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Born in Edmundston, New
Brunswick Canada. You can say that East Tennessee is a BIG
change for me. Born into a French Roman Catholic Family in
1964. My family moved to Saco,Maine and lived there till I
was 15 years old, then moved back to Canada. Joined the
Canadian Armed Forces Reserves at 16 and trained as a Combat
Radio Operator. Graduated High School in 1983 and joined the
US Army National Guard as a Radio Systems Operator. After
training, I attended the University of New Brunswick in
Fredericton and received an Associates in Radio
Broadcasting. Then moved to Saint John, New Brunswick and
received an Associates in Electronics Repair from the New
Brunswick Community College. While in college I was still
training one weekend a month in the US Army in Calais, ME. I
had the itch to be on radio all my life. I applied and
started to work in the news department on CHSJ Radio 1230 AM
(Country/Oldies Station). I then was asked to cover a shift
that came open on the air. The management was so impressed
with my work that I was promoted to On-Air-Announcer. A
short while later, I worked at CYFF (Hard Rock Station),
working for one of the best Hard Rock Radio Stations in
Eastern Canada. I was on top of the world but was empty
inside.
Then one summer working as a
Security Guard at a Fairground, I overheard an Evangelist
preaching from a Gospel Tent. Being drawn at what was said,
it was the first time hearing John 3:16. After the service
was over, I approached the preacher and asked him several
questions about what he said about the Lord. He asked if I
was saved and the response was "Yes, the church has
saved me"! He then smiled and gave me a gospel track
"Are Roman Catholics Christians"? took it home
along with a French Gideon Bible in which I still have
today. I read it once then threw it under my bed. Then the
next morning, woke up in a cold sweat and was so convicted
that I reached under my bed and read the track again and
then on April 28, 1986, I accepted the Lord as my personal
savior! My father was very upset about this since he was
Roman Catholic.
I left working at CYFF radio
because I felt that type of music played did not uplift the
Lord. It uplifted the devil instead. I met a missionary Jack
Manly from Greenville, SC who had a church in the Saint John
area. I told him about pursuing a career in radio and then
the following fall I was accepted at Tabernacle Baptist
College in Greenville, SC. Not only I got a bachelor in
radio but also received one in Theology too. Then moved to
Atlanta, GA to teach and go to Georgia Baptist College in
College Park, GA to receive my Masters in Theology.
While vacationing in Gatlinburg, TN
in 1993, I was listening to the radio and picked up Praise
96.3 FM. I loved the music so much that I decided to apply
there and was hired a week later. Now the rest is history! I
am married to my lovely wife Wanda Sue and have a daughter
named Kimberly. I am now working on my Masters in Radio
Broadcasting in which I am scheduled to graduate in June
2005.
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In HIS name:
Paul Lambert
Praise 96.3 FM/ Announcer (Knoxville, TN)
(www.praise963.com)
(www.paullambertministries.com) |
