By the time you read this, the U.S. presidential election may be decided. If the vote is close—it could take a while to get a final tally. If not—we’ll know the winner soon after the final votes are cast on November 3rd.
The Covid 19 pandemic was a major—if not the major–issue in the campaign. At the time of this writing, cases were rising in the U.S. and in Europe.
President Trump insisted that we’re “turning the corner” on the pandemic. He promised a vaccine will be available soon. And he says he won’t shut down the U.S. economy because—as he put it–the cure for the pandemic might be worse than the disease.
Joe Biden sharply criticized Trump’s handling of the pandemic. Biden blamed Trump for the U.S. death toll—which was around a quarter-million. (The death toll worldwide was about 1.2 million.) Biden encouraged everyone to wear a mask—saying mask-wearing is a proven way to reduce the spread of the virus.
However, photos of political rallies for both candidates show varying degrees of mask wearing and social distancing.
Trump campaign rallies typically involved venues with large crowds. Campaign rallies for Biden generally drew smaller crowds; sometimes, Biden would speak to drive-in rallies where people remained in their cars.
Your New Life Station will not try to tell you who’s right or whose approach is best. What we will do is continue to provide helpful information as we get it. And you will make the decisions you believe are best for you and your families. We’ll continue to have reports from Doug Poling, Kelly Ann Monahan, Marcy Bryan and Paul Ladd. Stay tuned!
The Pacific Rim and Southwest Asia
The Pacific Rim, the Indian subcontinent and southwest Asia provide the reasons Your New Life Station broadcasts the International English Hour. The Pacific Rim is that part of the Eastern Hemisphere that encompasses English-prevalent countries of the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and New Zealand. Additionally—English is widely spoken in Indonesia. And English is the official language of government and commerce in the southwest Asian countries of India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. In Japan and countries of the Middle East, many speak English as a second language.
Your New Life Station’s broadcast schedule makes use of Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a 24-hour system also known as Greenwich Mean Time. Eastern Standard Time (EST) is five hours behind UTC; Central Standard Time (CST) is six hours behind. When some parts of the world return to daylight saving time for the warm weather months, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is four hours behind UTC, and Central Daylight Time (CDT) is five hours behind. Outside the U.S.—most locations are on standard time all year rather than daylight time. Karachi is five hours ahead of UTC. Mumbai and New Delhi are five-and-a-half hours ahead. Manila, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Kuala Lampur are eight hours ahead. And Tokyo is nine hours ahead of UTC.
You can use our listener website www.knls.org to hear the English Hour if you’re not into shortwave radio. You can also access the broadcast through the KNLS app on your mobile device or through Google or Safari. If you listen via shortwave radio, you can access knls.org to get our broadcast frequencies.
The English Hour is the Asian continent’s source for the music of our time and the message of all time. We work to provide a geographical balance in the topics we feature as we take listeners from “Alaska to Asia to Africa to America.” Our Eye on the World stories often show the interdependence of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Since our target audience is mostly non-Christians, our content is different from a typical Christian format station in America. While we provide our share of positive, uplifting content, some of our programming also provides an honest look at the dark side of life on Earth. Indeed, some program segments and music selections may raise questions that a thoughtful truth seeker will ask. And other segments, such as the Bible or Christian lifestyle lessons, serve to answer those questions.
Music to Love
Music is a universal language. Probably 80 per cent of the world’s pop tunes are sung in English, and are enjoyed by people everywhere, many who are themselves not proficient in English. The English hour features your favorite songs from today’s best music. International pop charts show that your favorite music is also the favorite of people who are culturally diverse—whether in Nairobi, Sydney, Singapore, or Jakarta.
The songs are pop, rock, r & b, and occasional hip-hop and country music that crosses over to the pop charts. The English Hour generally features music by artists from the U.S., the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. But music artists from all over the world have found their names on or near the top of international pop charts.
News to Know
The English hour features reports about topics of current interest. Marcy Bryan reports about entertainment, business, and news about religion and social issues. Kelly Ann Monahan has the latest developments in medicine, science, and computer technology. Paul Ladd provides special reports about diverse topics, religious and secular. Doug Poling provides commentary on the news from a Christian perspective on Today’s News & the Good News. And Adam Holtz, Jonathan McKee and Kristin Smith of Focus on the Family provide Plugged-in reviews of the latest movies, music, and computer games.
In November—they’ll continue to rate, for family friendliness, the numerous movies featured on streaming services as theatres struggle to reopen across the world. And Kristin Smith will comment on new music by mainstream artists as well as Christian music artists.
Upcoming Reports for November 2020
- Do eyeglasses help to protect from Covid? Kelly Ann Monahan reports.
- Vinyl records are making a comeback. Kelly Ann Reports about that, too.
- And Kelly Ann reports on efforts by Alaska’s schools to deal with Covid.
- He helps video gamers deal with compulsive gaming and other life problems. Dr. K is the subject of reports by Marcy Bryan.
- And Marcy reports about efforts by Amazon to establish brick-and-mortar stores
answers. - She was shot and wounded because she advocated education for girls. Malala Yousafzai survived and, at age 22, has graduated from Oxford. Doug Poling has her remarkable story.
- And Doug report on religious persecution in China, and he recounts the life of civil rights advocate Maya Angelou.
A Message to Live
This is what we’re about and why we’re on the air and on the internet. Our mission is to present the lessons of the Bible, including and emphasizing the Good News in an interesting, non-threatening way.
Ongoing Series
- All God’s Giants with Larry Souder
- Andy Baker’s Prayer Lesson
- Author’s Journal with Wesley Paine
- Believer’s Hall of Faith with Bill Young
- Creation Moments with Paul Taylor
- Eye on Religion—Bible archaeology emphasis with Marcy Bryan
- Family Minute with Brit Ryan
- First Person with Paul Ladd
- God’s Money with Steve Maganelles
- God’s Passion for Humanity with Bill Young
- Groundwire with Sean Dunn
- Jim Daly commentary
- Joy of Peacemaking with Larry Souder
- Hope in Conflict with Larry Souder
- Life Stories with Joe Norris
- Love First with Don McLaughlin and Paul Ladd
- Living with Conflict with Greg Taylor
- Profiles of the New Testament with Bob Borquez
- Profiles of the Old Testament with Royce Kessler
- Promises with Royce Kessler
- Refiner’s Fire with Paul Ladd
- The Big Picture with Steve Diggs
- The Good Book with Greg Taylor
- Today’s News & the Good News with Doug Poling
- True Stories of the Bible with Bill Steensland
- Unforgettable Conversations with Larry Souder
