[Reforma_or] [REFORMANET] Radio Tierra gives Gorge's Spanish-speaking community a voice

Fri Jan 24 13:01:34 PST 2020

Hola/Hello!   

We are so fortunate to have such a wonderful community here in Hood
River! I just wanted to share how proud we are of Radio Tierra and the
opportunity to be part of the RT familia!  

Thank you for sharing, Max! 

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Yeli Boots  

Bilingual Outreach Librarian - Bibliotecaria de Alcance 

Hood River County Library | 502 State St. | Hood River, OR  97031 

p: 541.387.7068 | www.hoodriverlibrary.org [11] Work Days/Días de
trabajo: Tuesday/martes-  Saturday/sábado 

On 2020-01-24 11:33, Mario Bencastro wrote:

> !Arriba Radio Tierra! 
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> Outstanding! 
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> Excelente. 
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> Gracias. 
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> www.MarioBencastro.com [1] - _La mansión del olvido -_ Premio Internacional del Libro Latino, EEUU, 2016. 
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> Libros / Books: www.amazon.com/s?k=bencastro&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 [2] 
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> https://independent.academia.edu/MarioBencastro 
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> FROM: reformanet at googlegroups.com [mailto:reformanet at googlegroups.com] ON BEHALF OF Zamora Saunders, Margarita
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> Thanks for sharing, Max. I'll have to check the radio station out! 
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> -Margarita 
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> RADIO TIERRA GIVES GORGE’S SPANISH-SPEAKING COMMUNITY A VOICE
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> SPECIAL REPORTS [3] 
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> _The bilingual community radio station was first envisioned in 1999. Now it's getting international reach_ 
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> BY: HANNAH RAY LAMBERT [4] 
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> POSTED: JAN 23, 2020 / 09:00 AM PST / UPDATED: JAN 21, 2020 / 05:02 PM PST 
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> HOOD RIVER, Ore. (KOIN) -- The bilingual community radio station Radio Tierra has been broadcasting out of Hood River for close to 20 years, bringing entertainment and education to people on both sides of the Columbia River and even south of the U.S. border. 
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> A few friends started the station back in 1999, according to Juan Reyes, president of the Radio Tierra Board of Directors. If station lore is to be believed, they originally tried to do a Spanish-language show on a different radio station. 
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> "I guess after the first show, we don't know if it was content or if it just wasn't popular, but they were asked to not do a show anymore," Reyes said. 
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> So they solicited donations from local businesses, rounded up some volunteers, and got to work. Two decades later, the majority of the station's funding still comes from donations. 
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> "The station is community funded, community run," Reyes said. 
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> Juan Reyes is the president of Radio Tierra's Board of Directors (Hannah Ray Lambert) 
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> They aim for about half Spanish content, half English. Providing valuable information to listeners is also key. 
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> "Radio Tierra was created to give the Spanish-speaking community a voice, but it's become one of the major sources of information for the Spanish-speaking community," Reyes said. 
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> That includes shows hosted by immigration attorneys, interviews with local organizations, a regular segment with Hood River County Sheriff Matt English, and even English and science lessons from the station's youngest hosts, who also happen to be Reyes' daughters. 
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> All three of his daughters have hosted shows at some point. Stephanie, the eldest, got roped into reading stories several years ago. 
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> In her show "Maestra Alexa," 7th grader Alexa Reyes teaches English. She has recorded more than 100 episodes! 
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> Soon, middle-child Alexa followed suit after her dad overheard her teaching her younger sister Spanish and thought it could make an entertaining show (she switched the language being taught to English, and now her segment is even broadcast on KBOO in Portland). 
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> The youngest, Allison, started her show "All is Science" about a year ago when she was 8. 
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> She told KOIN 6 her favorite episode so far has been on the life cycles of stars, and that she likes doing the show because she gets to learn new things. 
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> Allison Reyes, 9, hosts her own segment called "All is Science" on Radio Tierra. 
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> The books Allison uses to research for her segment come from fellow host Yeli Boots, who works at the local library and does a weekly, pre-recorded show called "Cuentos Con La Biblioteca" (Stories With the Library"). 
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> Geared toward younger listeners, it features songs, stories and library announcements. Boots has been running the show for almost two years. 
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> "I was actually very nervous," she said. "At first it was difficult piecing everything together like the sound waves … now it's really easy." 
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> Mike Nichols hosts a bluegrass show on Radio Tierra (Hannah Ray Lambert) 
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> Radio Tierra [5] has plenty of music in its rotation, including Mike Nichols' bluegrass show "A New Kind of Lonesome." He's been a fan of the genre ever since he first heard it on "The Beverly Hillbillies." Nichols used to host a show on a community radio station in Colorado, and when he moved to Hood River, he wanted to continue. 
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> "Everybody down here has just accepted me and my show, like it was meant to be," he said.
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>> "Radio Tierra has become this example of what can happen when people from different backgrounds, different ages, different races, different sexes can, it doesn't matter, come together and build something amazing." 
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>> _JUAN REYES, RADIO TIERRA BOARD PRESIDENT_
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> The station has been growing, Reyes said, and at some point he'd like to see Radio Tierra get its own studio (right now they broadcast out of The Next Door, a local nonprofit) as well as some paid employees. They have about 20 hosts and are always accepting more. [6] 
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> In 2018, they started streaming their broadcast online, reaching listeners as far away as California and Mexico (Reyes suspects they are friends or relatives of some of the DJs). 
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> Even in an increasingly digital age, Reyes said the majority of their listeners are still tuning in to the FM broadcast since a large number are agricultural workers. 
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> We're getting information directly "to the Spanish-speaking community while they're out there working in the orchards or packing houses, whatever that may be," he said. "Radio Tierra has become this example of what can happen when people from different backgrounds, different ages, different races, different sexes can, it doesn't matter, come together and build something amazing." 
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> About 20 people host shows on Radio Tierra, Hood River's bilingual community radio station (Juan Reyes/Radio Tierra)
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> Source [7] 
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[1] http://www.MarioBencastro.com
[2] http://www.amazon.com/s?k=bencastro&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
[3] https://www.koin.com/news/special-reports/
[4] https://www.koin.com/author/hannah-ray-lambert/
[5] https://radiotierra.org/
[6] https://radiotierra.org/volunteer-opportunities/
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https://www.koin.com/news/special-reports/radio-tierra-gives-gorges-spanish-speaking-community-a-voice/
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