Kent Paterson

Cadillac Bob & The Rhinestones

KUNM Turns 60!Featuring Paul Pino & The Tone Daddies feat. Sherri Gonzales, Red Light Cameras, and Cadillac Bob & The Rhinestones.October 17, 2026 • 4:00 pm - 9:30 pm

This one-hour documentary explors environmental and public health issues facing Sunland Park and Santa Teresa along the U.S.–Mexico border—drinking water quality, Rio Grande pollution, traffic, and a long-contested regional landfill. Produced by Kent Paterson with Mercedes Mejia, it blends rare archival recordings with voices of residents, officials, and activists shaping what comes next.

Juarez remembers Mexico Dirty War

An interview with Steve Berlin of the band "Los Lobos".

An interview and listening session with 94-year-old musician and restauranteur Vicente Bautista.

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.