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Linea Abierta Programs for March 2002

Friday, March 1st

PROGRAM # 3292 - 12:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón, in El Paso, TX, provides news and commentary on major developments on U.S. immigration law. Listeners are encouraged to call in with personal concerns on immigration and citizenship procedures. Spector Calderon discussed AG John Ashcroft proposals to change the Board of Immigration Appeals and a federal judge ruling reviving the amnesty program for late applicants.

PROGRAM 3293 - 13:00 PDT
NOTICIERO LATINO ANNIVERSARY. On this day, Satélite Radio Bilingüe’s Noticiero Latino celebrates 17 years on the air. Noticiero Latino is the first and only Spanish-language news service in the public radio network. This segment pays a posthumous tribute to the late Roland Massa, correspondent in Washington for many years.

ALSO,

COVERING THE WAR. How is the media covering the war on terrorism? How are media editors balancing the call of patriotism with the sense of professional responsibility? Is the media asking hard questions about the war? Media analysts join this program to discuss the issue.

Guests: Alex Nogales, President and CEO, National Hispanic Media Coalition, Los Angeles; Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte, Associate Professor, School of Journalism, University of Texas, Austin; Roberto Rodriguez, syndicated columnist, Universal Press Syndicate, San Antonio.

Monday, March 4th

PROGRAM # 3294 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION – SALUD. Dr. Jane Delgado comments on the recent release of the new edition of “Salud: Guía para la Salud Integral de la Mujer Latina”. Dr. Delgado’s comprehensive health book provides real-life stories and practical advice on health and wellness for Latinas.

Guest: Dr. Jane Delgado, clinical psychologist, president and executive director for The National Alliance for Hispanic Health, Washington, DC.

PROGRAM # 3295 - 13:00 PDT
HEALTH AGENDA. A conversation with congressman Ciro Rodríguez (D-TX), vice-chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and chair of its health task force. Issues include efforts to stem the HIV/AIDS epidemic among Latinos and other topics.

ALSO,

PRIMARIES IN CALIFORNIA. On the eve of primary elections in California, this segment focuses on close races and critical issues in the ballot. Analysts discuss the Democratic and Republican races for a governor nominee, as well as the contest for a newly created district in a heavily Latino area in Los Angeles.

Guest: Arturo Vargas, executive director, National Association of Latino Elected and Designated Officials, Los Angeles.

Tuesday, March 5th

PROGRAM # 3296 - 12:00 PDT
LINEA DEL PAISANO. This weekly program provides a forum for live listener questions and comments to a roundtable of high officials in Mexico’s presidential cabinet. This groundbreaking radio service offers Mexican callers unprecedented access to the Mexican presidency. Dr. Juan Hernandez, head of the Presidential Office for Mexicans Abroad reports from Chihuahua on the delivery of life insurance paychecks for the families of five migrants who died while crossing the border. He also reported on philanthropic investments in a village in Chihuahua under the program Adopt a Community. This program also featured an interview with writer Eduardo Antonio Parra, author of the books "Los Limites de la Noche", "Tierra de Nadie", and "Nadie los Vio Salir". This program can also be heard online on www.mexicoenlinea.gob.mx

PROGRAM # 3297 - 13:00 PDT
FRONTERA LIBRE EDITION - REMITTANCES. Radio Bilingüe in the U.S. and Radiarte, Sistema Jalisciense de Radio y Televisión in Guadalajara, México, join broadcasts to interconnect live U.S. audiences with listeners in Mexico’s emigres home states. This week, proposals to regulate the current market of money remittances in Mexico are discussed.

Guest: Dr. Jorge Bustamante, academic researcher for OCDE.

Wednesday, March 6th

PROGRAM # 3298 - 12:00 NOON PDT
HERENCIA MEXICANA. The children of legendary interpreters of Mexico’s ranchera song came together three years ago in the ensemble Herencia Mexicana. This unique group headlines Radio Bilingüe’s 20th ¡Viva el Mariachi! Festival on March 24th in Fresno, CA. Two members of the group join this program: María Elena, daughter of Lola Beltrán, and Irma, daughter of Pedro Infante and Irma Dorantes.

Guests: Irma Infante, theater and television actress; María Elena Leal Beltrán, journalist and opera performer, Mexico City.

PROGRAM # 3299 - 13:00 PDT
PRIMARIES RESULTS. A news review of the results in Tuesday’s primary elections in California. The report focuses on the state’s gubernatorial and congressional races.

Guest: Carlos Quintanilla, news correspondent, Los Angeles.

ALSO,

TEXAS DEBATE. A debate in Spanish between Democratic candidates for the gubernatorial nomination in Texas, Tony Sanchez and Dan Morales are aired in this segment. This marks the first time candidates for a high office in the United States debate in Spanish. This is the first time the debate is broadcast outside of Texas.

Thursday, March 7th

PROGRAM # 3300 - 12:00 NOON PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION - WRTU – Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico brings interviews and commentary on news developments in the Caribbean basin.

HOST: Wanda Colon-Cortez.

PROGRAM # 3301 - 13:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism foremost advocate, is the program host. He offers this weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series "Voz Pública," a call-in program airing from Mexico City.

HOST: Francisco Huerta, www.vozpublica.com

Friday, March 8th

PROGRAM # 3302 - 12:00 PDT
WOMEN’S DAY. This program celebrates International Women’s Day featuring conversations with leading women activists on current issues. Invited guests include Millie Treviño-Sauceda, founder of Líderes Campesinas in California; Clara Luz Navarro, from Mujeres Unidas y Activas and the New America Foundation, who encourages low-income Latinas to become entrepreneurs; and Guillermina Castellanos, of San Francisco's Day Laborers Program's Women's Collective.

PROGRAM 3303 - 13:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón, in El Paso, TX, provides news and commentary on major developments on U.S. immigration law. Listeners are encouraged to call in with personal concerns on immigration and citizenship issues. Spector Calderon comments on changes to the affidavit of support requirements and on a plan in Florida allowing local police to arrest the undocumented.

Monday, March 11th

PROGRAM # 3304 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION – WORKERS COMP. The families of 13 tomato pickers killed when their van slammed crashed into a big-rig truck on their way home from work in Fresno, CA, won more than two million dollars in workers’ compensation benefits. Robert Perez, attorney for the farmworkers’ families, discusses worker comp claims and death benefits and reforms of farmworker transportation vehicles resulting from this crash.

PROGRAM # 3305 - 13:00 PDT
PRIMARIES IN TEXAS. On the eve of the Texas’ primary elections, this program looks into the race of Democrats Tony Sanchez and Dan Morales for the gubernatorial nomination. This program features the final segment of the unprecedented debate in Spanish held by the candidates in Dallas. It also includes interviews with former state attorney general Dan Morales and businessman Tony Sanchez.

ALSO,

TACO BELL BOYCOTT. Tomato pickers from Florida demonstrate at giant's Taco Bell headquarters in Los Angeles after a twelve-city tour. They call on the fast-food chain to support their demand for pay raises.

Guest: Lucas Benitez, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Immokalee, FL, www.ciw-online.org

Tuesday, March 12th

PROGRAM # 3306 - 12:00 PDT
LINEA DEL PAISANO. REMITTANCES. This weekly program provides a forum for live listener questions and comments to a roundtable of high officials in Mexico’s presidential cabinet. This groundbreaking radio service offers Mexican callers unprecedented access to the Mexican presidency. Dr. Juan Hernandez, head of the Presidential Office for Mexicans Abroad discusses current issues, including a recent visit to Santa Ana's Mexico Trade Center and a visit this week by emigres representatives lobbying for the right to vote for Mexicans abroad. Maria Eugenia Bracho Gonzalez, Mexico's Consumer Protection Office director, joins this program to discuss the high fees paid by emigres who send money back home. This program can also be heard online on www.mexicoenlinea.gob.mx

PROGRAM # 3307 - 13:00 PDT
FRONTERA LIBRE EDITION - Radio Bilingüe in the U.S. and Radiarte, Sistema Jalisciense de Radio y Televisión in Guadalajara, México, join broadcasts to interconnect live U.S. audiences with listeners in Mexico’s emigres home states. This program features interviews with Jose Luis Gutierrez, Jalisco delegate for Mexico's Instituto Nacional de Migracion, speaking about plans for Easter week visitors, and Rodolfo Montiel, a Mexican farmer turned environmentalist who was imprisoned for protesting logging in Guerrero. Montiel, released earlier this year, is visiting San Francisco.

Wednesday, March 13th

PROGRAM # 3308 - 12:00 NOON PDT
DRUG TREATMENT. California’s Proposition 36 allows certain adult offenders who use illegal drugs to receive drug treatment instead of going to prison, jail or probation without treatment. A year after becoming law, what impact is Proposition 36 having on drug abusers? This program is aired in collaboration with KQED, public radio in San Francisco.

Guests: Rosa Escutia, California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, Sacramento, CA; Connie Moreno-Peraza, administrator, Stanislaus County Alcohol and Drug and Cultural Competence Program, Modesto, CA; Arturo Venegas, client, Mi Casa Alcohol and Drug Recovery Home, Sacramento, CA.

PROGRAM # 3309 - 13:00 PDT
PRIMARIES IN TEXAS. Correspondent Raul Feliciano provides a news account on the race in Texas that made Democrat Tony Sanchez the first Latino candidate in the history of the state's gubernatorial elections. He also focuses on the race of schoolteacher Victor Morales, who advanced to a runoff election in April for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate. Hector de Leon, representative for the National Association of Latino Elected Officials, provides analysis from Houston.

ALSO,

CONGRESS APPROVES 245i EXTENSION. Congressman Xavier Becerra (D-LA), comments on the extension of Section 245i, just approved by Congress. Becerra, who voted for it, says that it's too little too late.

Thursday, March 14th

PROGRAM # 3310 - 12:00 NOON PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION - WRTU – Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico brings interviews and commentary on news developments in the Caribbean basin.

HOST: Wanda Colon-Cortez.

PROGRAM # 3311 - 13:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism foremost advocate, is the program host. He offers this weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series "Voz Pública," a call-in program airing from Mexico City.

HOST: Francisco Huerta, www.vozpublica.com

Friday, March 15th

PROGRAM # 3312 - 12:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón, in El Paso, TX, provides news and commentary on major developments on U.S. immigration law. Listeners are encouraged to call in with personal concerns on immigration and citizenship issues. Spector Calderon comments on a House bill that extends Section 245i, allowing residency applicants to process their paperwork in the U.S.

PROGRAM 3313 - 13:00 PDT
WELFARE REFORM. President Bush seeks a new welfare reform urging Congress to push more public assistance recipients into jobs. Critics question the measures. Are they alleviating poverty or only cutting caseloads? Are hardworking legal immigrants being excluded from critical medical and safety-net services?

Guests: Mercy Viana, spokesperson, The White House; Marcela Urrutia, National Council of la Raza, Washington, DC.

ALSO,

SEN. TOM DASCHLE. This is an exclusive interview with Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD), Senate Majority Leader. Topics include the approval of Section 245i, pending immigration reform, President Bush' visit to Mexico and money remittances from immigrant workers.

ALSO,

FARMWORKER HEALTH OMBUDSMEN. A legal help project in Central California received support to hire farm worker leaders to serve as health ombudsmen. They will help farm workers access the health care system and will train grassroots leaders to promote change in health care services.

Guest: Estela Casas, executive director, Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc., Bakersfield, CA.

Monday, March 18th

PROGRAM # 3314 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION – DR. ANA NOGALES. Renowned psychotherapist Ana Nogales comments on the hidden mental challenges faced by the children of divorce. How do divorced families talk about their experience and deal with the sense of loss.

PROGRAM # 3315 - 13:00 PDT
JULIAN GONZALEZ AND LOS CENZONTLES. Julián González, a veteran string mariachi musician joins Los Cenzontles, a group of young musicians and folk dancers from San Pablo, CA, in a folk mariachi performance at Radio Bilingüe’s Twentieth ¡Viva el Mariachi! Festival in Fresno, CA. Mr. González learned old folk mariachi songs from his grandparents in Jalisco’s heartlands. Los Cenzontles have recorded ten CDs, including two with Chicano music greats Lalo Guerrero and Santiago Jiménez Jr.

Guests: Eugene Rodriguez, founding director; Lucina Rodriguez, singer, instructor; Julian Gonzalez, senior mariachi performer.

Tuesday, March 19th

PROGRAM # 3316 - 12:00 PDT
LINEA DEL PAISANO. MONEY REMITTANCES. This weekly program provides a forum for live listener questions and comments to a roundtable of high officials in Mexico’s presidential cabinet. This groundbreaking radio service offers Mexican callers unprecedented access to the Mexican presidency. This week, Fernando Lozano, from the presidential office for migrants, and Hilda Salcido, director of the Asociacion de Prestadores de Servicios de Remesas in Tijuana discuss money remittance services, fees and money exchange rates. This program can also be heard online on www.mexicoenlinea.gob.mx

PROGRAM # 3317 - 13:00 PDT
FRONTERA LIBRE EDITION – MARIACHI HEARTLANDS. Radio Bilingüe in the U.S. and Radiarte, Sistema Jalisciense de Radio y Televisión in Guadalajara, México, join broadcasts to interconnect live U.S. audiences with listeners in Mexico’s emigres home states. This week, Cornelio García “Tío Cornelio,” a radio host and long-time folk music advocate, comments on the state of mariachi music in the heartlands of Mexico.

Wednesday, March 20th

PROGRAM # 3318 - 12:00 NOON PDT
ILLINOIS PRIMARIES. After winning five straight elections, congressman Luis Gutierrez faces now a serious challenge to represent District 4th in Chicago. Marty Castro, a Mexican-American corporate lawyer, has tightened the race to represent this mostly Latino district. This program provides news and analysis.

Guest: Dr. Juan Andrade, Jr. President and CEO, U.S. National Hispanic Leadership Institute, Chicago.

ALSO,

MONTERREY SUMMIT. Heads of state from around the world meet in Monterrey, Mexico for a conference on financing and development. President Bush is scheduled to attend the meeting as part of a tour through the region. Legislators and grassroots groups use the forum to press on issues of poverty and migration. Correspondent Citlali Saenz is in Monterrey and files an extensive news report. The program includes comments from Mexican chancellor Jorge Castaneda and U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle, leader of the Senate majority.

PROGRAM # 3319 - 13:00 PDT
COLORECTAL CANCER. March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and Radio Bilingüe and the National Alliance for Hispanic Health partner to launch a special series on this issue. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. This tragic toll could be reduced if more people get screened on time and change their diet habits. An expert gives advise.

Guest: Dr. Elizabeth Ortiz de Valdez, President, Concilio Latino de Salud, Phoenix, AZ.

Thursday, March 21st

PROGRAM # 3320 - 12:00 NOON PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION - WRTU – Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico brings interviews and commentary on news developments in the Caribbean basin.

HOST: Wanda Colon-Cortez.

PROGRAM # 3321 - 13:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism foremost advocate, is the program host. He offers this weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series "Voz Pública," a call-in program airing from Mexico City.

HOST: Francisco Huerta, www.vozpublica.com

Friday, March 22nd

PROGRAM # 3322 - 12:00 PDT
¡VIVA EL MARIACHI! FESTIVAL. On the eve of Radio Bilingüe’s Twentieth ¡Viva el Mariachi! Festival, this program airs conversations with headliner mariachi leaders who gather in Fresno for the celebration. After twenty years of spearheading the mariachi renaissance, what are the new horizons for Fresno’s mariachi festival and movement?

Guests: Ana Galvan, cofounder and vihuela player, Mariachi Femenil Las Aguilas, Sacramento, CA; Javier and Victor, members of Los Hermanos Escamilla - Floreadores de Reata, Cd. Juarez, Chih.

PROGRAM 3323 - 13:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón, in El Paso, TX, provides news and commentary on major developments on U.S. immigration law. Listeners are encouraged to call in with personal concerns on immigration and citizenship issues. Comments included analysis on the proposal to extend Section 245i, Carlos B. Vazquez court hearing, and a report on the importance of undocumented workers for agriculture, domestic work and restaurant services.

Sunday, March 24th

SPECIAL BROADCAST - 12:00 NOON PDT
Live broadcast of Radio Bilingüe’s Twentieth ¡Viva el Mariachi! Festival in Fresno, the longest-running in California. The live concert features the following headliners:

• Nati Cano y Los Camperos, the dean of U.S. mariachis.
• Herencia Mexicana, the children of Mexico’s canción ranchera legends came together in this group. Its members include Irma Infante, Maria Elena Leal Beltran, Gabriel Solis, Juan Mendoza “Tariacuri” Jr, Laura and Juan Zaisar.
• Mariachi Juvenil Tecalitlán is an acclaimed ensemble of young musicians who follow on the steps of Mexico’s best mariachi groups.
• Other ensembles include Julian Gonzalez y Los Cenzontles, Mariachi Champaña-Nevin, Mariachi Garibaldi and Mariachi Femenil Las Aguilas.

Monday, March 25th

PROGRAM # 3324 - 12:00 PDT
HEALTH EDITION – LICE. About ten million children in the U.S. are estimated to have head lice, a plague that is increasingly difficult to kill. This resistance is making head lice a chronic malady. Parents resort to anti-louse home remedies and often ineffective commercial wares. Dr. Elmer Huerta discusses the problem and provides advise for parents.

PROGRAM # 3325 - 13:00 PDT
401(K) PLANS. A representative from Consumer Reports magazine discusses the impact of the recent collapse of the corporate giant Enron on 401(k) pension plans. Issues include how to plan mutual fund investments and rebuild the 401(k) portfolio after months of recession and slowing stock markets.

Guest: MariTere Arce, Consumer Reports magazine, Washington, DC.

Tuesday, March 26th

PROGRAM # 3326 - 12:00 PDT
LINEA DEL PAISANO. This weekly program provides a forum for live listener questions and comments to a roundtable of high officials in Mexico’s presidential cabinet. This groundbreaking radio service offers Mexican callers unprecedented access to the Mexican presidency. Dr. Juan Hernandez, head of the Presidential Office for Mexicans Abroad discusses current issues. This program can also be heard online on www.mexicoenlinea.gob.mx

PROGRAM # 3327 - 13:00 PDT
FRONTERA LIBRE EDITION - Radio Bilingüe in the U.S. and Radiarte, Sistema Jalisciense de Radio y Televisión in Guadalajara, México, join broadcasts to interconnect live U.S. audiences with listeners in Mexico’s emigres home states.

Wednesday, March 27th

PROGRAM # 3328 - 12:00 NOON PDT
FREDDY FENDER. Singer Freddy Fender recently won a Grammy Award for the best Latin pop album for “La música de Benjamin Huerta.” Fender was born Benjamin Huerta and since the mid 50s has left an imprint in traditional Mexican music, conjunto Texano, rock in Spanish and country. In this interview, Fender also discusses his times with the Texas Tornadoes, the Tex-Mex “dream band,” and his modest beginnings in the Rio Grande valley.

PROGRAM # 3329 - 13:00 PDT
ANXIETY. Latinos are often at risk of anxiety disorders and when in need they are reluctant to find a therapist. Latinos are less likely to receive professional care. When under treatment, Latinos often take medication as anxiety becomes critical and require emergency care, then stop when they feel better. These and other issues are discussed with mental health care providers.

Guests: Dr. Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, professor and academic researcher, California State University Fresno; Manuel Romero, Fresno Health Consumer Center/Central California Legal Services; Margarita Rocha, director, Centro La Familia, Fresno, CA.

Thursday, March 28th

PROGRAM # 3330 - 12:00 NOON PDT
PUERTO RICO EDITION - WRTU – Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico brings interviews and commentary on news developments in the Caribbean basin.

HOST: Wanda Colon-Cortez.

PROGRAM # 3331 - 13:00 PDT
MEXICO EDITION. Francisco "Paco" Huerta, a veteran radio journalist and civic journalism foremost advocate, is the program host. He offers this weekly, tape-delayed edition of the series "Voz Pública," a call-in program airing from Mexico City.

HOST: Francisco Huerta, www.vozpublica.com

Friday, March 29th

PROGRAM # 3332 - 12:00 PDT
CESAR CHAVEZ DAY CURRICULUM. On the eve of California’s official César Chávez holiday, this program focuses on the model curriculum developed in the California school system to honor the life and work of the late farm worker union and civil rights leader. The holiday celebration and the curriculum seek to promote service to the communities in the state. It also teaches on the principles of self-determination and non-violence.

Guests: Fernando Chávez, son of César Chávez and contributor to the state schools curriculum; Dr. María Ortiz, leading researcher for the César Chávez Curriculum Project, San Francisco; Arturo Rodriguez, President, United Farm Workers of America, La Paz, CA. www.cde.ca.gov/cesarchavez

PROGRAM 3333 - 13:00 PDT
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderón, in El Paso, TX, provides news and commentary on major developments on U.S. immigration law. Listeners are encouraged to call in with personal concerns on immigration and citizenship issues.

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