The program named ‘English Funky Afternoon’. The duration was 2 hours including KGRE. We present the program as simple and as light as possible. We use teenagers style to broadcast, but we don't limit the listeners who is willing to join/call. Before broadcasting, we usually prepare certain topic to discuss and also script to anticipate if we are speechless. We also accept poems from listeners by letter, we also give information and tips in English, usually we give information about music, or profiles of foreign singers. The callers may send their best regard to their friends or request song to play by calling at 4720362 or by SMS.

Fadel — Mataram

Fadel is the leader of the very active Alfa English Club (KGCC #013)

He is also the English language presenter on both of RRI's English languag einteractive programs in Mataram. Fadel works hard helping students to practise and study their English. Listen to Fadel every frdiay and Sunday nights on RRI Mataram.

Jack and Nada

On November 12th, 2004, Jack and Nada began their ‘Talk To Me’ radio program on RRI Mataram. It has become a very successful program in Lombok. At a Listeners' Meeting on April 29th, around 150 listeners met at RRI Mataram for a farewell party for Jack and Nada. Sad to say, they left Indonesia in May. Luckily a young Aussie has taken over the show. Violet Rish, an Australian Youth Ambassador for Development, began working with Jack and Nada before they left RRI Mataram. Good luck to Jack and Nada for the future and special thanks to them both for their enthusiasm and interest in KGRE. Thanks for volunteering guys!

Danielle and Emma — Jombang

Suara Warga, SURGA FM is a small community based radio serving the needs of urban poor and activist and student communities in Jombang.

We aim to provide a community service by raising issues of poverty and development with poor communities and social organizations. We invite community members and government representatives together to mediate discussion of relevant issues, government policies and societal needs.

We broadcast on 107.7 from 3pm until midnight. We have a mainly volunteer staff base with some paid positions.

KGRE in Jombang — 2006

Jojo Jumba – Palu

It was my good moment to be able doing live on air program with The Captain of Kang GURU Kevin Dalton last August 2005 in Palu over Pro2 FM and it’s hard to believe that I could do that with him. At least dream comes true. Ever since I wrote my first letter through email some five years ago and knowing Kevin Dalton and Kang GURU in deep relation even more is also my other pride side story. I should thank KGRE for its chance letting this happened.

As I now work in RRI Palu, it brings new things and more challenges especially dealing with the Indonesian Government Radio. I start orking here in early January 2003 and everything begins here particularly. RRI Palu has three-FM channels — Pro1, Pro2, and Pro3. These FM channels have their own devoted listeners and it is basically more focus on to the segment I reckon and I am extremely happy to talk about Pro2 especially the English Chat Program that I host for over a year.

Pro2 FM, 105 Pro2 FM is one of the RRI Palu important channels beside two other channels as they mentioned above. Long before RRI rent out this channel to private business outside from RRI management, Pro2 has been on air. It was then Ari Wowor a private businessman officially started regular program for a year on 24th September 2001, soon as he stopped the contract and afterwards RRI management until now directly controls it. Pro2 FM is segmented for teenagers, university students and young professional and to make people's appreciation through the radio programs offered. The target object program covers Palu municipality and local neighborhood regions which are able to catch the signal clearly — Donggala, Parigi Moutong and some areas in Poso. The Vision and Mission of Pro2 FM is to make RRI as the professional public broadcast institution throughout its daily programs. Mrs. Hj.Netty Soriton is the in charge person for Pro2 F, and she is very responsive and communicative manager especially when it talks about programs in routine meeting with all crew-formal or informal one.

English Chat The program is an English live interactive. It was actually started last year February 2004. It's on every Sunday afternoon at 16.00 - 17.00 PM. Listeners address their opinion relating to the topic that is being discussed between the radio announcer and the special guess speaker. If they don't have any easy access to grab the given topic they can also tell about something else, perhaps the announcer can ask some other things that might be known well by them and get them talking freely and have information as many as possible — schools, family, work placement, English studying experience, and local issues. These are also bringing some new ideas for other listeners to get information from the real resource. If they are already brave enough they straight away call the radio, if they are too lazy and very shy to talk, sending SMS to radio mobile number would be just fine and radio announcer read out the message they have delivered.

Ririn and Ulfa — Kediri

We'll received your email and a lot of thanks for you. Of course I like to join with Presenters Network, to share everything in English Interactive (Topics, etc). And I really appreciate if KGRE gives that chance for me. Just for information, I have a program, named BES (Bonansa English Show) every Tuesday. For the first time this program start at 8 until 9 pm. 20 minutes for KGRE's Topic and 40 for interactive with the topic had related with KGRE's. But now, we start it at 7.30 until 9 pm, because we have more callers and messages from listeners, so we decide to gave them more time. I always discuss with 2 permanent guess stars (Mrs. Dyani and Mark Avery) before start the topic. An hour we had for interactive always not enough for all callers. So that's why I realy want to join with this network, I want to make my listeners more interesting in English. They make some English Clubs and I have Bonansa English Forum here. All of that base on Bonansa English Show. Sometimes if Mark can't broadcast, I try to invite one of English Teacher in Kediri (From High School or Lectures). Sometimes we have a guest who was an English Teacher (foreigner).

And I hope my listeners already make a contact with KGRE, for asking magazine and information. Thank you for your email mrs. Ogy, also all merchandises from KGRE. It makes my listeners more interested to listen KGRE in Bonansa English Show.

Thats all my description of my English Interactive program here.

Sophie Fanumbi — Jayapura

My name is Sophie Fanumbi. I was born in Sentani, October 23 1981. I'm a student of English Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Cenderawasih University at the 9th semester. That's why right now I take PPL (Practice Teaching) at SMK N 2 Jayapura (SMEA). I'm also an English Teacher of UPT Bahasa UNCEN. I have been a member of KGRE since I was in Malang in the year 2000 when Mr Kevin, Project Manager of KGRE, visited RRI Malang at that time. I registered myself to be a member of KGRE and after that I always receive Kang GURU magazine regularly. In 2001, I went to Papua because I was accepted in UNCEN so that I tried to stay tuned on KGRE program in PRO 2 FM, RRI Jayapura. On September 2004 because I was so interested on Interactive English Program as some of my friends did in Malang, therefore I contact Pro 2 FM and Thanks God, a week later the Coordinator of Pro 2 FM asked me to present that program. I called it “JEV” (Jayapura English Voice) broadsast every Sunday, at 7-9 PM on 90,1 MHz, Pro 2 FM. The Best Radio station in town because I bet that this is the one and only attractive English Program here in Papua. Sometimes I invite some guests to present that Program. For example English Department Students of UNCEN, UNICEF, etc.

There are many loyal listeners who always join “JEV”. Sometimes we have quiz also, I really love this program considering that English is very important in Papua at the moment especially as the second language for Education in 2010.

To let you know one of the interesting part to present my interactive English program is by presenting a quiz. Many Listeners are eager to join the quiz because they want to practice their English directly and automatically they wanna get the prize. Of course so far we got all of them from KGRE. Thanks a million for the great cooperation. Last but not least, I do appreciate for the best work of KGRE Team. It really help me much.

Every Monday at 20.00 wita on 98,3 FM Contrend Radio.
Program Telp. (0414) 21695

Donna — Ponorogo

I have been broadcasting a weekly Interactive English program called “Sunday English Show” (SES) on Romansa 99.9 FM Ponorogo for almost 2 years. At the beginning, it was not easy to socialize an Interactive English program in a small town like Ponorogo where not many people especially young generation, courageous enough to speak English, but as a presenter (and also an English lover) I insisted on having this program broadcasted in this town in order to make the youth accustomed to, at least, listening to a ‘real’ English conversation, as English is the international language which is very important for their future.

The duration of Sunday English show is 90 minutes since we have now KGRE's program, we allocate 20 minutes of SES duration for KGRE program. Now the program runs very well especially after it is supported by KGRE and I would be very pleased if you can assist me in further developing that program.

I am really eager to join KGRE's Interactive Program Presenters' (English) network. And I am definitely sure that there will be a lot of benefit that I, as an English lover and English presenter, and my station can gain by joining the network.

Every Sunday at 16.00 WITA on FM 103.2MHz

Tri Ristiana — Malang

RRI provides one hour for the English program every Sunday morning from 8.30 to 9.30 am. The first 20 minutes is for KGRE cassette package played and the rest is for the interactive one. Lately, I use 1 hour for only interactive in the case that the cassettes are late sent from Bali, or it can be to 10.00 am if there's a sudden schedule change RRI makes.

I am, who's writing this profile, the only presenter of KGRE at RRI Malang. I've been the part-timer since July 2003. It was the very first time KGRE broadcast in RRI Malang. So, it's almost three years to now.

As a single broadcaster, I prepare all myself. From preparing the cassette package, selecting the songs, inviting a guest and choosing a topic for the interactive. Since I am only a part-timer, I rare go to RRI but Sundays when it's my time to bring KGRE to the listeners. And it's only one to two hours there.

So, what do I do with the program? The aim is of course to encourage everyone to learn English especially in speaking. But I think it will be useless if the callers and I only speak here and there without any conclusion or something that I always call ‘new knowledge’. Thus I bring different topic every Sunday. It cannot be any topic of course. You know, the listeners are varied from different religion, race, educational background, age, and female or male. That's the reason I am trying my best not giving topic which possibly offends somebody, or a group of people (Indonesian are so sensitive lately). But it cannot also be that simple. Once I gave a topic about ‘How to Improve Our English’, nobody called. The point is I have to be creative. I read a lot, listen a lot, browse the internet, keep up with what happens in Indonesia and in the world lately, and of course be alert with what the listeners want.

The Sunday before Mr. Kevin came, it was close to Valentine's Day. Did I bring Valentine's Day as the topic? The answer is NO! There are some reasons why I didn't pick it.

I did a small survey by myself, asked some friends how they see Val's day. I was so surprised, that some believe that it's prohibited in Islam. Well, to be honest I am a Moslem but I didn't know that some of us stay far away from Val's day. Now, I know that not everyone celebrates Valentine, even only agrees to celebrate. Then I decided that ‘Valentine Day’ should not be on-air. It came to my mind that I had to change the topic to ‘If you are given chance, what is the best gift for your beloved person?’ (I wished someone would relate it to Val's day). Thank God, it worked! I was surprised for the second time; every time before the callers ended up their calls, I asked them if they celebrated Val's day, the answer was always the same, NO. Some even added that it's a westerners' culture and giving best gift, it had no relationship with the day.

Alan — Persada FM Blitar

My name is Agus M. Setiawan, S.S. but my nickname on air is Mr Alan. I was recruited to host English Interactive program after Persada FM made cooperation with Kang GURU Radio English (KGRE) to broadcast KGRE program. I worked with three hosts before i.e. Mrs Lisa Dorothy (from South Africa), Mr Huda and Ms Icha. But since last year I became the only host for the program because Ms Lisa moved to Surabaya, Ms Icha moved to another division of the radio organization and Mr Huda studied overseas.

In April 2005 we offered the English teachers of junior and senior high schools in Blitar with ‘Students In Studio’ (SIS) program. With this program teachers were asked to send their students who have good English to be ‘guest’ or ‘co-host’ the interactive program. It got very good response and it seems there is competition among schools to prove that they are the best in training students in getting better English proficiency.

Kang GURU Radio English with its information about Australia, Aussie language and culture, scholarship and experiences of people who join the scholarship, also great success stories of public figures such as Indonesian artists, TV presenters, etc. give listeners of SIS program stimulation to be the same at least through their capabilities in speaking English.

James B. Dalige

Civil Servant Dinas DIKNAS - Kab. Minahasa Utara and Radio Announcer (Pro 1 RRI Manado)
Date/Place Of Birth : Laikit, April 9th 1975
Address : Laikit, Jaga I Kecamatan Dimembe, Kabupaten Minahasa, Sulawesi Utara, 95373.
Starting Date of Broadcasting English Program - at RRI Manado : November 1st 2003.
Latest Education : Seminarium Augustinianum, Tomohon.
Hobbies are Singing, Music and Movies
Marital Status : Single.

Wibowo and Rani - Medan

My name's Saptari Wibowo. I am the head of Medan English Speaking-Club (MES-C) KGCC #50. Our club has been linked with KGRE for more than six years, starting from 2001. I am also active as the English interactive presenter on RRI Medan (PRO 1) 94.3 FM broadcasting AFTERNOON CHAT on wednedays, at 16.20 till 17.00. Afternoon Chat broadcasts on Wednesdays after KGRE shows. I and Rani (official announcer of RRI) work hand in hand to help people in my area confident to use English, especially when I am on air with her. This interactive shows has been on air for almost nine months, starting in January. There have also lots of activities I have done with our club members, especially students. Though we sometimes encounter some technical matters, but we still run our activities in Medan. I am proud of being one of the KGRE's champions cause it's one of the most unforgettable achievements presented by KGRE. I could hardly believe how it could be. KGRE has been one of the most responsive organization helping people be confident and active with their English

Thanks KGRE, wishing this good networks continue in the future times.

My GSM no is 0813 611 99 7 22
My CDMA no is 061 77 67 6321

Hobbies are watching news on Metro TV, surfing the Net, especially KGRE, and organizing the events in Medan.