Radio Bilingue Inc

RADIO BILINGE IS COMMITTED TO SERVING AS A VOICE TO EMPOWER LATINOS AND OTHER UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. ESTABLISHED IN 1977 BY A COLLECTIVE OF FARMWORKERS, ACTIVISTS, ARTISTS AND EDUCATORS, TODAY RB IS ONE OF THE LEADING LATINO NON-COMMERCIAL RADIO NETWORKS IN THE U.S. AS A TRUSTED PRODUCER AND BROADCASTER OF SPANISH AND INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE RADIO PROGRAMMING, RADIO BILINGE UTILIZES ITS EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF RADIO STATIONS, REPEATERS AND REGIONAL AFFILIATES TO REACH COMMUNITIES THAT ARE LINGUISTICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND ECONOMICALLY MARGINALIZED IN THE DIGITAL AGE.RB FOCUSES ON MEETING THE NEWS AND INFORMATION NEEDS OF THE MOST VULNERABLE LATINO POPULATIONS. ITS AUDIENCE CONSISTS OF TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED SPANISH-SPEAKING FAMILIES AND WORKERS, MANY OF WHOM WORK IN FARMING, CONSTRUCTION, SERVICE/HOSPITALITY, MANUFACTURING, GARDENING, DAY LABOR, TRUCKING AND OTHER LOW-WAGE FIELDS. RADIO BILINGE IS ALSO COMMITTED TO SERVING OTHER DISENFRANCHISED MINORITY GROUPS, INCLUDING THE MIXTECO AND TRIQ

NEWS & INFORMATION PROGRAMMING:RADIO BILINGES (RB) AWARD-WINNING TEAM OF REPORTERS, PRODUCERS, EDITORS AND HOSTS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING AND PRODUCING ORIGINAL CONTENT THAT IS CARRIED BY MORE THAN 80 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 ON 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, WITH A FOCUS 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, JAROCHO, TRIO, TEJANO, CONJUNTO, NORTEO, BANDA, CHILENAS, SALSA AND OTHER MUSICAL GENRES. OTHER SHOWS SUCH AS CARNAVAL AND ROCKIN DA HOUSE PROVIDE MORE MODERN MUSICAL ALTERNATIVES SUCH AS JAZZ, ROCK EN ESPAOL, SKA, REGGAE AND MORE. RB NEWS INFORMATION SHOWS SUCH AS LINEA ABIERTA ALSO PRODUCE ORIGINAL NEWS REPORTS ON PROMINENT LATINOS ARTISTS, CULTURAL EVENTS, AND THE ROOTS OF LATINO ARTS AND MUSIC. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:RB 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, AS WELL AS 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 WORK TO PROMOTE THE REGISTRATION AND PARTICIPATION OF VOTERS AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL LEVELS. AT THE ONSET OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED THE LATINO COMMUNITY, RB QUICKLY RESPONDED TO LISTENERS URGENT NEED FOR MORE RELIABLE INFORMATION AND EXPANDED EXISTING PROGRAMMING TIME ON A DAILY BASIS 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 THAT 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 AND OTHER STATES, AS WELL AS 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 COACHELLA, PASO ROBLES, PALMDALE/LANCASTER, SANTA MARIA, BARSTOW, HOLLISTER, SAN LUIS OBISPO, AND LIVERMORE. 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) 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 IN BAJA CALIFORNIA NORTE THAT SERVE TRANSNATIONAL FARMWORKER INDIGENOUS FAMILIES IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGES.RB STREAMS ITS PROGRAMMING LIVE 24/7 AT RADIOBILINGUE, WHERE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ITS LATINO PUBLIC RADIO RADIO PROGRAMS AND SERVICE MAY ALSO BE FOUND.