What’s Going On-International English
April 2024
John Tesh
By Rob Scobey
He’s been a media personality since the mid-1970’s. John Tesh has been a news anchor and reporter in Nashville, Orlando, and New York. He became nationally prominent in the mid 80’s in the U.S. when he co-hosted the syndicated TV show Entertainment Tonight. Since then, he’s been syndicated on numerous platforms. He’s served as a sportscaster for U.S. networks NBC and CBS. His music compositions have sold more than 8 million records. And he found time to play the part of a Klingon warrior on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
But Mr. Tesh’s greatest challenge came in 2015. That’s when he walked into a doctor’s office for a routine physical exam and walked out with a prognosis of 18 months to live. He’d been diagnosed with a rare form of prostate cancer.
His wife, actress Connie Selleca, encouraged him not to take the doctor’s prognosis as “gospel.” With her encouragement, years of cancer treatment and prayer—John Tesh is alive and well.
He shares his story with Paul Ladd in a four-part interview, which started on Monday, March 18. Their conversation continues with segments 3 and 4 on Monday April 1 and Monday April 8. And you can catch all four segments from the beginning on consecutive Fridays, April 19, April 26, May 3, and May 10.
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 Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, 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 in 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 switch 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 Lumpur 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 have internet access. Another online source is https://worldchristian.airtime.pro. And you can 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 or you can write to us and request a schedule.
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 you 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, including European deejays and South Korean boy and girl bands, have found their names on or near the top of international pop charts.
In April—Your New Life station will introduce new music from Ariana Grande, Phillip Phillips, SZA, and Tori Kelly.
News to Know
The English hour features reporting 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. Larry Souder interviews interesting people, sometimes in front of a live audience, on Souder & Friends. Doug Poling provides commentary on the news from a Christian perspective on Today’s News & the Good News. And Adam Holtz, Jonathan McKee, and Paul Asay of Focus on the Family provide Plugged-in reviews of the latest movies, online games, and TV shows.
Upcoming Segments for April:
The bride-to-be couldn’t afford to pay for her wedding. So she put her guitar—autographed by Taylor Swift—up for sale. What happened next? Marcy Bryan has the story.
The rare bird is called a yellow-billed loon. It showed up in Las Vegas and shut down the high-tech musical fountains of the Bellagio Hotel. Marcy tells us how God’s little creature delighted the crowd that gathered.
This year’s Oscar winners were more “enheimer” than “barb.” Marcy reviews who won what.
And Marcy reports on the competition between Tesla and Chinese company BYD for dominance in electric vehicle sales.
You may think your dog or cat helps lower your level of stress. Kelly Ann Monahan says your thinking may be backed up by science. She reports on recent research.
You may think men and women’s brains are wired differently. If so, you have science backing you up on this one too. Kelly Ann has the results of a study.
Kelly Ann also has the story of four female marine biologists who rowed across the Atlantic to raise money for ocean conservation. And she reports on indicators that certain trees and animals in North America are expanding their range farther north.
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
- Believer’s Hall of Faith with Bill Young
- Creation Moments with Paul Taylor
- Direction with Rubel Shelly
- Deuteronomy with Phillip Camp & Paul Ladd
- Encounters with Jesus with Larry Souder
- Family Minute with Brit & Kate Ryan
- First Person with Paul Ladd
- God’s Money with Steve Maganelles & Don White
- God’s Passion for Humanity with Bill Young
- Groundwire with Sean Dunn
- Hope in Conflict with Larry Souder
- Hope in Troubled Times with Larry Souder
- Immersed in Life with Greg Taylor
- Jim Daly commentary
- Joy of Peacemaking with Larry Souder
- Journeys in Faith with Larry Souder
- Life Stories with Joe Norris
- Living with Conflict with Greg Taylor
- Profiles of the New Testament with Bob Borquez
- Profiles of the Old Testament with Royce Kessler
- Refiner’s Fire with Paul Ladd
- Souder & Friends featuring Stories of Amazing Grace with Larry Souder
- 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
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