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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.

 

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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.

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

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Today's edition of Insight looks at the state of children in South Carolina. Program host, Bhakti Larry Hough, interviews Bett Williams, Communications Coordinator for the Children's Trust of South Carolina.

South Carolina ranks 43rd overall for child well-being as compared to other states, according to the 2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book. "We've got a lot of work to do in South Carolina in terms of child well-being," Williams, told Bhakti in the latest edition of Insight.

The 2012 Kids Count Data Book, released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation using a revised and expanded list of indicators, gives an in-depth look at the status of children in South Carolina in comparison to the rest of the nation.

Indicators were placed into four domains:

  1. Economic Well-Being
  2. Education
  3. Health
  4. Family and Community

"With the expanded list of indicators, increasing from 10 to 16, and framed into four domains, the state can better examine and more fully understand what it is doing well for children and where it can do better, Williams said.

South Carolina's highest ranking is under economic well-being with a rank of 34. Of particular concern, is the 23 percent increase in children whose parents lack secure employment and the 13 percent increase in children living in poverty since 2005. This means that one in every four children (278,000) children live in poverty. For a family of four, this equates to a household income of $23,050 or less. Research indicates that on average families need incomes at twice the poverty level ($46,100) to cover normal, expected expenses such as food, housing, childcare, and transportation. In South Carolina, one in every two children lives below this threshold.

The report also gives South Carolina some small rays of hope, especially in education and health, where there is a trend of improvements. There was a 31 percent decrease in children without health insurance, 25 percent decrease in teens who abuse alcohol or drugs, and a 15 percent decrease in the child and teen deaths.

There was also eight percent decrease in the number of children not attending preschool.

The positive numbers are a good sign, Williams said, but they should not give the state a false sense of success because there are far too many children in the state whose futures at risk.

The 2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book with state-by-state rankings and supplemental data is available at http://datacenter.kidscount.org.

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The air conditioner for the transmitter was fixed around 2:00 this afternoon. The station was back on the air at 2:18 PM, at full power.

We are working hard on improving the cooling system for the transmitter to minimize this kind of problem in the future.

We are very, very sorry we were off the air so long (Friday late afternoon to Monday mid-afternoon).

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