FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: CASSANDRA SHUMATE
907-277-2776
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THE NATION'S FIRST NATIVE AMERICA RADIO CALL-IN SET FOR JUNE 5 START
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Anchorage -- NATIVE AMERICA CALLING, the first national call-in radio
program focused on Native issues, will debut June 5, 1995, after two
nationwide talent searches and more than a year of planning and
preparation. The one-hour daily program will be heard on tribal and
public radio stations coast-to-coast each Monday through Friday at 1:00
p.m. Eastern time.
NATIVE AMERICA CALLING Host George Tiger, a member of the Muscogee
(Creek) Tribe of Oklahoma, will engage noted guests and listeners in
discussions about education, economic development, healthcare, Native
tradition and other important topics. Tiger, a veteran broadcasting
personality, has extensive media experience including local talk shows,
television reporting, radio sports reporting and independent producing.
He is currently president of the Haskell Indian Nations University Board
of Regents.
"The past few years have really demonstrated the power of talk radio
in educating people, promoting expression, and affecting change at top
levels. We believe NATIVE AMERICA CALLING will be hugely successful
because Native people in this country are looking for effective
inter-tribal communication links to share comments and opinions. This
program can be that link," Tiger says.
Plans to distribute the program via satellite by AIROS, American
Indian Radio on Satellite - a 24 hour satellite channel of Native radio
programming - will make NATIVE AMERICA CALLING available to all tribal and
public radio stations in the country. A production of the Alaska Public
Radio Network and the Native American Public Broadcast Consortium, NATIVE
AMERICA CALLING has selected public radio station KUNM-FM in Albuquerque,
NM as its production facility.
"Albuquerque offers a wealth of resources for this program, and KUNM,
a licensee of the University of New Mexico, has a history of pioneering
Native radio programming for their statewide listening audience," said
Pamila Belgarde, Turtle Mountain Chippewa, senior producer of NAC. "The
University and the local community really came out in support of this
program. It was a very natural production location for a national Native
program of this caliber."
Listeners can stay abreast of new program developments and new
stations coming on line by calling the NATIVE AMERICA CALLING Hotlline at
(907) 566-2244.
Major funding for NATIVE AMERICA CALLING is provided by the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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