By Dan Wooding
Founder of ASSIST Ministries
COSTA MESA, CA (ANS) -- After more than a year of battling pancreatic cancer, Southern California Christian radio personality Rich Buhler, 65, has told the ASSIST News Service that he stepping down from his daily afternoon radio program, Talk from the Heart, on KBRT radio in Los Angeles.
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Rich Buhler and his wife Dianne pictured with Dan Wooding on the set of His Channel Live |
“My listeners have become accustomed to tuning in and finding out that I am not there on some days. I am sad to be departing the show but I'm also looking forward to having a more flexible schedule that will allow for me to go with the flow of battling the cancer.”
Buhler went on to say, “KBRT is my radio home and I am not leaving the station. I'll be working with KBRT in other capacities that will allow me to continue friendship with the radio audience but without the demands of a daily program. The daily show deserves a more consistent commitment and I cannot guarantee that right now.
“I want to thank Don Crawford, the President of Crawford Broadcasting, and the leadership and staff of KBRT for their patience and support during these months. They have been outstanding and I appreciate them.
“Thanks also for so many listeners who have called and written to tell me of their concern, prayer, and encouragement. It has been one of the most overwhelming experiences of my life to receive such love and support.
Rich Buhler, who is known as the “Dean of Christian Talk Radio,” had been was first diagnosed with an inoperable “mass on his pancreas” late July of last year. He was admitted to a local hospital and after a biopsy, it was revealed that he had a “mass on his pancreas.”
Following news of his cancer, Rich Buhler says he was overwhelmed with thousands of messages from people around the world who said they had been praying for him.
After a time away from the microphone, he came back to host to the show part time in January, 2011, and in February went five-days-a week when he felt well enough to do so.
But now he feels it is time to hand over to others.
Besides his own battle with cancer, Buhler’s wife Dianne, also found out that she had melanoma, and this has been removed and so far she is now cancer free.
It is expected that Buhler will continue with KBRT in one way or another and also, once ANS learns about who will be taking over the show, we will let you know.
| Dan Wooding, 70, is an award winning British journalist now living in Southern California with his wife Norma, to whom he has been married for 48 years. They have two sons, Andrew and Peter, and six grandchildren who all live in the UK. He is the founder and international director of ASSIST (Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times) and the ASSIST News Service (ANS) and was, for ten years, a commentator, on the UPI Radio Network in Washington, DC. He now hosts the weekly “Front Page Radio” show on KWVE in Southern California which is also carried throughout the United States. The program is also aired in Great Britain on Calvary Chapel Radio UK and also in Belize and South Africa. Besides this, Wooding is a host for His Channel Live, which is carried via the Internet to some 200 countries. You can follow Dan on Facebook under his name there or at ASSIST News Service. He is the author of some 44 books. Two of the latest include his autobiography, “From Tabloid to Truth”, which is published by Theatron Books. To order a copy, press this link.Wooding, who was born in Nigeria of British missionary parents, has also recently released his first novel “Red Dagger” which is available this link. |  |
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