It’s the first-ever multi-season television series about the life of Christ. The Chosen is available free of charge on numerous online platforms. It has been translated into multiple languages. And some estimates put its viewership as high as a billion.
Here at World Christian Broadcasting—we strive for excellence in the production of our radio programs. And we respect excellence among our colleagues in radio and TV production.
Angel Studios and producer Dallas Jenkins have delivered such excellence in the writing and production of The Chosen. This version of the life of Jesus and his followers is relatable to any viewer—whether familiar or unfamiliar with the greatest story ever told. While artistic license fills in details not found in the Bible—none of the story lines contradicts Scripture.
The staff at World Christian Broadcasting is impressed enough that we’ve begun a weekly tradition of having lunch together and viewing an episode of The Chosen.
For our radio programs—we’ve been privileged to interview two of the cast members and make these interviews available to the radio audience of Your New Life Station. Paul Ladd is the interviewer.
Noah James plays the role of the apostle Andrew. And Lara Silva plays Eden, the wife of the apostle Peter. Paul’s interview with Noah ran during this past Christmas season. And his two-part interview with Lara will run on consecutive Tuesdays, beginning March 7th. Lara will tell us how her life has changed since she played the wife of an apostle of Christ who helped change countless lives.
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. 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 or you can write 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 bands, have found their names on or near the top of international pop charts.
In March—Your New Life station will introduce new music by Beach Weather, The Kid Laroi, and Linkin Park.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.
Additional Upcoming Reports for March:
- It sounds like science fiction. But the disabled may soon be able to operate devices by just thinking. This is thanks to a less invasive form of brain surgery for implants. Marcy Bryan reports about the brain-computer interface.
- It’s the lake where Jesus walked on water. But persistent drought has caused the levels of the Sea of Galilee to drop. Now the Israeli government is piping desalinated water from the Mediterranean Sea to refill the lake. Marcy reports about that—as well as new technology to extract hydrogen gas from sea water.
- Marcy also reports on a Chinese wind turbine that will be the world’s largest—as well as Saudi Arabia’s Mukaab—planned to be the world’s largest building of any kind.
And Marcy reports on the football and non-football career of Tom Brady—recently retired–as well as the lives and careers of musical composer Burt Bacharach and actress Cindy Williams—who died recently.- Drinking plenty of water may help us take longer to get older. Kelly Ann Monahan reports on research regarding the importance of proper hydration as we get up in years.
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
• Creation Moments with Paul Taylor
• Direction with Rubel Shelly
• Encounters with Jesus with Larry Souder
• Family Minute with Brit & Kate Ryan
• First Person with Paul Ladd
• God’s Money with Don White
• God’s Passion for Humanity with Bill Young
• Groundwire with Sean Dunn
• Hope in Conflict with Larry Souder
• Love First—Paul Ladd’s interviews with author Don McLaughlin
• Jim Daly commentary
• Joy of Peacemaking with Larry Souder
• Life Stories with Joe Norris
• Paradoxes with Bill Steensland
• Profiles of the New Testament with Bob Borquez
• Profiles of the Old Testament with Royce Kessler
• Promises with Royce Kessler
• Questions that Deserve Answers with Larry Souder
• Refiner’s Fire with Paul Ladd
• The Big Picture with Steve Diggs
• The God Who Makes Himself Known with Bill Young
• The Good Book with Greg Taylor
• The Journey with Greg Taylor
• Today’s News & the Good News with Doug Poling
• Unforgettable Conversations with Larry Souder
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