 NFCB's first office was in Washington, DC.It shortly thereafter opened an office called the Radio Program Exchange in Champaign, Ill. Due to financial hardships, NFCB leaders Tom Thomas and Terry Clifford left NFCB in 1984, closing one of the organization's most productive periods.Carol Schatz succeeded Thomas and Clifford to become NFCB's second President in 1984.