Marlin Maddoux, the visionary founder of the USA Radio Network and host of the Point of View Show, went to his eternal rest today with his Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. More than any other individual, Mr. Maddoux paved the way for the powerful influence of Christian talk-radio through his innovative use of sattelite technology. He succumbed to complications from recent heart by-pass surgery at the age of 70. Mr. Maddoux died peacefuly with his family members at his side.

An ordained minister, a journalist, and author, Mr. Maddoux daily broadcast to millions of American changed the face of the political discussion in America. Utterly fearless and principled in his thinking, Mr. Maddoux took on issues that mainstream journalists and talk show hosts will not ——from the evil of the United Nations, to rampant compromise within the Republican Party. The bottom line was the one could always count on Mr. Maddoux to bring a message of truth to the Evangelical community and the culture as a whole. He was a voice of sanity in a sea of shock-jocks and pompous personalities and a radio refuge for hundreds of thousands of radio-listening Christians.

M. Maddoux was enormously kind and supportive to the Phillips family. In the late eighties, Mr. Maddoux allowed me the privilege of serving as a “stringer” for a short priod of time sending in broadcast reports by phone from Capitol Hill for Point of View Radio. During the nineties, I would return to the show as a guest on maybe a half a dozen broadcasts, the most notable of which was a radio debate on third party politics between myself and Kerby Anderson, Mr. Maddoux’s faithful sidekick. My father, Howard Phillips, has been a guest on the show probably close to a hundred times since the broadcast was launched in 1972, and reached a national sattelite audience in 1985. He was enormously encouraging to my father’s third party candidacy for President of the United States, and brought Dad on the show to discuss issues as diverse as America’s policy towards China, to the consistant practice of both Republicans and Democratic president’s in appointing pro-abortion judges to the federal courts.

He was a hero to tens of thousands and a voice of sanity in a sea of compromise. His loyalty was not to political parties or cultural elites, but to Jesus Christ. Honestly, I am genuinely concerned about the void created by the death of Mr. Maddoux. It is obvious that such a man can not be replaced. We can only pray that others will learn from him and emulate his many strengths.
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