Marlin Maddoux Passes Away

The host of “Point of View” radio talk show, Marlin Maddoux, passed away March 4, 2004. Maddoux succumbed to complications from recent heart by-pass surgery. 
“Point of View” is a two-hour, issues-oriented talk radio program heard daily via satellite on more than 360 radio stations. The program is aired live on WXAN 103.9 FM weekdays from 1:06 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
In 1986, Maddoux was given 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, a for-profit company, which today is one of the nation's fastest-growing news radio networks with more than 1,300 affiliated radio stations across the nation. USA radio news is also carried worldwide on the Armed Forces Radio Service. USA Radio Network's broadcast center is in northwest Dallas; the network also has news stringers in 45 countries of the world. In 1994, the National Religious Broadcasters awarded the USA Radio Network its "Program Producer of the Year" Award.
Maddoux had been a frequent guest on national television and radio broadcasts including, "CBS Morning News," ABC's "Nightline" and "Good Morning America," "CNN," "Focus on the Family," and many others. 
He was an invited guest at the White House on several occasions, having met with Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush. He authored several books, including America Betrayed, What Worries Parents Most, Free Speech or Propaganda? and A Christian Agenda: Game Plan for a New Era, and Seal of Gaia.
Maddoux is survived by his wife, Mary, four grown children and ten grandchildren.