Monday, August 01, 2005
SWOP homepageKUNM Tonight: Launch of Latin America's TeleSUR
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Last week saw the launch of a historic television collaboration in the Americas. The new network, TeleSUR, has been in the works for six years and is a collaboration of several Caribbean, Central and South American nations.
Venezuela, Argentina, Cuba and Uruguay put up the money to fund what is touted to be the al-Jazeera of the global South.
The US government, meanwhile, has sought permission from Congress to jam TeleSUR's signals with propaganda-style programming. However, in TeleSUR's main hub, Caracas, US threats were brushed off as celebrations of this new network took place on July 24.
Pacifica Radio´s Deepa Fernandes and Christopher Sprinkle were there and bring us this montage of TELESUR.
That's tonight on KUNM's Raices Program, 8:00pm MDT (10pm EDT/7pm PDT).
KUNM-FM 89.9 FM Albuquerque and Santa Fe, 91.1 FM in Arroyo Seco, Cuba and Cimarron/Eagle Nest, and 91.9 FM Taos, Las Vegas, Socorro and Nageezi. Those outside northern and central New Mexico can catch it online at http://www.kunm.org/.
Last week saw the launch of a historic television collaboration in the Americas. The new network, TeleSUR, has been in the works for six years and is a collaboration of several Caribbean, Central and South American nations.
Venezuela, Argentina, Cuba and Uruguay put up the money to fund what is touted to be the al-Jazeera of the global South.
The US government, meanwhile, has sought permission from Congress to jam TeleSUR's signals with propaganda-style programming. However, in TeleSUR's main hub, Caracas, US threats were brushed off as celebrations of this new network took place on July 24.
Pacifica Radio´s Deepa Fernandes and Christopher Sprinkle were there and bring us this montage of TELESUR.
That's tonight on KUNM's Raices Program, 8:00pm MDT (10pm EDT/7pm PDT).
KUNM-FM 89.9 FM Albuquerque and Santa Fe, 91.1 FM in Arroyo Seco, Cuba and Cimarron/Eagle Nest, and 91.9 FM Taos, Las Vegas, Socorro and Nageezi. Those outside northern and central New Mexico can catch it online at http://www.kunm.org/.
