Who Are Those Guys?

Voices on the radio, names on a website, who are they, what do they do, and how can I contact them? WOAK's staff is unique to say the least. Check out below to find out more about them.

General Manager Rick Varnum

Rick Varnum is the General Manager of WOAK Radio, owned and operated by Oakside Ministries.

Rick came to Oakside Baptist Church in 1990 with his wife Marcie and his little girl, Holly, as an Assistant Pastor and as Youth Pastor and Director of Youth Ministries. At that time he also taught several High School classes at Oakside Christian School, coached volleyball, and, worked as an engineer to WOAK Radio and the TV Ministry at Oakside. In 1995, Rick took the position of General Manager, while continuing to teach at OCS. Now, he devotes his efforts to the ministry work of radio, concentrating on taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a lost world.

Rick accepted Christ as his personal Savior in the sixth grade while living in Colorado Springs, Colorado while attending Rustic Hills Baptist Church with Pastor Dan Burnett. Eventually, Rick attended Cornerstone Christian Academy where he was called to preach in 1978 and was graduated in 1980. He found his wife at Pensacola Christian College and then graduated in 1984, when he then took a position at Palm Springs Drive Baptist Church in Altamonte Springs, Florida and taught High School at Altamonte Christian School until 1990.

He currently has nine children (all girls) and his oldest, Holly, is now a freshman at West Coast Baptist College in California, with Dr. Paul Chappell.

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Operations and Program Manager Dave Reed

Dave grew up in the back woods of Michigan. He was saved at the age of five and grew up attending Calvary Baptist Church in Gaines Michigan where God put a desire into his heart to spread the gospel. Dave found a love for all things electric especially computers. When he was 15, he rebuilt his first computer and was hooked. He attended Pensacola Christian College, where he earned his Bachelor's degree in Evangelism.

After graduating in 2006, God called him to Lagrange to work at WOAK radio. Dave moved to Lagrange in June 2006 and married Noelle, his college sweetheart, in January 2007. They are currently expecting their first child.

Dave is in charge of programming, all IT work at the station and Oakside Baptist Church, web development, and all things geeky. Dave's desire is to help WOAK radio to stay running strong and continue to advance the gospel of Christ through the new opportunities that technology offers. He and his wife are expecting their first son!

Click here to see Dave's personal website

Click here to email Dave