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Fund-Drive!

Sunday December 3rd through Sunday December 10th is our 3rd annual winter fund drive and we're asking you, the listeners, to help keep KTAL on the air in the Mesilla Valley and beyond! Our goal this year is to raise at least $5000 to contribute towards the New Mexico News Fund’s matching grant. Every dollar raised will be matched up to $5000 so please help us meet this goal! Feel free to call in 575-526-5825, or visit our website to find out how you can donate. Thank you for your patronage and keep listening to 101.5FM KTAL!

Que Tal? Program Episode Highlights for December 10-16, 2023

Want to know what topics hosts and guests will be discussing on your favorite talk shows this week? Or what themes your favorite music hosts will be highlighting? Click on each day for details of show episodes. If you like what you see and hear, go to our Donate page and show your support! A full list of programming may be found on our Schedule page.

Sunday

The First Rock and Roll Song
Sunday 12-3 AM
Jamie Dell’Apa features musicians named Jim, Jimmy, Jill, and Jewel Plus Bingo and Fire Engine Songs.

Interfaith Voices
Sunday 8-9 AM
The Power of Holocaust Memory and Nazi Imagery.

Delving In
Sunday 9-10 AM
Fri 11 AM-12 PM, Rebroadcast
Stuart Kelter presents a special interview from the archive. Novelist, journalist, and essayist, Anita Diamant discusses her book Period. End of Sentence: The New Chapter in the Fight for Menstrual Justice.

Making Contact
Sunday 11:30 AM-12 PM
Fri 12:30-1 PM, Rebroadcast
But Next Time Part 1: California Wildfires and Protecting Our Farmworkers.

The Moth
Sunday 1-2 PM, Rebroadcast
Tuesday 5-6 PM
Stories of learning from one's parents. Difficult life lessons, words of wisdom (not always heeded), and being led by example. Listen to your father; mother knows best; respect your elders. Storytellers:
Bridgett Davis's mother provides for her family and teaches her daughter a valuable lesson in the process.
Ellie Lee tells the story of her Chinese immigrant father and the empire he built from nothing. Jason Schommer's mother teaches him that bad decisions can be immortalized in photos.
Louise Newton-Keogh learns and re-learns the meaning of "I love you" from her mother.

Strange Currency
Sunday 2-4 PM, Rebroadcast
Thursday 11 PM-1 AM
Hear music from Peter Gabriel’s 1992 album Us, a record that found the veteran singer collaborating with Sinead O’Connor on two songs and working closely with producer Daniel Lanois (U2, Bob Dylan). Also listen for selections from The Winery Dogs, Chris Cornell, and Nirvana.

Lost in the Tracks
Sunday 4-5 PM, Rebroadcast
Tuesday 11 AM- 12 PM
In this week's new selections, Chris Stamey, The Watson Twins and Mitski all add a country influence. Plus, Dean Mattson includes familiar rock and soul songs from Ritchie Valens, Erma Franklin and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

Medium Rare
Sunday 5-6 PM, Rebroadcast
Tuesday 8-9 PM
Brother B brings on "the mix"! Rock/Blues/Jazz and a bit of New Age is on tap.
Rock is up first with the Talking Heads, Ten Years After, The Who and The Guess Who.
The bluesmen show up with Buddy Guy, Otis Taylor and Ray Charles.
Then, Jazz aficionados make their appearance with Fourplay, Manu Katché and Dave Grusin. Then make way for some great New Age artists: Andreas Vollenweider and Patrick O'Hearn.
It will be another fast and fun hour! Be there or be square!

Music They Don't Want You to Hear
Sunday 6-8 PM
Wed 10 PM-12 AM, Rebroadcast
Ron Cooke is playing the numbers this week, songs with the numbers one through ten in the title including "Number One in America", "Two Wolfs", "Three Flights Up", "Four Horsemen", a "Five Pound Bass", "Six Seconds", "Seven Daffodils", "Eight Ball Blues", "Nine Gold Medals" and "Ten Degrees and Getting Colder."

Monday

Travel With Rick Steves
Monday 11 AM-12 PM
A columnist for the Irish Times, Fintan O’Toole discusses the dramatic recent changes in public opinion and attitude in the Republic of Ireland, and how he's seen it become a modern, progressive nation over his lifetime. And a journalist from Utah, John Keahey tells us how to find some of the roadways the ancient Romans built to connect outposts of their empire — all the way to Istanbul.

Alternative Radio
Monday 12-1 PM
The future of humankind and the planet are in danger from the twin existential threats of terminal nuclear war and climate catastrophe. The response? The Biden administration is following through on Pentagon plans to “modernize” its nuclear arsenal. And the clock is ticking louder and louder on the climate emergency. The response? A massive new oil drilling project in Alaska. Seem illogical? These are the kinds of outcomes you can expect when lunatics run the asylum so says Noam Chomsky, ranked as the eighth most cited person in history, right up there with Aristotle, Shakespeare, Marx, Plato and Freud.

The Latin Alternative
Monday 2-3 PM, Rebroadcast
Saturday 4-5 PM
It's 'Best of the Decade (So Far)' episode! Josh Norek and Ernesto Lechner spotlight their fave tracks of the 2020's to date, including songs from Cimafunk, Trueno, Marilina Bertoldi, Francisca Valenzuela, Girl Ultra, Rosali, Glue Trip, Ramona, Bizarrap & Snow The Product and more!

Tuesday

Special Programming
Tuesday 9-10 AM
Each December on Live True, Lisa Lucca shares the many holidays that are celebrated during this time of year. From Hannukah to Kwanza, and Yule to Christmas, many gatherings happen all over the world. Tune in for an hour of insight and music that explains the origins of our modern holidays and how this time of year brings meaning to all.

Wednesday

Music They Don't Want You to Hear
Wednesday 10 PM-12 AM, Rebroadcast
Sunday 6-8 PM
Ron Cooke is playing the numbers this week, songs with the numbers one through ten in the title including "Number One in America", "Two Wolfs", "Three Flights Up", "Four Horsemen", a "Five Pound Bass", "Six Seconds", "Seven Daffodils", "Eight Ball Blues", "Nine Gold Medals" and "Ten Degrees and Getting Colder."

Thursday

Friday

Delving In
Fri 11 AM-12 PM, Rebroadcast
Sunday 9-10 AM
Stuart Kelter presents a special interview from the archive. Novelist, journalist, and essayist, Anita Diamant discusses her book Period. End of Sentence: The New Chapter in the Fight for Menstrual Justice.

Saturday

Audacity of Pop
Saturday 8-9 AM
Sit back with your favorite morning beverage and join Lorenzo Parra for "Chill Pop Tunes." He brings on some of the smoothest slow song vocals in pop ranging in time from 1993 to 2002. Catch the show with artists showing their softer side. The playlist includes Melissa Ethridge, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, the Pet Shop Boys and others.

CHECK BACK NEXT WEEK!!!

Open House!

The Holiday open house will be Sunday December 10th from 3-6 PM. This event is open to the public so please come down to 121 Wyatt Drive unit #9 in Las Cruces and bring friends! KTAL-LP will be providing some refreshments for the evening; however, this is a potluck style event so feel free to bring a dish or dessert of your choosing. Thanks again, and we hope to see you there!

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