Creative PR » Radio Bilingüe http://www.creativepr.org/wp Getting Great Radio Heard Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:46:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 L.A. Public Media to Launch On-line in July http://www.creativepr.org/wp/2010/04/15/l-a-public-media-to-launch-on-line-in-july/ http://www.creativepr.org/wp/2010/04/15/l-a-public-media-to-launch-on-line-in-july/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:15:48 +0000 Jazz http://www.creativepr.org/wp/?p=1896

The CPB backed Los Angeles service managed by Radio Bilingue targeting the 25 – 40 year listeners of color is making plans to begin distributing its content via the web in July reports Current, the trade publication of public broadcasting.

Full story – http://www.current.org/diversity/diversity1006-lapm.shtml

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]]> http://www.creativepr.org/wp/2010/04/15/l-a-public-media-to-launch-on-line-in-july/feed/ 0 Radio Bilingüe presents Special Multimedia Coverage of The Smithsonian’s Las Américas Festival June 24-29 http://www.creativepr.org/wp/2009/06/15/radio-bilingue-presents-special-multimedia-coverage-of-the-smithsonians-las-americas-festival-june-24-29/ http://www.creativepr.org/wp/2009/06/15/radio-bilingue-presents-special-multimedia-coverage-of-the-smithsonians-las-americas-festival-june-24-29/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:57:28 +0000 Jazz http://www.creativepr.org/wp/?p=937 MUSIC Postcard FRONT final

As the nation celebrates its independence, Radio Bilingüe will broadcast performances from Las Américas, the Latino music component of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival that begins June 24 through July 5 in Washington, D.C. with extraordinary folk artists who represent some of the best musical traditions from the U.S. and Latin America.

Radio Bilingüe, now in its third year of broadcasting the Latino music festival, will cover the first half of the two-week run June 24-29 broadcasting and webcasting the programs at 3 PM and 5 PM EDT. Additional online platforms will include podcast, audio on demand archives, news text and photos.

Artists represent emblematic musical styles in the United States and throughout the Americas including -

  • Puerto Rican bomba, plena, and jíbaro music,
  • Mexican son music, mariachi music,
  • Colombian vallenato, joropo, and currulao,
  • Dominican merengue típico, bachata, and salve,
  • Chilean cueca, tonada, and nueva canción,
  • Venezuelan música llanera,
  • Paraguayan polca,
  • Guatemalan marimba, and
  • Salvadoran chanchona music.

Chelis Lopez, a long-time cultural arts promoter and on-air personality in San Francisco, will host the series. The special coverage is in collaboration with WLCH Radio Centro in Lancaster and York, Pennsylvania.

Available via Content Depot, Satellite or online stream.

Webcasting, podcast, audio on demand archives, news text and photos are available at www.radiobilingue.org.

Radio Bilingüe recently featured in the New York Times:
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
Published: June 9, 2009
“La Hora Mixteca,” which translates to “The Mixtec Hour,” broadcasts from Fresno, Calif., in Spanish and Mixteco, an indigenous language from Oaxaca, Mexico.
]]> http://www.creativepr.org/wp/2009/06/15/radio-bilingue-presents-special-multimedia-coverage-of-the-smithsonians-las-americas-festival-june-24-29/feed/ 0 Spanish Language Election Coverage from Radio Bilingue! http://www.creativepr.org/wp/2008/10/30/spanish-language-election-coverage-from-radio-bilingue/ http://www.creativepr.org/wp/2008/10/30/spanish-language-election-coverage-from-radio-bilingue/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:13:36 +0000 Jazz http://www.creativepr.org/wp/?p=241 With a surge in naturalization rates and native-born Latinos turning 18, the power of a growing Latino electorate will have an historic impact in U.S. voting booths.

Radio Bilingüe’s Hacia el Voto 2008 series will feature a 6-hour election-day program and paired 2-hour specials the day before and after an historic election with anticipated record-breaking voter participation and increased Latino turnout.

Teaming up with reporters at partner stations nationwide, this portion of the year-long series will air on Election Day from 12 to 4 pm and from 8 to 10 pm PST focusing on presidential and key congressional races around the country.

* Monday, Nov. 3, a pre-Election Day special will air from noon to 2 pm
* Wednesday, Nov. 5, an aftermath report will air from noon to 2 pm

For more information, visit: http://www.radiobilingue.org/elections/

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