Hopecore.com has been a long time in the making. My first recollection of wanting to pursue radio was my sophomore year of high school, though I have been told I mentioned it when I was in middle school. Sophomore year was when I first realized radio is something I could see myself doing for a long time. I was in the car listening to a local radio station that played alternative music in the evening on the weekends. I remember listening to that station and thinking, “Why don’t they do this all the time?”

I have always loved music and continually found myself repeating what I heard, whether it was good or bad; consequently with secular radio it was mostly bad. My parents have always said, “Garbage in, garbage out,” and overtime that began to ring true in my life. I became tired of the filth I was hearing and recognized that it was not doing anything to benefit my life. Like many others, I have always been greatly affected by music. As I sat in the car that day I thought: “Why don’t I do this full time--play good music that doesn’t come with all the repercussions of the local ‘Pop 40’ stations?” I began to feel God’s unmistakable tug on my heart. Up until that point, I was never sure what He wanted me to do with this life He gave me—now this seemed to be the answer. This feeling got stronger and stronger until I finally stopped questioning it and decided that this was my calling. I have not questioned it since.

Hopecore.com is only the beginning of the dream; a stepping stone to a frequency on the air; following that who knows what God has planned. What I know now is He is telling me to play legitimate music of the alternative and metal genres that lifts others up and gives them hope, leaves them fulfilled instead of lost, built up instead of torn down, and joyful instead of angry. This is what Hopecore.com is about; that is what you will hear when you tune in. So take hope, enjoy it, and turn it up! This is only the beginning!

Hopecore.com… Hope for a dying world…