I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Local public radio station KUNM announced that it received its biggest audience ever in 2008, according to Arbitron Research ratings. According to the University of New Mexico, the audience grew to 112,800 people per week during fall 2008.
In the spring, the ratings were 100,900 per week. “The elections and economic news were huge stories in fall 2008,” said KUNM General Manager Richard Towne. “Our volunteers, staff and students had a powerful opportunity to produce excellent public radio to serve this community.”
KUNM is the largest public radio station in New Mexico and reaches more than half the state. The station broadcasts from Oñate Hall at on the campus of UNM.
KUNM also features a segment with New Mexico Independent reporters every Thursday during the airing of “All Things Considered.”
