San Francisco, Cebu – Central Visayas’ youngest Nutriskwela Community Radio Network Program DYNH 99.1 Radyo Kalampusan celebrated its third anniversary.
The event was held on 26 November 2022 through a Nutriskwela Radio Caravan were members of the Community Radio Council (CRC), station anchors and staff, and LGU representatives visit all 15 barangays in San Francisco.
The caravan was followed by an anniversary event at the Barangay Union Covered Court, San Francisco, Cebu. Attended by more than a hundred participants from all over Camotes Island, the celebration highlighted the official presentation of all the station anchors behind every successful program of the station as well as the first-ever Radyo Kalampusan Singing Battle of which 12 finalists from all over Camotes Island took part.
In a message delivered by San Francisco Municipal Executive Assistant Ms. Adrienne A. Arquillano, Municipal Mayor Hon. Aly A. Arquillano extended his gratitude to all the people behind the success of the radio station. “I remember, we officially launched the station in heavy rain. All of us were unsure whether we can sustain this project. But look at us now! Celebrating our 3rd year of broadcast. No typhoon or pandemic was able to stop us. Instead, we used the station to continually disseminate the needed and up-to-date information in our locality.”, said Mayor Arquillano.
The event highlighted the oath-taking of the new set of CRC officials and awarding of plaques and certificates of recognition to selected program staff who served as pillars of the station’s achievements.
The National Nutrition Council and the Municipality of San Francisco collaborated to establish and maintain Radyo Kalampusan since 2019. Radyo Klamaposan is part of Phase VI of the Nutriskwela Community Radio Network Program.
Since its establishment in 2019, Radyo Kalampusan continue to successfully perform its mandate of empowering communities through the dissemination of correct and up-to-date nutrition and health information as well as educational and developmental information from all relevant sectors of the community, government, and non-government organizations to all its 15 barangays and neighboring municipalities in the island. Indeed, living up to its name “kalampusan” which means successful in our Cebuano dialect. // DMO II Norre Jean V. delos Santos
