Prophecy Countdown, Inc., an independent ministry of Seventh-day Adventists, closed a deal in late November to pay the Christian Science Church $5 million for a short-wave radio station, according to an announcement by the Christian Scientists reported in the Orlando, Florida, Sentinel. The paper notes that Prophecy Countdown already broadcasts on 32 television stations across the United States and on the European Super Channel, which is picked up by stations across Europe.

The paper also reveals that earlier this year, the broadcast ministry, which has 45 employees, bought a 24,000-square-foot building in Mount Dora, Florida, for $775,000, to house its expanding operations. Prophecy Countdown has made Mount Dora its headquarters since 1987. The new station it has purchased, with call letters WCSN, is located in Scott’s Comers, Maine. It has been used by the Christian Science Church to broadcast news and religious programs to Africa.