He pushed artistic boundaries to the point of changing American culture—and by extension—the culture of the planet. Elvis Presley is the subject of two of Paul Ladd’s interviews for November. One interview is with author Bill O’Reilly, whose latest book Killing the Legends—addresses the way that Elvis, Muhammad Ali, and John Lennon gave up control of their affairs to others—and the ways things ended badly for all three.
Of the three—Elvis was the one who tried to adhere to a faith in Jesus. Elvis’s younger step-brother, Billy Stanley, has written about the faith of Elvis and the faith-based mentoring he received from his really-famous big brother. Billy’s book is titled The Faith of Elvis. Billy visits with Paul Ladd in a four-part interview to run on consecutive Tuesdays—November 8, 15, 22, and 29. Paul’s three-part interview with Bill O’Reilly about Killing the Legends will run on consecutive Fridays—November 4, 11, and 18.
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 November—you’ll hear new music from Shinedown and Taylor Swift.
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 Holz, Jonathan McKee, and Paul Asay of Focus on the Family provide Plugged-in reviews of the latest movies, online games, and TV shows.
Upcoming Reports for November
*She’s best-known for her role as Jessica Fletcher in the TV show Murder She Wrote. Angela Lansbury died recently. She’s remembered by Marcy Bryan.
*The Try Guys are known for their funny videos on You Tube. But one of the guys had to leave the show because he violated his own standards of conduct. Marcy reports about that, too.
*And Marcy reports about future Chinese missions to the moon as the well as America’s Artemis mission.
*Lupus is a crippling disorder that has affected Selena Gomez and Lady Gaga, among others. Kelly Ann Monahan reports on a new therapy.
*Does Mars have a huge pool of liquid water under one of its ice caps? And did life once exist on the red planet? Kelly Ann reports on the latest observations about our planetary neighbor.
* Kelly Ann reports on research that links dementia with oral health.
*And Kelly Ann announces the winner of Alaska’s Fat Bear competition!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:
• Andy Baker’s Prayer Lesson
• Believer’s Hall of Faith with Bill Young
• Creation Moments with Paul Taylor
• Direction with Rubel Shelly
• Encounters with Jesus with Larry Souder
• Eye on Religion with archaeology emphasis with Marcy Bryan
• 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
• Immersed in Life with Greg Taylor
• Jim Daly commentary
• Journeys in Faith with Larry Souder
• Joy of Peacemaking with Larry Souder
• Life Stories with Joe Norris
• Paradoxes with Bill Steensland
• Profiles of the Old Testament with Royce Kessler
• 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
• True Stories of the Bible with Bill Steensland
• Unforgettable Conversations with Larry Souder
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