President Barack Obama’s visit to Rio Rancho to discuss the current state of the credit card industry and the new upcoming deadline for transition to Digital TV are on tap for this week’s episode of “New Mexico in Focus,” New Mexico’s weekly one-hour public affair show, will air on Friday, May 15 at 7 p.m. on KNME-TV Channel 5/5.1 and repeat on Sunday, May 17 at 6:30 a.m.
The deadline for the new transition to Digital TV is now less than a month away, however questions remain about how prepared New Mexicans are for the change. Time and again New Mexico has topped the list of states that are the least prepared for the move to Digital TV. This week, co-host Gene Grant will talk about what steps government officials have taken to make sure everyone is ready for the change with FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein.
Then co-host David Alire Garcia sits down with Jessica Collins, associate program director for the New Mexico Media Literacy Project and Paula Maes, president and CEO of the New Mexico Broadcasters Association to find out what resources are available for New Mexicans struggling to get ready to make the change to Digital TV.
Also in this week’s episode, “New Mexico in Focus” will have a recap of President Obama’s Town Hall meeting on credit card debt held in Rio Rancho earlier this week.
Producers of ‘New Mexico In Focus’ are Kevin McDonald and Kathy Wimmer. Closed captioning has been made possible by a gift from Mrs. Elspeth G. Bobbs.