Here s Help Radio Network ISSUES / PROGRAMS LIST

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1 Executive Summary, 2012 Here s Help Radio Network ISSUES / PROGRAMS LIST 2012 Throughout 2012, as represented in this first quarter report, the Here s Help Radio Network (HHRN) 1 will continue its decades-long mission to advocate for the rights, dignity, and comfort of poor and homeless individuals, to encourage care for one another and God s Creation, and to share the good news of Jesus Christ through its radio programming. In particular, HHRN s programming will focus on the specific current needs of the homeless and downtrodden in Saint Louis and throughout Mid-America, informing the public about potential discriminatory practices, and about the struggles of those still reeling from the Great Recession and its so-called recovery. Further programming informs listeners about what they can do to help those in need, what New Life Evangelistic Center is already doing, and what they, and the public at large, can do to ease the burden of rising energy costs through sustainable living techniques. ISSUES/PROGRAMS LIST First Quarter Report 2011 DATE: Jan 3, 2012 & 3:30pm Energy Fair. In this program listeners participate in a renewable energy expo, learning from advocates new advances in renewable energy technology and how it is much safer for the environment. 1 Here s Help Radio Network includes the following AM and FM stations: KMRF-AM 1510 in Marshfield, MO; KKLL-AM 1100 in Webb City, MO; WINU-AM 870 in Shelbyville, IL; KKLO-AM 1410 in Leavenworth, KS; KNLG-FM 90.3 in New Bloomfield, MO ; KNLQ-FM 91.9 in Cuba, MO; KNLM-FM 91.9 in Marshfield, MO; KNLH-FM 89.5 in Cedar Hill, MO; KNLP-FM 89.7 in Potosi, MO; KBIY-FM 91.3 in Van Buren, MO; KBPB-FM 91.9 in Harrison, AK; WCBW-FM 89.7 in East. St. Louis, IL; and KNLN-FM 90.9 in Vienna, MO. The Issues and Programs represented here are aired on all station.

2 DATE: Jan 5, 2012 Rev Rice asks the community at large to take part in helping the needy and homeless at this time, and describes ways that individuals, churches and organizations can help. DATE: Jan 10, 2012 TIMES: Listeners learn from this program about the power and promise of magnetic energy, and its application and uses for motors and producing electricity. DATE: Jan 12, 2012 TIMES: This program describes solar energy power and compares it with the cost of being on the electric grid. Hosts also discuss how solar power may also be used as a back up system. DATE: Jan 17, 2012 TIMES: This show s hosts interview people in need at the NLEC shelter in St Louis about the various problems facing the homeless on the streets of St Louis. 2

3 DATE: Jan 19, 2012 TIMES: A further discussion of electro-magnetic energy its theory, history and uses in today s world. DATE: Jan 24, 2012 Rev. Larry Rice talks to women that have success stories, they were once homeless but now have jobs. DATE: Jan 26, 2012 Facing hard times. The economic needs for this ministry and others have become more intense. We need to focus more on the Lord to rely on him. Rev. Rice discusses how this hard task can be accomplished, and describes how NLEC still remains open for the needy. DATE: Jan 31, 2012 In this program, Rev. Rice honors the generous spirit of volunteers, using as an example the great work done by volunteers at NLEC. 3

4 DATE: Feb 2, 2012 This show highlights how even people with low incomes can save energy and water in their home use. DATE: Feb 7, 2012 Innocent and Executed. Discussing the possible innocence of those on death row and what should be done to insure the guilt of those on death row with today s forensic sciences. DATE: Feb 9, 2012 A Program on alternatives to high utility bills. Interviews with people who came into St Louis/NLEC for utility help. DATE: Feb 14, 2012 Interviewing people in need at the NLEC Shelter in St Louis about the various problems facing the homeless on the streets of St. Louis. 4

5 DATE: Feb 16, 2012 Rev. Larry Rice talks about how volunteers can make a difference in bettering the lives of the poor and homeless. DATE: Feb 21, 2012 A program focusing on people with cancer. Listeners are offered information on alternative ways of coping and possibly overcoming this condition. DATE: Feb 23, 2012 This show interviews veterans about the war in Iraq and how it is affecting veterans in St. Louis, Missouri. DATE: Feb 28, 2012 NLEC ministers in the park, interviewing those in need and assisting them with their utility bills from St Louis and surrounding areas. 5

6 DATE: March 1, 2012 Rev. Larry Rice at NLEC interviewing those that have received much needed help, and informing the public about what needs remain. DATE: March 6, 2012 Interviewing trainees in NLEC s 2 year program about what it means to be off the street and taking on a new opportunity. DATE: March 8, 2012 A Program discussing solar cookers/cooking with Barbara Kerr interviewed in Taylorville, AZ about her solar wall oven in addition to other cookers she has built. DATE: March 13, 2012 Interviewing people in need at the NLEC Shelter in St Louis about the various problems facing the homeless on the streets of St. Louis. 6

7 DATE: March 15, 2012 Joplin still recovering from the May 22 tornado. We have remained there. Listeners are given an overview of the damage, the recovery, and the continued need. DATE: March 20, 2012 Belleville Homeless. The city of Belleville has shut down shelters. Oters are forced to rely on NLEC for assistance. DATE: March 22, 2012 The new faces of poverty. A look at how people are becoming homeless. NLEC helps to meet those needs. DATE: March 23, 2012 Bio-diesel fuel station on Highway 70, offers bio-diesel blends at cheaper prices than anywhere else on HWY 70. Keeping and creating jobs in the United States. 7

8 DATE: March 26, 2012 NLEC explores the job discrimination at the Saint Louis Public Library. Protestors are gathered around the library posting the unfair hiring practices of the company doing the renovation. DATE: March 30, 2012 In this episode, men who are involved in the Men s 30 day program at NLEC describe their lives, their trials, and the new path they are on with NLEC. 8