Photo By Petty Officer 2nd Class Cheryl Dilgard | New Mexico Army National Guard chaplain Capt. Scott Brill and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Joseph...... read more read more
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GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA – It is 9:00 a.m. on a Sunday morning and your radio is on and the sounds of Third Day are coming through loud and clear, followed by Lifehouse and Creed. Scattered throughout the Christian contemporary music there is some witty banter and a friendly message with a morality lesson. Subjects like chastity and sex, the golden rule and God's unconditional love have all been topics of the week for the "Friends of God" radio show. These subjects are all topics that Joint Task Force Guantanamo Troopers can identify with on some level.
A few months ago Navy Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Cubba and New Mexico Army National Guard Chaplain, Capt. Scott Brill met in a spinning class. After a brief conversation the two put their creative minds together and with the blessing of the local radio station, the "Friends of God" radio show was born.
"We had each been thinking about a Christian radio show before we even met. When we met and talked about it, it just clicked," said Brill.
While providing guiding words is standard fare for a Chaplain, Cubba realized he wanted to do the show when he was extended five months.
"When I realized I wasn't leaving until October, instead of May, I decided that I wanted to do something to help people," said Cubba.
Each week the duo works on a message with a topic. Cubba writes the scripts for each show while Brill voices the show. The team researches the music to expand their playlist and find the music that best fits.
"We are limited to only playing music that is in the computer that the radio station has the rights to. There is a lot of music we can't play. We can't bring in our own CD's and play music from them," said Cubba.
The two men have a great time putting the show together and their excitement is evidenced by the enthusiasm going out over the airwaves every Sunday morning.
"The show is a blast to produce," said Brill.
Along with having a positive message and music the show features times for Naval Station and JTF chapel services, and news and events that may be important to a faith based audience.
So far, the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. The radio gurus are open to new ideas, new artists and new music to research. Recently the radio show has had chaplain's assistant Army Sgt. Sean Reeves as a guest to the show. The pair are interested in having other guests on the show in upcoming weeks. Brill wants to make sure that the religious petty officers and chaplain's aides that help out are acknowledged, although they are behind the scenes they do a lot of the "grunt" work that make it possible for Brill and Cubba to do their radio show as well as their jobs.
The show comes as a breath of fresh air for Gitmo resident. It is the first Christian-themed radio show in recent memory, but the duo makes efforts to not be overbearing.
"It's not preachy, and it's not your mother's music," said Brill.
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| Date Taken: | 06.27.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 07.02.2008 12:13 |
| Story ID: | 21110 |
| Location: | GUANTANAMO BAY, CU |
| Web Views: | 194 |
| Downloads: | 172 |
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