Cebu City -- 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. In Central Visayas, there are three (3) existing community radio stations. These are the DYNE (FM 97.5), DYNO (FM 98.5), and DYNH (FM 99.1). The DYNE known as Radyo Kahimsug is located in the municipality of Barili Cebu. This is managed by CTU- Barili School officials. The DYNO (FM 98.5 MHz) is named Radyo Kaigsoonan in Zamboanguita Negros Oriental which is being managed by their local government unit. The DYNH (FM 99.1 mHz) known as Radyo Kalampusan is in San Francisco Camotes, Cebu and managed by their local government.

Adapting to the new normal, and to assess achievement of program objectives, NNC 7 conducts semestral monitoring of the three radio stations. This is to ensure and monitor the maintenance of equipment being used and provide needed technical assistance to further improve the features and functions of the programs.

On 28th of September 2021, the 2nd-semester online monitoring of the NCRNP has been conducted in the three radio stations in Central Visayas. The stations' managers and radio personnel were able to provide updates on their equipment and shared the challenges they encountered. The monitoring closed with each station representatives sharing their success stories and appreciated the relevance of the roles they play especially in these trying times being the source of news and information by the general public. // NO I Mary Bliss Joy P. Iguana, RND