Athens Couple to Appear On National Personal Finance Show; Right on the Money! Returns This Week for Its Fourth Season.

Lifestyle Editors & Television/Personal Finance Writers

MINNEAPOLIS & ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2002

From the Depression to Woodstock to the World Wide Web, Baby Boomers have just about seen it all. And with retirement age approaching they're not about to sit back and watch the world turn. Boomers are taking on retirement with their trademark revolutionary attitude demanding a more active mix of opportunities than was available to earlier generations, says the AARP. According to USB Paine Webber, in the next 15 years there will be twice as many 65-year-olds as there are today, and the percentage of Americans over the retirement age will increase from 12% to 20% over the next few decades. In an upcoming segment Right on the Money! meets with Tom and Janet Bolland of Athens, Ohio to explore the new trends in retirement. Though born before the 1940's, the Bollands are Boomers at heart and share the desire to remain active in retirement and maintain an independent lifestyle.

This topic and more will be covered in Season Four of Right on the Money!, a half-hour, national series on public television premiering on WOUB/WOUC this Sunday, April 7th at 11:30am. The Right on the Money! segment featuring the Bollands will air on WOUB/WOUC Sunday, May 12th at 11:30am. Whether you need a financial tool kit or a financial first-aid kit, Right on the Money! provides no-nonsense solutions. The series, hosted by award-winning journalist and financial expert, Chris Farrell, helps viewers become more financially literate by focusing on real life examples of people learning to make smarter money choices. The 2002 season will cover everything from surviving a layoff to updating the home you love.

"The show is about learning how to become more financially literate by organizing your money in ways that bring you closer to the kind of life you want to lead," said Farrell.

The program is produced by Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) with major funding provided by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America.

"Just as Americans must have basic reading and math literacy to navigate successfully in today's world, they also need basic money-management skills," said Farrell. "We empower viewers with information and alternatives so that they can make educated financial decisions."

In addition to hosting Right on the Money!, Farrell also co-hosts a weekly one-hour radio call-in show on personal finance. The program is syndicated to more than 170 public radio markets nationwide. He is a contributor to PBS's Nightly Business Report. Farrell is also contributing economics editor at Business Week Magazine.

Right on the Money! also has a home on the worldwide web at www.rightonthemoney.org.