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3/2/2010
DIOCESE OF DES MOINES

Bishop's radio show available with KWKY 1150 AM's new online streaming

(March 2, 2010) - KWKY 1150 AM Catholic radio has begun offering online streaming of its weekday shows including "In the Heartland With Bishop Pates," an hour-long discussion each Friday featuring Des Moines Bishop Richard Pates, co-host Dr. Tom Neal and guests, both locally and nationally known, discussing issues of the day.

The show, carried live, can be found at www.KWKY.com or 1150AM in the Des Moines area and www.KVSS.com or 102.7 FM in the Omaha area.

Bishop Pates began broadcasting his weekly show last spring. Dr. Neal is the director of the St. Joseph Educational Center in West Des Moines, which assists Des Moines-area parishes with adult faith formation efforts.

Upcoming guests on "In the Heartland With Bishop Pates" are:

This Friday, March 5 - Rabbi David Kaufman, of Temple B'Nai Jeshurun and Mark Finkelstein, of the Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines.

March 12 - Tom Moreland on the Knights of Malta

March 19 - Retired U.S. Army Gen. William Burns, who was involved in negotiating the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), on nuclear disarmament
The Diocese of Des Moines includes 82 parishes in 23 counties in central and southwest Iowa.

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(Contact: Anne Marie Cox, 515-237-5057)