SATÉLITE RADIO BILINGÜE GOES LIVE ON WORLDWIDE WEB
Partnership with California State University San Marcos makes possible Latino community radio service to worldwide audiences.
Satélite Radio Bilingüe's distinctive 24-hour programming radio service will go live worldwide via the Internet thanks to a partnership with California State University San Marcos, host of the real-time audio online stream, and National Public Radio.
Through this new service, Satélite Radio Bilingüe seeks to reach the growing audience of Latinos connected to the Internet, especially in populous Latino areas without access to Spanish-language public broadcast service, like Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Antonio. Satélite Radio Bilingüe seeks also to reach the increasingly online-connected Spanish-speaking audiences worldwide, offering news and cultural programming about Latinos in the United States, the home of diverse Latino nationalities that is quickly becoming one of the top Spanish-speaking countries in the world.
Leaders of this partnership, Dr. Alexander Gonzalez, President of California State University San Marcos and Hugo Morales, Executive Director of Radio Bilingüe, Inc. will announce the details of this international radio service at a news conference on June 16 in San Diego. Dr. Jim Paluzzi, Chair of the Distribution/Interconnection Committee of the Board of Directors of National Public Radio will provide specifics on the Public Radio Satellite System, the distributor of thousands of hours of news, music, and specialized audience programming to public radio stations in the U.S.
The press conference will take place in San Diego at the Community Room of the Mercado Apartments on Wednesday, June 16, 1999 at 10 a.m. The address is 2001 Newton Avenue, across the street from Chicano Park in Barrio Logan.
Radio Bilingüe is the United States' foremost Latino public radio network. The California-based network makes public radio a reality for underserved audiences in the United States, Puerto Rico and Northern Mexico. Independent groundbreaking programs like the daily Spanish-language talk show Línea Abierta, the news service Noticiero Latino, and a full stream of folk music and cultural programming are available on two satellites.
California State University San Marcos is part of the 23-campus CSU system. It is located in San Diego County and serves 5,000 students in Arts and Sciences, Education and Business. It emphasizes innovative teaching, applied research and community service learning.
National Public Radio has been supporting a full-time radio channel for Satélite Radio Bilingüe on the Galaxy VI satellite system.
Funding for this endeavor is provided in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.