The Communication Department of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon was first named “Radio and Literature Department” when it started. Discussions on creating the unit probably started in the early sixties and the groundwork laid between 1966 and 1967. In 1968, effective work started in the Department with the objective of evangelization through radio. “Radio” at the time meant producing programs and broadcasting them on the government radio station in Buea, since the church did not own a radio station. The Literature dimension of the Department focused on the production of the “Messenger”, a 16-page black and white magazine that published both Christian and general news items. It is not certain whether or not the Diary and Almanac was part of the literature work at the time. The three radio programs broadcast included Presbyterian Meditation every Sunday and holy days, the news program, Presbyterian Echo, broadcast on Thursdays and Morning Devotion from Mondays to Saturdays alternating with the Baptists and the Roman Catholics.

In the course of time, those working in the Department thought the name “Radio and Literature Department” was restrictive. Consequently, the first Cameroonian Secretary of the Department, the Rev. Nyansako-ni-Nku proposed to the Synod Committee meeting in Wum and it was agreed that the name be changed from Radio and Literature Department to a more comprehensive name, “Communication Department”. The change of name was thus effected in 1972 with the understanding that the new name covers a wide panorama of both the print and electronic media. With the new appellation, the Department could include print items such as newspapers, magazine, gospel tracks, diaries, almanacs and more. And in the electronic side it could have radio, audio and video productions, computers and other information technology infrastructure as well as television.

From the year of its inception, the “Radio and Literature Department” turned “Communication Department” grew amidst problems of personnel and finances. The few trained and untrained staff worked together. While the magazine died and resurrected a number of times, the number of radio programs increased from three to four and then to five, with “Our Choirs Sing” and “Days of our Life” being the new additions.