A movie he saw, along with his Christian faith, inspired him to look into old murder cases that many thought to be unsolvable. Award-winning author Jerry Mitchell’s investigative journalism led to the perpetrators’ arrests years after the crimes were committed. The victims were leaders in the American civil rights movement of the 1960’s.
Mr. Mitchell just published a book recounting his experiences titled A Race Against Time, with a forward by fellow author John Grisham. And he shared these experiences with Paul Ladd. Paul’s interview with Mr. Mitchell will run for five consecutive Mondays on Your New Life Station, starting March 16.
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 March, Your New Life Station’s listeners will hear new music from Billie Eilish, BTS, Justin Bieber, 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 Jonathan McKee and Kristin Smith of Focus on the Family provide Plugged-in reviews of the latest movies, music, and computer games.
In March—they’ll rate, for family friendliness, the movie The Call of the Wild. They’ll also rate the pop tunes “Intentions” by Justin Bieber featuring Quavo, “Nice to Meet Ya” by Meghan Trainor and “Only the Young,” by Taylor Swift.
Upcoming Reports for March 2020
- Antarctica experienced its highest temperature ever recorded. Kelly Ann Monahan reports.
- Tests show your body absorbs sunscreen. Should you stop using it? Kelly Ann reports about that, too.
- And Kelly Ann reports about the successful restart of the Voyager 2 space probe—from almost 12 billion miles across the solar system.
- Kobe Bryant was a successful businessman as well as super basketball player.
Marcy Bryan reports about his activities off the court. - A new computer app has been employed to help save Indonesia’s forests. Marcy reports about that, too.
- Marcy also recounts this year’s Oscar winners, and she reports about efforts by businesses to fight the coronavirus.
- The 75-year-old man wondered why no one had called him. He found out when he took a stroll through the local graveyard. Doug Poling reports.
- And Doug reports about wealthy people, including Bill and Melinda Gates, who’ve put their wealth to good use. He also reports about a 102-year-old man who just recently retired.
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
- Author’s Journal with Wesley Paine
- 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 Steve Maganelles
- God’s Passion for Humanity with Bill Young
- Groundwire with Sean Dunn
- Hope in Conflict with Larry Souder
- 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
- Unexpected Gifts with Bob Borquez
- Unforgettable Conversations with Larry Souder
