Radio Bilingue

News & Information Programming Radio Bilinges (RB) award-winning team of reporters, producers, editors and hosts is responsible for developing and producing original content carried by more than 75 public radio stations in the U.S. and Mexico. At the heart of RB programming is a slate of national and local news and information programs that fill the gap in coverage of Latino issues in commercial and public media. Lnea Abierta, produced by RB since 1995, is the first and only live national Latino-oriented talk show in Spanish in the U.S. public broadcasting system, featuring rousing conversations with national newsmakers in politics, arts, culture, and more; the show also features regular audience call-in participation. Comunidad Alerta is a live interactive current affairs program in Spanish airing Tuesdays through Thursday mornings, focusing on the most pressing community concerns, such as immigration rights, health care and more. And weekends feature Edicin Semanaria de Noticiero Latino, the only Spanish language news feature magazine in public broadcasting, featuring reports from journalists throughout the U.S. and Mexico.Integral to RBs mission to empower Latinos and other underserved communities is programming that lifts up the voices of the communities it serves. Weekend shows such as La Hora Mixteca and La Hora Triqui are hosted by volunteer farmworkers from indigenous Mexican communities. Speaking in their native Mixteco, Zapotec and Triqui languages, these hosts connect with their communities over the airwaves to inform them about issues of concern and to celebrate their shared music, history and traditions and culture. Other RB programming include Rockins da House and Alza Tu Voz, music and talk shows developed to lift the voices of Latino youth by giving them air time to discuss issues such as school participation, leadership, teen pregnancy prevention, civic activism and more. Arts & Cultural Programming RB provides opportunities for community members to experience and enjoy Latino culture in a positive and community-oriented non-commercial format. RB shows such as Onda Tejana, Ritmos del Pueblo, and Arriba el Norte focus on traditional music genres such as mariachi, son jarocho, trio, Tejano, conjunto, Norteo, banda, Chilenas, salsa and other musical genres. Other shows such as Carnaval and Rockin da House provide modern musical alternatives such as jazz, rock en Espaol, ska, reggae and more. RBs news information shows, such as Lnea Abierta, also produce original news reports on prominent Latino artists, cultural events, and the roots of Latino arts and music. Community EngagementRB is committed to building a healthier, more vibrant future for the Latino communities that are most vulnerable to challenges such as disease, poverty, and systemic inequity. To that end, the network leverages its longstanding expertise in reporting and creative educational content to inform and engage listeners on a wide range of issues, including health, education, economic opportunity, the environment, emergency preparedness, immigration policy, and more. Complementing this are targeted broadcasting campaigns that empower working-class Latinos by providing information and resources and opportunities to take action. Recent RB campaigns with news coverage, interviews with trusted community partners, community call-in Q&As, and educational messaging have centered on COVID-19 prevention and assistance, health (such as breast cancer awareness, health equity, hospice care), environmental issues (climate change, emergency preparedness), domestic violence, immigration and workers rights, education, and more. RB also collaborates with nonpartisan nonprofits that promote voters' registration and participation at the local, state, and national levels. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which disproportionately affected the Latino community, RB quickly responded to listeners urgent need for more reliable information and expanded existing programming time daily to deliver frequent updates, address misinformation, and accommodate the increase in listener call-ins. And, at a time when the federal government was working to exclude undocumented immigrants from being included in the 2020 Census, RB worked with hundreds of nonprofit partners throughout the U.S. to educate and encourage all Latino households to participate. The result was the record participation in the census of those considered hard-to-reach in every California community Radio Bilinge serves. When the nonprofits doing on-the-ground census outreach could no longer knock on doors because of the pandemic, many turned to Radio Bilinge, as a trusted messenger for over four decades, to deliver the message. Reach RB reaches its target audience through its expansive broadcast network throughout California, other states, and parts of Mexico. RB-owned stations in California include KSJV 91.5 FM (Fresno), KMPO 88.7 FM (Modesto-Stockton), KTQX 90.1 FM (Bakersfield), KHDC 90.9 FM (Salinas), KUBO 88.7 FM (El Centro), and KVUH 88.5 FM (Mendocino). Augmenting these California full-power FM stations are several RB repeaters serving Barstow, Coachella, Guadalupe, Hollister, Livermore, Palmdale/Lancaster, Paso Robles, Santa Margarita, Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo, Tassajara and Ligurta in Arizona. The RB network of owned stations includes full-power FMs in southern Colorado (Alamosa) and along the Mexican border in the states of Arizona (Douglas), New Mexico (Chama, Raton, Silver City, Columbus), and south Texas (Crystal City, Zapata, Rio Grande City, Presidio). Affiliate stations in many other states carry specific news and cultural programming.RB is a transnational service by virtue of its own stations but also through our broadcast partnerships in Mexico. Our programming is broadcast live by indigenous service radio stations in Oaxaca and Baja California Norte, which serve transnational farmworker indigenous families in their own languages.RB streams its programming live 24/7 at radiobilingue.org, where additional information about its Latino Public Radio programs and service may also be found.