Local Radio Host Recognized For Outstanding Support
December 3, 2014
Felix Viera, host of ‘Hablando En Serio’ on 1120 WPRX AM La Puertorriquenisima, in Berlin, is presented with a Walk MS appreciation plaque from Jacqueline Sembor, of the National MS Society, Connecticut Chapter. WPRX 1120 AM La Puertorriqueñisima was founded to fulfill the immediate needs of the Hispanic Community in the Connecticut area. The station’s signal reaches more than 300,000 Hispanics in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Today La Puertorriqueñisima is Connecticut’s best Spanish Radio Station for music, news and community oriented programs. In 2014, Viera and the 1120 AM team signed on as media sponsors for the chapter’s annual Walk MS, recording event PSAs, conducting interviews with people living with MS and providing information to the Spanish-speaking community in Connecticut. Research has demonstrated that MS occurs in most ethnic groups, including African-Americans, Asians and Hispanics/Latinos. The station has signed on again to support the 2015 Walk MS, which will take place over two weekends in April: Saturday, April 18, Sunday April 19, Saturday April 25, and Sunday April 26. For more information on how to get involved with Walk MS, go to www.ctfightsMS.org.
About the Connecticut-Rhode Island Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society
The Connecticut Chapter strives to provide knowledge and assistance to help people with MS and their families maintain the highest possible quality of life. These goals are achieved through vital national and local programs.
About Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are leading to better understanding and moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with at least two to three times more women than men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 2.3 million people worldwide.