Marlin Maddoux

Marlin Maddoux
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
	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.

Alliance Defense Fund

co-founder as well as a noted journalist and author.

Career

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 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."

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.^[4]