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Linea Abierta Programs for February 2006

Wednesday, February 1st

PROGRAM # 4724 - 12:00 PDT
TEXAS EDITION – GLORY ROAD. This movie, with a strong early box office showing, tells the story of the underdog Texas Western College basketball team. The first basketball team starting with a line up of all African-American players, TWC rose to win the 1966 NCAA Tournament. Veteran journalist and author Ray Sanchez joins Carlos Spector-Calderon to talk about how this team changed history, changed the face of college basketball and why was it that the team could thrive in El Paso, home of the then-Texas Western College. Mr. Sanchez is the author of the book "Basketball Biggest Upset" and a key consultant for the movie "Glory Road."

Thursday, February 2nd

PROGRAM # 4725 - 12:00 PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION. Wanda Colón Cortés, the host in WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, comments on current news developments.

Friday, February 3rd

PROGRAM # 4726 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Host Martha Elena Ramírez and the “Voz Pública” program continue a tradition of civic radio journalism. Ramírez hosts this edition live from Mexico City, providing as usual news and interviews from Mexico and voices from participant listeners.

Monday, February 6th

PROGRAM # 4727 - 12:00 PDT
HEART CHECKUP. February is the nation’s Heart Month and this edition focuses on heart disease, the leading cause of death in the U.S. A recent study reveals that almost half of California adults suffer from heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes or other chronic disease. An author and a leader of the study (“Chronic conditions of Californians”) talk about who the patients are, where the problem is worse and what health planners and policy makers are doing to give a hand.

Dr. Michael Rodriguez, Chair, Board of Directors, Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, associate professor, School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles; Dr. Steven Wallace, associate director, public service, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, professor, School of Public Health, UCLA, Los Angeles.

Tuesday, February 7th

PROGRAM # 4728 - 12:00 PDT
STATE OF THE UNION AND WIRETAP HEARING. Selected excerpts from President Bush’ State of the Union address are aired, followed by recorded segments of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s Democratic response. In addition, the program also features segments of the exchange between AG Alberto Gonzales and Sen. Dianne Feinstein in the hearing to determine the presidential powers to wiretap and spy communications inside the U.S. Listeners call and give their opinions on the state of the union.

Wednesday, February 8th

PROGRAM # 4729 - 12:00 PDT
TEXAS EDITION – GUADALAJARA SIMULCAST. Mexico’s leading migrant state, Jalisco, has substantially increased investments in community development projects under the program Tres por Uno. Powered by money remittances of Jalisco residents in the U.S. and government matching funds, these social investments place Jalisco at a national leadership level. Guests in Jalisco and Texas join this edition of “Sin Fronteras,” a monthly simulcast in partnership with the three-station network of Sistema Jalisciense de Radio y TV in Guadalajara, in Western Mexico.

Guest: Rosalba Santibáñez, president, Clubes Jaliscienses, San Antonio, TX; Juan Maria Naveja, director, Comite de Planeacion para el Desarrollo del Estado de Jalisco, Guadalajara; Jose Rafael Rios Martinez, Secretary for Human Development, State of Jalisco, Guadalajara.

Thursday, February 9th

PROGRAM # 4730 - 12:00 PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION. Wanda Colón Cortés, the host in WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, comments on current news developments.

Friday, February 10th

PROGRAM # 4731 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Host Martha Elena Ramírez and the “Voz Pública” program continue a tradition of civic radio journalism. Ramírez hosts this edition live from Mexico City, providing as usual news and interviews from Mexico and voices from participant listeners.

Monday, February 13th

PROGRAM # 4732 - 12:00 PDT
DIABETES ON THE RISE. This simulcast with the twelve-station network of Radio Michoacán in Morelia explores the latest on diabetes. As Mexico joins the U.S. on the top spot of obese countries, chronic diseases take a higher toll. Diabetes, the most common disease associated with overweight, is on the rise in Mexico and the U.S., especially among children. Experts comment on those factors in the social environment that generate obesity and diabetes and what can individuals and societies do to stem the epidemics.

Guests: Dr. Rosalba Ruiz, Diabetes Health Coordinator, Pan American Health Organization, El Paso, TX; Dr. Juan Angel Rivera Dommarco, Founding director, Centro de Investigacion en Nutricion y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, professor of nutrition, School of Public Health, Cuernavaca, MX.

Tuesday, February 14th

PROGRAM # 4733 - 12:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION – JUSTICE FOR IMMIGRANTS. The U.S. Catholic Church is actively opposing the Sensenbrenner bill and other efforts in Congress to crack down on undocumented immigrants. Catholic bishops are appealing to the nation’s Catholics to call for a comprehensive legalization program. In this program, Leo Anchondo, head of the Catholic Church’s Justice for Immigrants campaign, joins Chicago attorney Rosalba Piña, host of this series.

Wednesday, February 15th

PROGRAM # 4734 - 12:00 PDT
TEXAS EDITION – MAQUILADORAS. Carmen Rodríguez, from partner station XERF in Ciudad Acuña, joins this program as a guest host to comment on news developments in the Texas-Mexico border area. This program looks into the hidden effects of the maquiladora plant boom. Hailed at first as a source of jobs and prosperity, the sudden growth of the maquiladora industry is now upsetting the quality of life and many are pulling the welcoming rug in this border town. This is a roundtable on the issue.

Guests: Fermin Rodriguez Quintero, director, Department of Social Services, City Government, Ciudad Acuna; Dr. Anastasio Marquez, physician, local resident, Ciudad Acuna; Alberto Trevino, maquila plant worker, Ciudad Acuna.

Thursday, February 16th

PROGRAM # 4735 - 12:00 PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION. Wanda Colón Cortés, the host in WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, comments on current news developments.

Friday, February 17th

PROGRAM # 4736 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Host Martha Elena Ramírez and the “Voz Pública” program continue a tradition of civic radio journalism. Ramírez hosts this edition live from Mexico City, providing as usual news and interviews from Mexico and voices from participant listeners.

Monday, February 20th

PROGRAM # 4737 - 12:00 PDT
COLON CANCER - Cancer deaths are declining in the U.S. thanks in part to better detection. Still, few Latinos seek colon cancer screening. Colon cancer survivors share their stories about early detection. Also, a medical expert discusses recent news, revealing that a low-fat diet may not necessarily cut colon cancer and other deadly risks.

Guests: Eleazar Salinas, colon cancer patient, Los Angeles; Silvia Molina, colon cancer patient, Hayward, CA; Dr. Jorge Gómez, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.

Tuesday, February 21st

PROGRAM # 4738 - 12:00 PDT
MARIACHERAS! - A conversation with members of the groups Mariachi Mujer 2000 and Mariachi Divas from Los Angeles, headliners of Radio Bilingüe’s traditional Viva el Mariachi! Festival. Mariachi Mujer 2000 is an all-female group, led and musically directed by women, including highly-talented musicians that opened doors for mariacheras in the nation. Mariachi Divas is a multicultural all-female ensemble from Los Angeles. Nationally acclaimed, Divas is particularly proud of their musical style called ranchengue, a blend of Mexican ranchera and Caribbean merengue rhythms. The Viva el Mariachi Festival takes place on Sunday March 26 in downtown Fresno, CA.

Guests: Marisa Orduno, founder, director and guitarron player, and Carla Diaz, violin player and singer, Mariachi Mujer 2000, Los Angeles; Lorraine Feesago, founder, violin player, and Lorena Panella, violin player and singer, Mariachi Divas de Los Angeles.

Wednesday, February 22nd

PROGRAM # 4739 - 12:00 PDT
TEXAS EDITION – DEL RIO/CIUDAD ACUÑA - Carmen Rodríguez, from partner station XERF in Ciudad Acuña, joins this program as a guest host to provide a news report on the rescue efforts to save 65 workers trapped under the rubble in a coal mine in San Juan de Sabinas. She also comments on how the binational debate on immigration reform and control plays in this twin-city border area.

ALSO, SECRETARY CARLOS GUTIERREZ. In this interview, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez talks about the White House initiative to increase U.S. competitiveness and trade. He also answers questions about the proposed Health Savings Accounts and current bills to penalize instead of legalize immigrant workers.

Thursday, February 23rd

PROGRAM # 4740 - 12:00 PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION. Wanda Colón Cortés, the host in WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, comments on current news developments.

Friday, February 24th

PROGRAM # 4741 - 12:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Host Martha Elena Ramírez and the “Voz Pública” program continue a tradition of civic radio journalism. Ramírez hosts this edition live from Mexico City, providing as usual news and interviews from Mexico and voices from participant listeners.

Monday, February 27th

PROGRAM # 4742 - 12:00 PDT
ADDICTED TO OIL. “America is addicted to oil”, admitted President Bush, a former oil tycoon, in his State of the Union address. He promised cleaner, cheaper and more reliable alternative energy sources. Are these serious measures to cure the addiction or election-year rhetoric?

Guest: Javier Sierra, columnist and spokesperson, Sierra Club, Washington, DC.

Tuesday, February 28th

PROGRAM # 4743 - 12:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION – IMMIGRANTS WIN BORDER RANCH. In an apparent case of poetic justice, two Salvadoran immigrants won the legal title of a piece of land after they sued the owner of the ranch, who was a leader of a border vigilante group, for detaining and assaulting them. The immigrants are now seeking visas to stay. Other topics include the massive demonstration announced for Chicago and the culmination in San Diego of a migrant caravan that traveled around the country opposing current anti-immigrant legislation. Attorney Rosalba Piña hosts this edition from Chicago and answers questions from listeners.

Guest: Attorney Kelly Bruner, Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL, representative of plaintiffs Edwin Mancia and Fatima Leyva; Enrique Morones, Gente Unida Coalition, Border Angels, Migrant Caravan organizer, San Diego, CA; Emma Lozano, Centro Sin Fronteras, Chicago, IL.

 

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