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March 2015 KUNM 89.9 Celebrate Women’s History Month! Women’s History Month Specials Sundays at 11 AM. See Pages 10 - 13 Radio Theatre features Albuquerque’s own Vivian Nesbitt in her one-woman play “The Bark and the Tree” See Page 11 www.facebook.com/ @KUNMnews 1 KUNMRadio Elaine Baumgartel...................................................................News Director Chris Boros........................................................All Things Considered Host KUNM Radio Board Carol Boss...................................................................Membership Relations Tristan Clum......................................................................Program Director UNM Faculty Representatives: Pamela Pyle Rita Daniels........................................................................................Reporter David Weiss Marisa Demarco........................................................Public Health Reporter UNM Staff Representative: Matthew Finch........................................................................Music Director Jarrett Hines-Kay Roman Garcia ...............................................................Production Director Elected Community Reps: Jonathan Longcore..........................................................IT Support Analyst John Brown Scott MacNicholl..........................................................Operations Manager Brian Neale Rashad Mahmood..............................Public Health Program Coordinator Willis Duff Linda Morris ......................................................Senior Fiscal Services Tech Marc H. Robert (Chair) Cris Nichols..........................................................Membership Coordinator Appointed by UNM Provost: Mary Oishi ................................................................Development Director Robert Davis (Secretary) Linda Rodeck........................................Underwriting Marketing Specialist Armelle Casau (Vice Chair) Chanda Shaw........................................Community Relations Coordinator Rebecca Phillips KUNM Operations Staff KUNM Operations Richard S. Towne................................................................General Manager ASUNM Representatives: Floyd Vasquez.....................................................Morning Edition Reporter Pauly Denetclaw Alex Williams..........................................................................Chief Engineer Emma Grazier Ed Williams...............................................................Public Health Reporter GPSA Representative: Vacant Rayanna Baca...........................................................Development Assistant Volunteer Representative: Courtney Brooks..............................................................Program Assistant Margaret Ramirez Marshall Broyles...........................................................................Production Ex-Officio Members: Richard S. Towne, General Mgr. Samuel Kerwin......................................................................Graphic Design Victoria Lobato......................................................................Graphic Design Early-Ray Mixon.....................................................New Mexico News Port Kaveh Mowahed.......................................Weekend Edition Saturday Host Cameron New..............................................................................News Intern Marlene Rios..........................................................................Music Assistant Linda Lopez Kelvin Rodríguez Student Staff Student Ken Tohee Arianna Sena.................................................................Public Health Intern McAlister Giovanna Rossi Anthony “Ijah” Umi Dana Shubert............................................................Development Assistant Susan Loubet Melanie Sanchez Tahnee Udero Eli Willard.....................................................................Production Assistant Greg Markham Travis Sandoval Jason Waldron Sofia Martinez Susan Schuurman Loren Warner Call 277-4516 for information on volunteer opportunities at KUNM. Rachel Maurer Tim Simpson Cecilia Webb Adam Aguirre Scott Denton Peggy Hessing Don McIver Stephen Spitz Mark Weber Dennis Andrus William Delzell Cindy Hong Maria Munguia Karl Stalnaker Jonathan Weiss Jalila Arthur Jerry DiTata David House Peter Nathanson Claude Stephenson Jeff White Toby Atencio David Doty David Hughes Harry Norton Katie Stone Chris Woodworth James Baca David Dunaway Paul Ingles Daniel Orban Jerome “Putnay” Christina Baccin Jered Ebenreck Mary Ellen Ipiotis James Osterland Thomas Bill Baker Steven Emmons Jim Jaffee Tim Oswald Jerry “Eeyo” Thompson Jonathan Baldwin Missy Felipe Megan Kamerick Robert Ottey Spencer Beckwith Damien Flores Larry Kemp Mark Pallardy Louis Bernal Ignacio Gallegos Brandon Kennedy Kent Paterson Mary Bokuniewicz Ryan Garcia Ramona King David Paytiamo Our 106 Volunteers Eli Brown Craig Goldsmith Randy Kolesky David Percival are a valuable part of the Ron Bryan Henry Gonzales Marina LaPalma Randy Peterson Derek Cadwell Paul Gonzales Barry Lauesen Guillermina Quiroz “community” in “New Loretta Cantu Maureen Grindell Mark LeClaire Roberta Rael Mexico’s Rothstein Wellington Guzmán Seth Lemon Margaret Ramirez KUNM Programming and Support Staff Support and KUNM Programming Community Powered Tanya Cole Ron Hale Glenda Lewis Tom Rapisardi Neal Copperman Louis Head Ali Liddel Pip Ridgway Public Radio.” Jenny DeBouzek Pamelya Herndon Patti Littlefield Janet Riley Rosemarie DeLeo Michael Hess Andrew Loerch Phillip Riley Thank You 2 March 2015 Report to Listeners CONTENTS By Richard S. Towne, General Manager Report to Listeners.........................................3 I’ve been thinking about how to make a visual representation of our network of KUNM transmitters KUNM Public Health Reporting Update......4 around central and northern New Mexico. Fortunately, KUNM Program Grid........................8 KUNM has employed a UNM student graphic artist who Radio Highlights......................................10 can make sense of my Etch-A-Sketch scrawling. Here is artist Samuel Kerwin’s bird’s-eye-view of how we get our Program Underwriters.....................................15 signal to you. Actual coverage depends on terrain because FM radio is “line of sight,” meaning the signal can’t go people (Corporation for Public Broadcasting). through mountains. KUNM’s weekly listening audience is 99,700 people The population in KUNM’s coverage area is 1,145,178 (Nielsen Audio Measurements in Fall 2014). 3 KUNM Public Health Reporting Update By Rashad Mahmood What public health bills are on March 21st. We’ll be tracking dental therapist legisla- coming up that will affect you? Public tion, funding for drug treatment and behavioral health, Health New Mexico has you covered! proposed rules for imprisoned mothers, title loan limits, and more! In February, KUNM’s Public Health New Mexico reporting project The newsroom just launched an Instagram account, continued our ground-breaking so check us out at www.instagram.com/KUNMnews. Photo Credit: Sam Kerwin Photography Sam Credit: Photo coverage of water pollution in Albuquerque, public health-related legislation in the Thanks for tuning in! For all of our Public Health roundhouse, how the city and community are addressing reporting, including web exclusives, photos, and homelessness, the impacts of high-interest loans, and an extended interviews, check out our project website: in-depth look at the intersection of the lack of behavioral health care access and police violence in the www.publichealthnm.org case of Len Fuentes’ death. Marisa Demarco’s series will continue in coming months. KUNM’s Public Health New Mexico reporting project has been funded by the W.K. 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