Kent Paterson

This documentary explores the historical, cultural and musical connections between rural communities and small towns and the big city, with an emphasis on La Joya, Belen and Isleta Pueblo.

Hear about the birth of the environmental justice movement of people of color in Albuquerque and New Mexico, farming and water consumption, efforts to safeguard the Rio Grande ecosystem and other forces shaping the past, present and future of the Rio Grande and the people and wildlife it sustains.

This documentary highlights key political, cultural and social issues covered by KUNM and other alternative media outlets in the early and mid-1970s. Originally aired Sunday December 4, 2022.

Sun. 10/31 11a: In commemoration of KUNM's 55th anniversary, Kent Paterson and Marty Adamsmith present a special program on KUNM's formative years in the…

Sat. 10/24 10p: In celebration of KUNM's 54th birthday, join The Doctor on an unforgettable trip back in time to the underground birthplace of KUNM. Host…

The 1970 U.S. invasion of Cambodia and the killings of students at Kent State University by the Ohio National Guard touched off one of the greatest…

Francis "FM"Montoya and Barry Lauesen came from very different backgrounds. Francis hailed from small Indigenous Pueblos of the Rio Grande Valley rooted…

In honor of Día de los Muertos we're remembering KUNM's late deejays and programmers who helped make the station. Check out their stories at:…

Sun. 09/20 11a: In September 2014, 43 Mexican students from the Ayotzinapa rural teachers’ college were forcibly disappeared by police and gunmen in…

Mon. August 4th, 7p: A Spanish-language documentary on the murders of women in México and New Mexico, updates the 2013 English-language documentary “The…