The new millennium is no longer new. It’s 20 years old.
To some, the 80’s and 90’s may seem like they were just yesterday. Compact discs came along in 1982. And Your New Life Station has played the best music of the 20th Century’s closing decades. In the process, we, like all music lovers, have graduated from CD’s to downloads. We gave away our collection of vinyl albums about 10 years ago. And please don’t tell anyone about our collection of CD’s. Shhhh!
But time passes. And earliest of the 80’s music is now 40 years old. So it’s time to give more time to music of the 21st Century.
It’s not that we don’t love the 80’s and 90’s. We do. After all, Your New Life Station went on the air in 1983 using the call letters of our Alaska transmitting station KNLS. In addition to KNLS, we now have an additional transmitting station in the region of the southern Indian Ocean.
But it’s time to give newer music the airtime it’s due. So our music format will now consist of today’s best music. We’ll continue to play today’s chart-topping hits, along with recent oldies, and selections from the 2010’s and 2000’s.
If you’ve just got to have your music of the 80’s and/or 90’s—once a month—just for you—we’ll have two “throwback” English Hours–one playing the 80’s and one playing the 90’s.
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 January, Your New Life Station’s listeners will hear new music from Billie Eilish, Meduza, Becky Hill & Goodboys, Harry Styles, Lewis Capaldi, and The Weeknd.
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 Bob Waliszewski of Focus on the Family provides Plugged-in reviews of the latest movies, music, and computer games.
In January—Bob will rate, for family friendliness, the movies Jumanji: The Next Level, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and the songs “Orphans” by Coldplay, “Don’t Start Now,“ by Dua Lipa, along with Lana Del Rey’s NFR album, and Miranda Lambert’s Wild Card album.
Upcoming Reports for January 2020
- Should you worry about developing cancer if you dye your hair? Kelly Ann Monahan reports.
- Kelly Ann also reports about the benefits of intermittent fasting—that is—going without food for short periods of time.
- Is watching Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hazardous for people with epilepsy? Marcy Bryan reports.
- Sandra the orangutan is back home, Nestle has sold its ice cream business, and UPS has started delivering packages via drone. Marcy Bryan reports on these stories as well.
- And Marcy reports about the untimely death of rap artist Juice Wrld and about China’s wealthy citizens.
- An Indonesian imam was oppressively tough on people who cheated on their spouses. Then he got caught with a woman who’s not his wife. Doug Poling tells us what happened next.
- Doug also reports on a $29 million painting that almost ended up in the trash.
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
- Bible Archaeology, Proofs from the Earth with Bill Humble
- Creation Moments with Paul Taylor
- Family Minute with Brit 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
- Life Stories with Joe Norris
- Living with Conflict with Greg Taylor
- Paradoxes with Bill Steensland
- 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
- 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
