"This is Lynessa, and you're listening to KJNN-LP Holbrook 94.7 FM." The time is four o'clock, and a booming voice says, "'Your Story Hour' is on!"
Adults and children are kept on the edge of their seats with stories from "Your Story Hour" by Uncle Dan and Aunt Carol. Other inspiring programs, as well as Christian music, are aired on the local low power FM radio station, which began broadcasting in February 2006. It is run by a nonprofit corporation organized by faculty members at the Holbrook Seventh-day Adventist Indian School. The equipment is remotely controlled and runs seven days a week. The station broadcasts at 100 watts and can reach the cities of Holbrook and Joseph City, as well as the reservation north of Holbrook and out 30 miles on Interstate 40.
The station provides an excellent opportunity for Holbrook Indian School students to learn about broadcasting and sound equipment, to record church services for broadcast, and to enter information about daily operations into a log book. Students have been recording station identifications that repeat every hour. Teachers are using it for practical application of subjects taught in the classrooms. The algebra class graphed data from equipment operations. The geometry class took measurements of the studio room and then calculated its volume in order to find the right size air conditioner. The construction class built the studio room with materials donated from the Voice of Prophecy two years ago.
KJNN-LP is based on an educational concept. The programming and music is provided by Radio 74 International. It has many programs for Bible instruction, a program on creation science research, as well as marriage and family life talk shows. Often there are health tips in the form of short commercials explaining how to take care of common medical problems. The station can also provide programs locally to meet the unique needs of the area around Holbrook and the reservation. The children's story at church has been aired twice, and more programs are being recorded. Bible readings in the Navajo language will start airing in the near future.
