Post by Okwes on Mar 17, 2006 11:48:46 GMT -5
Tribal radio shows plan move to Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
Tribal radio shows plan move to Indian Pueblo Cultural Center New
Mexico Business Weekly - 6:40 PM MST Wednesday by Paul KrzaNMBW Staff
www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2006/03/13/daily15.html?f\
rom_rss=1 Two longtime American Indian radio programs that now
originate at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque will be shifted
to new facilities at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center located across
town. The planned move, tentatively targeted for the end of this year,
depends upon the successful completion of a fundraising campaign to
finance construction and equipment, says Mary Oishi, development
director for Koahnic Broadcast Corp., which produces the programs.
Oishi is scheduled to talk about the shift and overall Koahnic
operations at a breakfast meeting sponsored by the Albuquerque-based
American Indian Chamber of Commerce of New Mexico on Thursday, March 16.
Koahnic, a Native nonprofit corporation, is headquartered in Anchorage,
Alaska, but for the past eight years has originated live broadcasts from
and maintained offices at KUNM-FM, 89.9, a public radio station owned by
the University of New Mexico. Koahnic decided to pursue the move
because "we'd like to be in a place with high visibility for Natives,"
Oishi says. The new location also offers more office space for the
corporation and larger studios for live radio audiences, she says. The
corporation employs eight full-time in Albuquerque, most involved in
producing "Native America Calling," the national tribal call-in program
that's been on the air for 11 years, and "National Native News," the
only American Indian-produced and hosted news in the country now in its
19th year. Oishi says a "capital campaign" will be launched to pay for
the move, which will cost about $200,000. Local events, such as a Native
art auction, are tentatively planned for September, in addition to other
efforts to raise half of the amount as a match to win a matching grant,
she says. The breakfast meeting is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. at
the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, located on 12th Street just north of
Interstate 40. The cost is $15 for members and $20 for non-members.
Those interested in attending should RSVP by e-mail at www.aiccnm.com or
by calling (505) 766-9545.
Tribal radio shows plan move to Indian Pueblo Cultural Center New
Mexico Business Weekly - 6:40 PM MST Wednesday by Paul KrzaNMBW Staff
www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2006/03/13/daily15.html?f\
rom_rss=1 Two longtime American Indian radio programs that now
originate at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque will be shifted
to new facilities at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center located across
town. The planned move, tentatively targeted for the end of this year,
depends upon the successful completion of a fundraising campaign to
finance construction and equipment, says Mary Oishi, development
director for Koahnic Broadcast Corp., which produces the programs.
Oishi is scheduled to talk about the shift and overall Koahnic
operations at a breakfast meeting sponsored by the Albuquerque-based
American Indian Chamber of Commerce of New Mexico on Thursday, March 16.
Koahnic, a Native nonprofit corporation, is headquartered in Anchorage,
Alaska, but for the past eight years has originated live broadcasts from
and maintained offices at KUNM-FM, 89.9, a public radio station owned by
the University of New Mexico. Koahnic decided to pursue the move
because "we'd like to be in a place with high visibility for Natives,"
Oishi says. The new location also offers more office space for the
corporation and larger studios for live radio audiences, she says. The
corporation employs eight full-time in Albuquerque, most involved in
producing "Native America Calling," the national tribal call-in program
that's been on the air for 11 years, and "National Native News," the
only American Indian-produced and hosted news in the country now in its
19th year. Oishi says a "capital campaign" will be launched to pay for
the move, which will cost about $200,000. Local events, such as a Native
art auction, are tentatively planned for September, in addition to other
efforts to raise half of the amount as a match to win a matching grant,
she says. The breakfast meeting is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. at
the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, located on 12th Street just north of
Interstate 40. The cost is $15 for members and $20 for non-members.
Those interested in attending should RSVP by e-mail at www.aiccnm.com or
by calling (505) 766-9545.