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Randy Kolesky Danya Mustafa Wykera Skidmore Gahdah Abdelijawad Dan Cron Jason Gonzales Imani Iemanja Lam- Shinenn Nair Keith Smith Tara Abeita Ruby Blue Cruz Paul Gonzales bert Mary Nakigan Stephen Spitz Adam Aguirre Chris Lamont Cyrus Sarah Gallegos Marina LaPalma Peter Nathanson Karl Stalnaker Brandi Ahmie Kabir Daitz Russell Goodman Barry Lauesen Luna Natoli John Steiner Marilyn Altenbach Victor Davarria Carly Granger Mark LeClaire Harry Norton Claude Stephenson Robyn Anderson Jenny DeBouzek Joe Green David Lescht Michael Orgel Katie Stone Miles Anderson Rosemarie DeLeo 7D\ORU*ULIÀQ Glenda Lewis Tim Oswald Norman Strizek Dennis Andrus Scott Denton Maureen Grindell Ali Liddel Robert Ottey Mario Telles Toby Atencio William Delzell Jonathan Guzmán Naomi Lippel Sidsel Overgaard Jerome “Putnay” James Baca Ellen Dornan Wellington Guzmán 3DWWL/LWWOHÀHOG Sebastian Pais Thomas Christina Baccin David Doty Ron Hale Andrew Loerch Mark Pallardy Jerry “Eeyo” Thomp- Bill Baker David Dunaway Louis Head David Lopez Travis Parkin son Jonathan Baldwin Jered Ebenreck Andrew Hebenstreit Linda Lopez McAli- Kent Paterson Ken Tohee Spencer Beckwith Amy Ewing Pamelya Herndon ster David Paytiamo Victor Torres Martin Belgarde Missy Felipe Edwin Herrera Susan Loubet David Percival Maya Key-Towne Jane Blume Alice Fernando-Ahmie Peggy Hessing Scott MacNicholl Salome Perez Anthony “Ijah” Umi Mary Bokuniewicz Damien Flores Cindy Hong Bobb Maestas Christian Pincock Lucio Urbano Eli Brown Dick Fredericksen Josh Horton Greg Markham Guillermina Quiroz Floyd Vasquez Ron Bryan Matt Galindo David House Lucia Martinez Roberta Rael Jason Waldron John Burgund Ignacio Gallegos David Hughes 6RÀD0DUWLQH] Tom Rapisardi Cecilia Webb Derek Cadwell Luna Olavarria Gal- Luke Iha Rachel Maurer Phill Remick Mark Weber Arcie Chapa legos Paul Ingles Don McIver Peter Rice Jonathan Weiss Cecilia Chavez Nathan Girdner Tyler Innis Garrett McDonnell Janet Riley Eli Willard Leo Chinana Craig Goldsmith Mary Ellen Ipiotis Nicholas Meyers Philip Riley Chris Woodworth Rufus Cohen Henry Gonzales Jim Jaffe Peter Mezensky Jena Ritchie Neal Copperman 2 P KUNM 89.9 FM [[[[[ SEPTEMBER 2011 Zounds! is available online at kunm.org. 6RVW&HQWXU\ Rural Broadband: Fed Funding: Out of Fry Pan, Into Fire [3OD\OLVWV By Richard S. Towne, KUNM General Manager Here comes a great big hole I want you to avoid when [3RGFDVWV Congress adjourns to debate (and I use the word loosely) next year’s federal budget – the one that is supposed to fund the federal government starting October 1, 2011. Here is the [:HHN$UFKLYH hole: “Yeah, is okay and all, but right now we just can’t afford it.” Don’t step in that hole. Walk around that hole. Keep walking and don’t even look at that deep dark hole.

$W.81025* Truth be told, right now we can’t be without public broadcasting. There is so much work to be done, by all par- CONTENT: ties, on so many issues. Defunding public broadcasting will Fed Funding...... 3 DFWXDOO\LQFUHDVHWKHDWWHQWLRQGH¿FLWDQGFUHDWHDQLQWROHUDEOH Thank you Arcie Chapa...... 4 debt for civil dialogue and civic engagement. Are we as a Memories (Like the Colors of My Radio).....5 nation ready to walk away from public media that brings us KUNM Program Grid ...... 6 non-commercial, in-depth and diverse points-of-view? Don’t Sarah Gustavus Switching Gears...... 8 step in that hole. Radio Highlights...... 9 Program Underwriters ...... 13 Here is the latest information cross- ing my desk from NPR’s Vice President CONTACT US! for Policy and Representation Mike Riksen. When NPR was formed by member stations, the stations gave NPR a role in representing the public radio system to Congress and the President. Riksen is keeping tabs on federal fund- Business line: (505) 277-4806, ing for public broadcasting. toll-free 1-877-277-4806

Request line: (505) 277-5615, You will see the critical deadline on October 14, 2011 toll-free 1-888-277-5615 when the House and Senate Committees must complete all Member Services: (505) 277-3968, funding recommendations to the Committee. I hope you toll-free1-877-277-4806 will be engaged in this critical budget process by contacting Mailing address: MSC06 3520, Congress well ahead of the October 14 deadline. 1 , Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 You can follow the action and key votes by registering at Email your comments or http://170millionamericans.org/. questions to [email protected]. Your email will be forwarded to the appropriate BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS by Mike Riksen, August staff person. 15, 2011.

3 Continued on Page 4 “Fed Funding” continued from Page 3 “And the names are… ZHHNVRUPRQWKVEH\RQGWKHVWDUWRIWKHQHZ¿VFDO\HDU´ Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), John Kerry (D-MA), Max Baucus (D-MT), Patrick Toomey (R-PA), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), I know you have a vested interest in public broadcasting. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Representatives Fred Upton (R-MI), I encourage you to contact Congress and let your voice be Dave Camp (R-MI), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Xavier Beccera heard. (D-CA), James Clyburn (D-SC) and Chris Van Hollen (D- MD).

Congressional leaders in the House and Senate selected these Members to serve on the Joint Select Committee on Thank you 'H¿FLW5HGXFWLRQ DND6XSHU&RPPLWWHH 7KHFRPPLWWHH LVFKDUJHGZLWK¿QGLQJWULOOLRQLQGH¿FLWFXWVE\1RYHP- Arcie Chapa ber 23rd. Failure to reach an agreement on those cuts, or if Congress rejects their recommendations, would trigger broad From Richard S. Towne, KUNM General Manager cuts across domestic and defense spending. Some important dates linked to the committee are: Congratulations and a massive Thank You to Arcie Chapa. Arcie was recently hired to a fulltime position as Manager of 6HSWHPEHU7KH6XSHU&RPPLWWHHPXVWKROGLWV¿UVWPHHW- Media Services with the University of New Mexico’s Center ing by this date. for Regional Studies. This is a prestigious job at a high-end research and documentary center at UNM. October 14: Last day that standing House and Senate Commit- tees can transmit recommendations to the Super Committee. With her new duties, Arcie is taking leave of her KUNM commitments as host of the KUNM Call-In Show. For the past November 23: The Super Committee must vote on recom- eight years Arcie has been the principal host of this weekly mendations by this date. news program airing live, Thursday mornings from 8-9 on KUNM. The KUNM Call-In Show will now be hosted by December 2: If the Super Committee approves the recom- staff from the KUNM News Department mendations, then they must be submitted to the Administration and congressional leaders. In her new job, Arcie is already in production with several ¿OPGRFXPHQWDULHVLQFOXGLQJD¿OPDERXWSLRQHHUKRUWL- December 23: The House and Senate must take up or down culturalist, Fabian Garcia, votes on the Super Committee bill. also known as “The Father of New Mexico Chile.” January 2: Across the board cuts are triggered if Congress UNM’s Center for Regional does not adopt the Super Committee measure to reduce the Studies (CRS) mission is to GH¿FLWE\DWOHDVWWULOOLRQ foster collaborative projects linking New Mexico and More information on the inner workings of the agreement the Southwest the Ameri- can be found at the Center on Budget Policy and Priorities’ cas, and , and to create fact sheet on across the board cuts if the Joint Committee does new sources of knowledge QRWDFKLHYHDWOHDVWWULOOLRQLQGH¿FLWUHGXFWLRQ about New Mexico and the U.S. – Mexico Borderlands As the Super Committee begins its journey, Congress will region. return to session after Labor Day to continue the FY 12 ap- propriations process. Like 13 of the past 16 years, Congress KUNM looks forward is expected to move an omnibus spending bill later this fall to to working collaboratively HQVXUH¿VFDOIXQGLQJLVLQSODFH7KHFXUUHQW¿VFDO\HDU with Arcie in her new position. You can reach Arcia via e-mail ends on September 30th and Members are already thinking at [email protected]. about how to avoid another partisan showdown or total gov- ernment shutdown. A continuing resolution (CR) is expected to be taken up to keep the government operating for several

4 Memories (Like the Colors of My Radio)

By Mary Oishi, KUNM Development Director Last month, in the run-up to KUNM’s EHHQD¿QDQFLDOVXSSRUWHUIRUPDQ\\HDUV 45th Anniversary this October, I asked for your favorite memories of KUNM. Thanks for being the one place on the music radio dial I can I really appreciate Ed and Fred taking count on to not know what I’m going to hear next! the time to respond, and I enjoyed their reminiscences. It is a pleasure to share Fred Herman them with you:

Photo Credit: Kyle Zimmerman Photography Credit:Photo Kyle Thank you, Ed and Fred! If you’d like to share your memo- At the end of the 60’s I was in high ries with me and other KUNM listeners, please send them to school and had ‘borrowed’ my dad’s me at [email protected]. And if you’d like to participate FM/AM transistor radio to listen to KUNM at night. Our house in KUNM’s exciting 45th Anniversary on-air fundraiser as must have been just at the edge of the broadcast radius from a phone volunteer or parking attendant or dinner coordina- the station then housed in the SUB. I would put the radio under tor, please call Rob Raucci at 505-277-4516 or email him at my pillow and listen to ‘In A Gadda DaVida” and Quicksilver [email protected]. [ Messenger Service as KUNM played the long cuts. The rest of AM Albuquerque radio couldn’t match this early free form diversity that I had discovered!

But what I remember best from those early days probably took place in the days after Kent State in 1970, though it could have been earlier. It was the great anti-war protest that had 6HQG

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Towne this year at KUNM and will continue to explore this topic in London, both in the classroom and through independent After three solid years at KUNM as a Reporter and erst- while anchor of All Things Considered, Sarah Gustavus is The people I met in my reporting inspired me to look heading to London to deeper at the history behind a current story. My time here has pursue her Master’s made me a better reporter. I will continue to have a relationship Degree. Congratula- with the station and a connection to New Mexico. Thank you tions to Sarah and thank to everyone who has helped me, either personally or profes- you for your great work sionally, and for the people who have shared their stories with and creative thinking. me. It’s been a honor. We wish you all the best and hope to keep Stay tuned for more updates and links to Sarah’s London proj- up with you while you ects! Check her blog at http://sgustavus.wordpress.com/ are overseas. 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Next Stop, London Posted by Sarah Gustavus • July 2011

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