John Mendez | Hood River, OR | E-mail | Website
Noticias Tuyas, which in English means “Your News,” set out to launch a weekly half-hour, prime-time, bilingual news program, broadcast on low-power FM radio station, Radio Tierra 95.1 FM KZAS. It targeted Latino residents who comprise more than 25 percent of its Hood River, OR, community. Broadcasts featured local news, opinions written and read by community members, and educational forums with a Latino perspective on the news. The project is no longer active.
Project Updates
- Area’s First Bilingual News Program Launches (November, 2005) - The Hood River area’s first bilingual news program, Noticias Tuyas (“Your News”) launched Aug. 16 on Radio Tierra, KZAS 95.1 FM in Oregon’s Columbia Gorge region. The show, which transitions between English and Spanish without translations, regularly airs every Saturday at 7 a.m. and re-runs at noon the same day. Each half-hour show adopts a […]
