A Live Call-in Program Original Air Date: April 13 at 7:00 p.m. CT on NET1 & Simulcast on NET Radio Repeated on... April 15 at 8:00 a.m. CT on NET2 April 17 at 6:00 p.m. CT on NET1 April 18 at 9:00 p.m. CT on NET2

Financial Expert Chris Farrell Answers Financial Questions
on NET Television and Radio

With the current discussion of potential changes to Social Security and timely concerns over increasing credit card debt, many of us have questions about how best to handle our money.

Tune in on Wednesday, April 13, when financial expert Chris Farrell answers your money questions during the live, one-hour call-in "Your Money: A Nebraska Connects Special," airing at 7 p.m. CT (6 MT) on NET1 (formerly the Nebraska ETV Network) and simulcast on NET Radio.

Viewers and listeners are encouraged to call in with questions or comments toll-free to 1-800-676-5446 (472-1212 in Lincoln), or send them via e-mail before or during the live program to neconnects@unl.edu.

Farrell, financial guru for the public radio series "Sound Money," will take questions on fiscal and investment subjects, as well as discuss such topics as "goof-proof investing," the biggest money mistakes and how to avoid them, and the best investments for 2005. Farrell will also talk about what every credit card user should know and how President George Bush's plan for changing Social Security will affect average Americans. NET Radio's Nancy Finken will co-host the program with Farrell.

A telephone bank of volunteers will take questions and comments for use on-air. Videotaped segments from Chris Farrell’s television series Right on the Moneywill provide strategies for getting out of debt and ideas for how to plan a fulfilling retirement on a budget. In addition, an excerpt from President Bush’s visit to Omaha to discuss his plan for Social Security will also be shown.

A taped version of the program will re-air on NET1 Sunday, April 17, at 6 p.m. CT (5 MT), and on NET2 Friday, April 15, at 8 a.m. CT (7 MT) and Monday, April 18, at 9 p.m. CT (8 MT).

Farrell will also participate in an informal presentation/question-and-answer session before students and faculty at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Business Administration, Room 214, on April 13 from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. The UNL event is free and open to the public.

PROGRAM CONTACT: Mel Bucklin, 402-472-9333, ext. 472