Marlin Maddoux
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May 4, 1933
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Marlin Maddoux | |
|---|---|
| Born | Robert Marlin Maddoux May 4, 1933 Fletcher, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | March 4, 2004 (aged 70) Irving, Texas, U.S. |
| Resting place | Restland Memorial Park Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Spouse | Mary Maddox[1] |
| Career | |
| Show | Point Of View |
| Network | USA Radio Network |
| Style | Talk radio |
| Country | United States |
Robert Marlin Maddoux (May 4, 1933 – March 4, 2004) was an American pioneer in broadcasting.[2] Maddoux was the host of Point of View radio talk show, the founder and president of the USA Radio Network and the National Center for Freedom & Renewal (formerly International Christian Media), Alliance Defense Fund co-founder as well as a noted journalist and author.
Maddoux was founder and host of Point of View radio talk show, which began in 1972[3] and is broadcast daily via satellite on 250 American radio stations nationwide and around the world by shortwave. He was a pioneer in the talk radio industry with Point of View's hard-hitting issues-oriented talk format.[citation needed] For more than thirty years, Point of View has covered the full spectrum of issues and current events that affect homes, beliefs, schools, government, churches and basic freedoms from a Christian perspective. In 1986, Maddoux received the National Religious Broadcasters Award of Merit. In 1994, Christianity Today magazine called Point of View America's "most popular live Christian call-in show."[4]
In 1985, Maddoux founded USA Radio Network.[3] In 1994, the National Religious Broadcasters awarded the USA Radio Network its "Program Producer of the Year" Award. Marlin Maddoux was inducted into the National Religious Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2007.[5]
In 1994, along with the presidents of Campus Crusade for Christ (Bill Bright), Focus on the Family (James Dobson), Christian Financial Concepts (Larry Burkett), American Family Association (Donald Wildmon, and Coral Ridge Ministries (D. James Kennedy), Maddoux supported the founding of the Alliance Defense Fund.[6]
Maddoux described the Christian radio industry as "a First Amendment stronghold against a liberal and secular press."[4]
