SHOW NOTES AND TRANSCRIPTS FOR ”PRESENTING THE PAST” EP. 5:
Latino Empowerment through Latino Public Broadcasting

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Episode Description:

The two-part fifth episode of “Presenting the Past” explores the history of Spanish language public radio and television programming and its roots in community activism. Part 1 of the discussion features Jesús Treviño, television director, author and creator of Latinopia.com; Dolores Inés Casillas, Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies and Director of the Chicano Studies Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara; and Gabriela Rivera Marín, a doctoral student at the University of Florida studying Hispanic Linguistics and co-curator of the AAPB Latino Empowerment through Latino Public Broadcasting exhibit. Part 2 features Hugo Morales, Executive Director and co-founder of Radio Bilingüe Inc..

Credits:

Hosted, recorded, and edited by Christine Becker
Produced by Ryn Marchese
Post-production and theme music by Todd Thompson

Content mentioned in this episode:

Latino Empowerment through Latino Public Broadcasting Exhibit
Hugo Morales (Wikipedia)
Jesús Treviño (Wikipedia)
Dolores Inés Casillas (UCSB page) (Twitter)
Gabriela Rivera Marín (UFL page)

Radio:

●      Radio KNDA Collection
●      Realidades segment about Radio KNDA (1977)
●      Radio Bilingüe Collection
●      First broadcast of Radio Bilingüe (1980)
●      Mujer/Women (KDNA, 1983)
●      Refugiados/Refugees (Radio Bilingüe)

Television:

●      Ahora! (KCET) (upcoming in the AAPB)
●      Acción Chicano  (KCET)
●      Realidades (WNET)
●      “Images/Imágenes; Hispanics and Housing” (New Jersey Network, 1980)
●      “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report; Bilingual Education” (1978)
●      KCRB-TV program about KBBF (1987)