English: Living with Covid — October 2020 – World Christian Broadcasting

The unpredictability of Covid 19 continues as does the pandemic. And it creates an odd mixture of encouraging and discouraging news. As of this writing—U.S. President Donald Trump was among those infected. And his infection has added to the uncertainty of the U.S. election. There’s little likelihood of a widely-available vaccine any time soon. And the question of who gets the vaccine first is stirring controversy.

Your New Life Station will continue to provide helpful information as we get it. 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.

In October, Your New Life’s Station’s listeners will hear new music from The Banners, Calvin Harris & the Weeknd, David Guetta & Sia, Dermot Kennedy, For King & Country featuring Tori Kelly and Kirk Franklin, Marshmello & Demi Lovato, and Sam Smith.

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 October—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 October 2020

In 2012, she was shot and seriously wounded for advocating education for girls. Malala Yousafzai has now graduated from Oxford. Doug Poling reports.
Would you like to get paid for doing nothing? Doug reports on “idleness grants” that are being offered to students Germany.
And Doug reports about an elderly man who was arrested for driving a golf cart while drunk. He blamed—who else—Donald Trump.
You can visit the home of North America’s tallest peak during the colder months.
Denali National Park in Alaska has extended its season. Kelly Ann Monahan reports.
Phosphine is a gas produced by processes associated with life. And phosphine has been discovered on Venus. What does this mean? Kelly Ann reports about that, too.
Kelly Ann also reports about Facebook’s enforcement of its guidelines. And she delivers a report about sales of vinyl records that may surprise you.
Kelly Ann reports that Wal Mart is experimenting with drones for package delivery. And Marcy Bryan reports on other ways Wal Mart and Amazon compete—including Amazon’s increasing interest in brick-and-mortar locations.
At a time when Covid is causing many businesses to go out of business, Payless Shoes is making a comeback. Marcy reports about that, too.
Who would drink Sweat and eat onion-flavored Chex cereal? Marcy has the answers.
And Marcy remembers Chadwick Boseman’s life, career and charitable work—described as “next level good.”
It’s all about love. Paul Ladd and author Don Laughlin discuss the state of humankind on Love First.

A Message to Live

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