"Our best and most popular radio shows are the Mass and the liturgy," said Father Lucas. The stations hold on-air retreats and recollections. They cover national religious celebrations, international Catholic events and papal and Vatican news.
The network provides other news and information, plus music and children's programming. Programming topics include agriculture, the environment, family issues, daily life, and youth-focused discussions.
According to Father Lucas, the network has had a great impact. He recounted the story of a woman living in a remote part of the country who graduated from one of the network's on-air radio school courses in agriculture – and then visited the station to talk about its impact.
"She walked from the mountain to the radio station travelling almost a day, walking, crossing rivers, riding on the back of motorcycles just to reach the town," he reported. "She said without the radio she could never have become a good farmer, learned how to take care of her animals, known the prices of her product and have had many friends on the airwaves."
"She goes to Mass listening to the radio station and listens to the podcasts, Bible discussions, entertainment and life values," the priest said.
The radio station hadn't realized its influence in the lives of the people who live in remote areas, where the radio was, in Fr. Lucas' words, "their window to the wide world beyond the mountains."