Bill Brandstatter was born in Northern Illinois. He went to Jr. College there and began a career in radio. He moved to Southern Illinois in 1977 where he attended Southern Illinois University. There he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Radio-Television in 1999. In June 2001 he received his Master of Arts in Media/ Communications from the Theological University of America. Bill was in radio 11 years before leaving to become a gospel preacher. He has been preaching since 1984. Bill has preached full time in Missouri and Illinois and He has been at the Vienna Church of Christ since 1996.