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KTAL brings authentic local voices to the air. Critical local issues. Live music.

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Grow your business while supporting true community radio in Southern New Mexico! Your announcement will potentially reach up to 80,000 people in and around Las Cruces and the Mesilla Valley. Here's what our listeners are saying:

“KTAL-LP is fantastic!”
“Twice this week I had to stay in my car to listen to the morning shows before going in to work!”
“It is nice to hear different local programs every morning.”
“We’ve never heard different community voices like this before. You’re doing a great job!”
“I am so happy this is OUR COMMUNITY Radio Station! Thank you to everyone involved that made this happen.”

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Help Doña Ana County Get a Complete Count - Audio Producer Wanted for Census Series

KTAL is preparing to get a contract from Doña Ana County (NMte) to produce an on-air series of messages aimed at encouraging local residents to participate in the census because this is an especially difficult region to count.

This will be a 6 month contract, and we are looking for a part-time Radio Producer who can put the package together and coordinate the on-air broadcasts. Spanish desirable. We can train.

We are also looking for male and female voice talent who can read our scripts in English and in Spanish for these productions.

If you are interested, please contact Nan Rubin at LasCrucesCommunityradio (at) gmail.com or text 917-656-0886 for more information.

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Roadrunner Revue HUGE Success!

Our Roadrunner Revue on November 17 was a huge success. We had a wonderful turnout from the community on a pleasant late fall evening to enjoy some great music, food, a silent auction and conversation.

We couldn't have done it without the wonderful performers who entertained us: CW Ayon, Doug Adamz, Chris Sanders, Gene Keller, Teresa Tudury, and The Cosmic Troubadours. Thanks to Richard Coltharp, publisher of the Bulletin, for taking on the duties of MC for our musical program. A triple thanks to Doug Adamz who not only performed and supported many of the other performers, but organized the musical portion of our event and created the artwork for the posters, flyers and cover of the program.

A big thank you also to Robert Yee Photography for donating his time and talent to our event. Be on the lookout for his photos on our website and Facebook page.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our event sponsors and auction donors:

Roadrunner Revue Photos

New KTAL-LP Show Gets Us Thinking About Our Thinking

Albert Einstein is quoted as saying "We won’t solve our problems using the same thinking we used to create them". How we think matters. Join Randy Harris, Keith Whelpley and their fascinating guests for Think Again, now at their new time on Monday from 8:00 to 9:00 am to engage in the process of “meta-cognition”, thinking about our thinking.

Keith Whelpley brings decades of journalism experience, and Randy Harris brings 10 years of direct experience in over 1000 "Great Conversation" dialogue groups. Think Again explores topics of critical thinking, automatic vs. deliberative thinking, logical fallacy, sweeping generalizations, and binary thinking. We explore the allure of being right, the nature of group think, how emotions can impair our cognitive abilities, and much more.

Tune in to Think Again every Monday morning for interesting discussions on how our thinking influences our emotions, our language, our actions and our culture.

'Your Multicultural Minute' Wins Award

Congratulations to KTAL-LP's very own Norine Dresser. Her show, "Your Multicultural Minute," just won First Place in the Radio Division of the New Mexico Press Women's 2019 Communications Contest.

Before moving to Las Cruces in 2012, Dresser wrote a Los Angeles Times column, "Multicultural Manners" (1993 to 2001), that won an award from the L. A. County Commission on Human Relations (1998) for reducing intercultural tensions.

As a folklorist, Dresser's passion is demystifying cultures unlike our own. In her columns, books, and KTAL-LP shows, she uses true-story gaffes. She reveals how cultural differences can lead to miscommunication eliciting embarrassment, anger, even laughter. The need for easing cross-cultural misunderstandings is particularly relevant now when ethnic divisiveness in this country is so prominent.

You can hear Norine's shows at the following times:

Mon & Wed: 7:58 a.m.
Tues & Fri: 11 a.m.
Sat: 1 p.m.

Or, you can listen to her shows on her website.

Looking For Volunteers

KTAL-LP is run entirely by volunteers and can always use more. We need volunteers! No radio experience required. We'll find something for you to help with.

You can propose a show or go to the Contact Us page and let us know how you would like to help.