Greg Kintz

New Program on Radio Baha’i: 2goodHEALTH4life

Greg KintzOctober 8, 2012

Host Amy Edmunds recording one of the interviews.

Do you think that a stroke can only happens among the elderly? Listen on Tuesday to the first edition of 2goodHEALTH4life to learn how stroke is, in fact, multi-generational as Host Amy Edmunds introduces you to Carolinians who experienced stroke as infants, young adults and the elderly. This program unfolds their personal devastation imposed by stroke.

2goodHEALTH4life is hosted by Executive Producer, Amy Edmunds, Lecturer of Health Promotion at Coastal Carolina University and Founder of YoungStroke, Inc., a local non-profit organization; and is produced by the Caught on Tape Productions team of Carole O’Neill and Jim Eberwein.

Among the featured guests for the first program in this new series are: Nellie Hilton who is from just down the road from the station, and the wife of Radio Baha’i’s Operations Manager, Ernie Hilton; Meredith Harper of Columbia; and Mary Kay Ballasiotes of Charlotte.

Nellie Hilton being interviewed for 2goodHEALTH4life.

2goodHEALTH4life, is a brand a new locally produced program that will debut on Tuesday, October 9th and airs on 90.9 FM at 10:00 am, 7:00 PM, and midnight. It replaces our repeat of the NIH Research Radio program, which will now air on Thursdays only.

The program production team would like to hear from you about your thoughts on the program, both feedback on what you’ve heard, but also questions you’d like to have answered, or suggestions of people that you think they should interview. So, please send them an email, call, or comment on their website, www.2goodhealth4life.com, or on our website, Facebook page, or by email at info@wlgi.org.

The program is produced as both a radio program, and a video podcast. You can view the video at www.2goodhealth4life.com. Or, download the podcast from our website.

Meredith Harper and her mother during the interview.

2goodHEALTH4life will air every Tuesday at 10:00 AM, 7:00 PM, and midnight on Radio Baha’i, 90.9 FM.

Insight on Williamsburg County Strategic Planning

Greg KintzOctober 2, 2012

The unemployment rate in Williamsburg County has hovered around 12 percent in recent years. That’s 16^th highest in the state. Also, this summer the county’s school district received a failing grade on the elementary and middle school end-of-year Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (PASS) test. Those are some of the reasons the county is engaged in a strategic planning process that County Supervisor, Stanley Pasley, and county residents hope will help to bring new industry and jobs to the County and improve the County overall. The County hired a strategic planning firm, Boyette Strategic Advisors, of Little Rock, AR, to lead the development of the plan. Over the past few months, the County has held a town-hall-type “visioning” session during which citizens shared what they’d like to see emphasized in the plan. Residents were also able to offer input online, but that option is no longer available. The first phase of the plan is expected to be ready for review by late October or early November. On the current edition of Insight, Bhakti Larry Hough, interviews Pasley about the strategic planning process.

You can hear Insight every Wednesday and Monday, at 10:00 AM, 7:00 PM and midnight, at 90.9 FM, Radio Baha'i.

Streaming Delayed 4

Greg KintzOctober 2, 20124 Comments

We had hoped to be able to start web streaming the station this month, but we just aren't ready yet. A small staff, rural Internet infrastructure, and some technical problems that developed, meant things didn't move at the pace we had planned. So, we are now targeting November -- no date yet because we still haven't solved our Internet connectivity issues. We will keep you posted. In the meantime, if you are in broadcast range, please keep listening as we make some changes to our music and information programming mix. We would love to have your comments and suggestions.

Insight on Missing Children

Greg KintzSeptember 17, 2012

The U.S. Department of Justice reports that nearly 800,000 children younger than 18 are missing each year in the United States. Many of these children are found safe shortly after they go missing; others are found, but not alive; and yet others are never found. Currently, in South Carolina, 44 children are missing. Some of them have been missing since 1987. In the wake of two high-profile missing children cases in the Columbia area of South Carolina, Bhakti Larry Hough interviews Bob Lowery of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on the the current edition of Insight. Lowery explains some of the reasons children go missing, how parents and guardians can protect children from abduction, and what to do if a child in your care goes missing.

This edition of Insight airs Monday, 9/17 and Wednesday, 9/19 at 10:00 AM, 7:00 PM, and midnight on 90.9 FM.

Insight on Global Mobility

Greg KintzSeptember 10, 2012

The world is becoming more of a global village every day as thousands of people living in one part of the world move to other parts to live and work. For Americans, most of whom trace their heritage to some other place of the globe, this mobility and immigration create the phenomenon of Americans having very close familial, social and professional ties to other people and places in the world. One such place is Haiti. Gabrielle Griggs of Hemingway is a native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, who has lived in the United States for eight years. Griggs’ niece, Nehemie Desulme’, also of Port-au-Prince, is visiting her. On the current edition of Insight, Bhakti Larry Hough interviews the two woman about their dual love of America and their homeland, the anxiety they feel when there are political upheavals or natural disasters that affect their relatives and friends in their native land, and the state of Haiti since the 2010 earthquake that killed thousands of people.

You can hear this program on Radio Baha'i, 90.9 FM, Monday, September 10th, at 10:00 AM, 7:00 PM, and midnight.