This becomes TWR's 11th transmitting site.

August 2, 1999 – Grigoriopol

Utilizing a 1-million-watt AM transmitter in Grigoriopol, Commonwealth of Independent States, TWR began airing on August 2, 1999 two hours of Christian programming each evening in Romanian, Bulgarian, and the Gypsy languages of Balkan Romani and Kalderash. Serbian and Macedonian programs are later added. This station constitutes the 12th primary transmitting site from which TWR proclaims the Good News of Jesus Christ around the globe.

January 3, 2000 &nd St. Petersburg

To be able to help advance God's Kingdom throughout Scandinavia, TWR utilizes a 600,000-watt AM transmitter here to broadcast to Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Broadcasts began on January 3, 2000.

In addition, this outlet enables TWR to increase its Lithuanian programming with the addition of a new Thru The Bible language ministry. And this transmitter provides TWR with tremendous opportunity to expand ministry to the Baltic region in countries such as Estonia and Latvia.

This facility replaces the 300,000-watt AM transmitter in Szczecin, Poland, which TWR enjoyed using to air its Scandinavian and Lithuanian broacasts during the past three years. Therefore, TWR broadcasts from 13 super-power transmitting sites.