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April 14-16th Catholic 540-AM Divine Mercy Radio hosts its latest Live On-Air Pledge Drive
April 10, 2021

??Eastern and central North Carolina’s 100% listener supported Catholic radio station, Catholic 540-AM Divine Mercy Radio, will host its next Live On-Air Pledge Drive Wednesday, April 14th through Friday April 16th. This will be the volunteer-run radio station’s first Live On-Air Pledge Drive of 2021.

The theme of this Spring Pledge Drive is “Our Daily Bread”.

The fundraising focus is to raise money specifically and importantly for the Raleigh-based Catholic broadcaster’s significant monthly bills for normal operations. For example, 10,000/4,400 watt radio stations that operate 24 hours a day use a lot of electricity – monthly operational bills like that add up for Divine Mercy Radio.

Because Catholic 540-AM is completely independent and not financially supported by any Diocese, Divine Mercy Radio relies on the generosity of its listener-donors to pay the station’s bills for normal operations and critical projects. Businesses can also support the radio station through advertising/underwriting programs that feature on-air and website announcement for the businesses.

None of the fundraising for this Spring’s “Our Daily Bread” fundraising campaign for Divine Mercy Radio will go towards the station business loan it took out when the 501(c)(3) corporation bought WETC-AM two years ago.

To donate, supporters can make their tax deductible donation by calling 919-300-5400 or by visiting the website catholic540am.org.

Donations can also be made via Divine Mercy Radio app for iPhone and Android; available via the Apple App Store or Google Play, the Divine Mercy Radio FREE app can be found by searching "Divine Mercy Radio NC".

Catholic 540-AM Divine Mercy Radio is North Carolina’s largest Catholic radio station.

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Ignited By Truth Catholic Conference April 24, 2021
March 31, 2021

The 18th annual Ignited By Truth Conference will be held on Saturday, April 24, 2021 from 10am-5pm ET on the IBT YouTube Channel.

Speakers include Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Michael Schmitz, Fr. Chris Alar, Matthew Leonard, Patricia Sandoval, and John Pridmore.

Register at IgnitedByTruth.org for FREE access, including weekly pre-conference talks!

Catholic 540-AM Divine Mercy Radio is the official radio sponsor the Ignited By Truth Catholic Conference.

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The Catholic 540-AM Divine Mercy Radio Smartphone App – DOWNLOAD THE FREE APP
February 28, 2021

EDITOR’S NOTE: From eastern and central North Carolina’s 100% listener supported Catholic radio station comes the first blog post in a series about our new Catholic 540-AM Divine Mercy Radio app for Google Android and Apple iPhones. Our free Catholic radio app has many helpful and prayerful features that we want you to know about and use in your spiritual journey.

Step one to enjoying all the benefits of the Catholic 540-AM Divine Mercy Radio app for Google Android and Apple iPhones is to DOWNLOAD the free app.

To do that, please go to the existing app store on your phone where you download all your current apps.

For Android smartphones, you would go to the Google Play store app?.

For Apple iPhones, you would go to the App Store app.

When your App Store app is open on your phone, search Divine Mercy Radio NC and you should see something that looks like this.

Click “GET” and it will download for free automatically. Then you will have the Catholic 540-AM Divine Mercy Radio Smartphone App on your phone.

Enjoy exploring the app!

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Welcome to Catholic 540AM • Divine Mercy Radio

Divine Mercy Radio is a lay apostolate dedicated to sharing the truth, beauty, love and joy of the Catholic faith through the medium of radio in North Carolina. Divine Mercy Radio broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, through LIVE internet streaming here at CATHOLIC540AM.ORG.

Click on the LISTEN button above and join us!

Our goal to expand our broadcast area in North Carolina over AM radio became a reality on February 4, 2019. WETC-AM now reaches a potential audience of over 3 million people in Eastern and Central North Carolina!

Your continued donations are critical for the daily operating costs of this listener supported station to deliver the word of God to a vast majority of North Carolina! We could not do this without YOU. See the map below for a picture of our radio broadcast area!

Click here to see the many ways to donate. We need you now! God bless you for your generosity!

After moving to Wake Forest from Long Island a few years ago, I began to sense that the Lord was calling me to apply to the seminary to discern the priesthood. However, I was afraid to heed His call. I was comfortable working as a teacher and I didn’t want my life to change. However, Jesus was persistent and would keep calling me for the next six years. I would listen to Divine Mercy Radio every day while driving to work and I kept hearing stories about the priesthood and listeners speaking about their own vocational struggles. One day, I heard a young man discussing his decision to apply to the seminary and how happy he was that he did. I knew that I couldn’t run from Jesus any longer. As a seminarian for the Diocese of Raleigh, I am truly grateful for Divine Mercy Radio for giving me the courage to apply to the seminary. May our Lord bless Divine Mercy Radio and may Our Blessed Mother watch over all who listen to this remarkable radio station!

Adam, Wake Forest, NC
Jan 2018

Underwriting

Finally, if you own a local business or know someone who does, please let them know about the Catholic 540-AM • Divine Mercy Radio Underwriting program. We feature :30 second announcements on our air about our Business Underwriters. Underwriting helps companies promote their products and services while also raising critical money for our station’s operations. Underwriting support may be tax deductible. To learn more about Underwriting, click here.