Since it’s launch in March of 2007, V-me, the first U.S. Hispanic Network to partner with public television stations, has become the fastest growing Spanish language network in history. KNME was one of 15 charter stations nationwide to air V-me. Co-host Gene Grant interviews its President and CEO, Carmen DiRienzo, on “New Mexico in Focus,” KNME-TV channel 5’s weekly hour-long public affairs show, will air on Friday, July 3 at 7 p.m. on KNME-TV channel 5.1 and repeat on Sunday, July 5 at 6:30 a.m.
Additionally, co-host David Alire Garcia, on a tour of the National Hispanic Cultural Center with its incoming director, visits with Dr. Estevan Rael-Galvez, and takes a sneak peek at an amazing fresco that is a work in progress in the Center’s torreon.
Also, “The Line” panelists including Whitney Waite Cheshire and Jim Scarantino will be joined by guest panelists Margaret Montoya, UNM Health Sciences Center and CUNY School of Law, and Teresa Cordova, a former Bernalillo County commissioner and UNM School of Architecture and Planning professo.
They will discuss other topics including Independence Day and patriotism, and a video about the “fire and passion” of a notable New Mexican flamenco dancer Maria Benitez.
“New Mexico in Focus” is produced by Kevin McDonald and Kathy Wimmer and closed captioning has been made possible by a gift from Mrs. Elspeth G. Bobbs.
Media Contact: Evy Todd, (505) 277-1218; e-mail: etodd@knme.org