Engineers speak in a voice that will be heard 'round the world

Emily M. Smith
ASME NEWS

Beginning this month, engineers talking about the impact of their profession on the world at large will be featured internationally on public radio stations.

So far, three major radio stations — two with global audiences — and nine smaller ones have agreed to air the segments in which the value of engineering is explained.

Stations airing the "Voices of Innovation" program include Armed Forces Radio, which has signed on to air the program three times a day beginning on Labor Day. The station transmits by satellite all over the world to the U.S. armed forces.

Voice of America, which also transmits globally, will air the "Voices of Innovation" segment either six times a day during a new morning show that is slated to begin in mid-September, or will air every other hour, at the top of the hour.

The largest of the local stations is REN in Seattle. Other stations are WEPS-FM, Elgin, Ill., which will air the program at 7:15 a.m., Monday-Friday; WHAG, Hagerstown, Md., 8:20 a.m., Monday-Friday; KENW and KMTH, Portales, N.M.; WLGI-FM, Hemingway, S.C., which plans to broadcast the program two to three times per day; KNTU, Denton, Texas; KUOM, Minneapolis; KEOM, Mesquite, Texas; Golden Hours Radio, Portland, Ore., and WMPH, Wilmington, Del.

During the first month, many of the programs will focus on the first anniversary of September 11.

At press time, the voices of nearly 90 engineers were ready to be broadcast in the "Voices of Innovation" program. Interviews, which are being done continually, may result in as many as 25 new programs being available each month. A Web site is also being explored.

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