City of Ilagan, Isabela – Adapting to the new normal, and to assess achievement of program objectives, NNC R02 conducted quarterly monitoring on Radyo Kalugaran last 23 February 2022. This is to monitor and ensure the maintenance of equipment used and provide needed technical assistance to further improve the features and functions of the programs.

During the online monitoring of the Radyo Kalugaran, it was found out that the 300 watts transmitter is defective and currently using 100 watts transmitter with lesser reached.

The station manager and radio personnel were able to provide updates on the status of equipment being used and shared the challenges they encountered. Each station representative shared his/her success stories and appreciated the relevance of the roles they play  in the operations of the station especially in these trying times on being the source of news and information by the public.

As part of its intervention to address the problem of hunger and malnutrition using radio, the most available form of mass media, the National Nutrition Council has initiated the Nutriskwela Community Radio Network Program (NCRNP).

The program aims to empower the community through the dissemination of correct, relevant, and up-to-date nutrition and health information, as well as educational and developmental information from all relevant sectors of the community, government agencies, and non-government organizations.

The NCRP involves the setting up of non-profit, non-partisan community radio stations and the training of broadcast personnel in areas of the country with high malnutrition prevalence and which do not have easy access to commercial broadcast media.  ###John Nestor L. Ballad