Radio Que Tal 101.5 FM

08/30/2024

Regular Friday afternoon KTAL listeners know that Loki has been counting down the greatest guitarists of all time. Now that he's reached the top ten, we're really getting to the cream of the crop. Tune in to the 6pm hour of Without Borders today to hear his next picks. (Pictured is his #9 choice from last week.)

Photo by Paille

08/28/2024

Lineup for Wednesday's Speak Up Las Cruces from 8 to 10 am:

8-8:30 am: Co-hosts Walt Rubel and Peter Goodman will discuss issues in the news. If you have any comments, please give us a call at 575-526-5825

8:30-9:00 am: We will speak with Las Cruces Public Schools Superintendent Ignacio Ruiz about the start of a new school year.

9:00-9:30 am: We will speak with new Sun-News sports reporter Nick Copollo, who fills a void that had existed for local sports reporting. Before his hiring, there had been no print sports reporter in town for several months.

9:30 -10:00 am: We will speak with part-time Las Cruces resident and Minnesota native Ron DeHarpporte, long-time ACLU board-member there, close friend of the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, and one of the earliest supporters of Tim Walz.

Folks can listen in live at 101.5 FM in the Las Cruces area or at www.lccommunityradio.org/listen. The show repeats at 2-4 pm the same day and later the show will be posted on the station’s archive page.

08/26/2024

Alternative Radio pays tribute to the renowned author, journalist, feminist and social critic Barbara Ehrenreich on this week's show. Hear it today on KTAL-LP at noon.

08/21/2024

Teresa Tudury will be Live From the Double Wide on KTAL today from 11am to 1pm. Tune in!

08/20/2024

Lineup for Wednesday's Speak Up Las Cruces from 8 to 10 am:

8:00 - 8:30 am: Co-hosts Walt Rubel and Nancy Baker will discuss issues in the news. If you have any comments, please give us a call at 575-526-5825

8:30 - 9:00 am: We will speak with Kelly Sayanagi, education director for the Asombro Institute for Science Education, which is sponsoring the Butterfly Flutterby on Saturday at the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park.

9:00 - 9:30 am: We will continue our discussions with candidates running in this year’s election by talking with Rep. Angelica Rubio, who won her election in the Democratic primary and is now running uncontested for re-election in District 35.

9:30 -10:00 am: We will speak with Daisy Maldonado, who is normally a co-host on the show. This week she will appear as the director of Empowerment Congress NM, which is calling on Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to follow up on recent promises to address drinking water problems in Sunland Park.

Folks can listen in live at 101.5 FM in the Las Cruces area or at www.lccommunityradio.org/listen on the Internet. The show repeats at 2-4 pm the same day and later the show will be posted on the station’s archive page.

08/19/2024

OTTO RIGAN
Café con Leche

On Tuesday, August 20, Greg Smith's guest on Café con Leche will be sculptor Otto Rigan. Many in our community will recognize Genesis, the piece he created for the entrance to Spaceport America. They will be talking about this large work and others he has sculpted, along with what he has seen happening with the arts in our region.

Please listen in on KTAL 101.5 FM at 8:00. We look forward to another great conversation on the arts in our part of the world.

photo by DJ Cordero Visitors to Spaceport America in New Mexico are now greeted by Genesis, a new monumental sculpture at the entrance to the commercial

08/17/2024

If you missed the radio interview on Radio Que Tal 101.5 FM about Las Cruces Comic Con, you can listen to it out of their archives at https://www.lccommunityradio.org/archives/live-true-fly-your-nerd-flag-high-with-troy-stegner

08/15/2024

This week on Live True, I talk with Troy Stegner, owner of Zia Comics and producer of Las Cruces Comic Con, happening this weekend at the Las Cruces convention center. Tune in 10am MT Friday on 101.5 FM in Las Cruces or stream at LCcommunityradio.org. For more info lascrucescomiccon.com.

08/14/2024

Lineup for Wednesday's Speak Up Las Cruces from 8 to 10 am:

8-8:30 am: Co-hosts Daisy Maldonado and Peter Goodman will discuss issues in the news. If you have any comments, please give us a call at 575-526-5825

8:30-9:30 am: We will speak with City Council member Johana Bencomo and city Housing and Neighborhood Services Director Natalie Green about efforts to respond to two new ordinances dealing with shopping carts and panhandling from street corners.

9:30 -10:00 am: We will speak with Laura Elmquist about the Triunity Conference scheduled for Aug. 19 at the Farm and Ranch Heritage Center. The theme for the conference is Fostering a Sense of Belonging and a Culture of Caring.

Folks can listen in live at 101.5 FM in the Las Cruces area or at www.lccommunityradio.org/listen on the Internet. The show repeats at 2-4 pm the same day and later the show will be posted on the station’s archive page.

(Photo by Steve Knutson on Unsplash)

08/13/2024

On this month’s edition of “In the Wind,” Doug Adamz has a conversation with Gene Keller, plus we hear his songs and poetry. Plus it’s Gene’s birthday. Tuesday at 2pm on KTAL.

08/12/2024

My Live True show with Las Cruces author Eva Nevarez St John about the memoir she wrote about being a woman in the military in the 1970s, and the murder of her best friend, Janice Starr, is now in the archives.

Lisa Lucca talks with author Eva Nevarez St. John about her recently published debut memoir, When Tough Cookies Crumble: A True Story of Friendship, Murder, and Healing, her time as a woman in the...

08/12/2024

Nolan Winkler will be Greg Smith's guest on Café con Leche on Tuesday at 8am. If you can't hear it then, you can catch it when it re-airs on Friday at 2PM or you can find it on our archives page.

08/07/2024

Lineup for Wednesday's Speak Up Las Cruces from 8 to 10 am:

8-8:30 am: Co-hosts Daisy Maldonado and Peter Goodman will discuss issues in the news. If you have any comments, please give us a call at 575-526-5825

8:30-9:00 am: We will speak with State Sen. Bill Soules in the first of what will be a series of candidate interviews leading up to the November election. Soules is running uncontested to retain his seat in District 37.

9:00-9:30 am: We will speak with Russian history scholar Joe Roach about the recent prisoner exchange between the U.S. and Russia, and the situation in the Ukraine following the belated passage of an aid package by Congress in April.

9:30 -10:00 am: We will speak with local jazz musician Orlando Madrid about his new CD, “From This Moment Forward.”

Folks can listen in live at 101.5 FM in the Las Cruces area or at www.lccommunityradio.org/listen on the Internet. The show repeats at 2-4 pm the same day and later the show will be posted on the station’s archive page.

08/05/2024

Eva Nevarez St John will be my guest on Live True this week to talk about her new memoir, When Tough Cookies Crumble. Her story is fascinating and delves into life in the 1970s for women in the military and the tragic murder of her best friend, Janice Starr.

Tune in Friday at 10am MT to 101.5 FM in Las Cruces or stream at LCcommunityradio.org.

07/31/2024

Lineup for Wednesday's Speak Up Las Cruces from 8 to 10 am:

8:00 - 8:30 am: Co-hosts Walt Rubel and Nancy Baker will discuss issues in the news.

8:30 - 9:00 am: We will speak with James Horcasitas of the Professional Firefighters Union No, 2362, which is sponsoring the Battle of the Badges amateur boxing competition between Las Cruces Police and Firefighters on Saturday at the Convention Center.

9:00 - 10:00 am: We will speak with Chris Faivre, who is leading the effort to get a municipal gross receipts tax increase passed by Las Cruces voters.

Folks can listen in live at 101.5 FM in the Las Cruces area or at www.lccommunityradio.org/listen on the Internet. The show repeats at 2-4 pm the same day and later the show will be posted on the station’s archive page.

07/30/2024

Celebrating 7 years of commercial-free Jazz!
KTAL took to the airwaves in July 2017 and we got the 7-year itch for more success...
The Buzzman presents
KTAL's first-ever Jazz broadcast in a special re-airing of Tuesday Night Jazz 6-8pm MDT
July 30 2924

07/29/2024

FEDERICO ALMAREZ & DAARTS
Café con Leche 7.30.24

Greg Smith’s guest on July 30th will be Federico Almarez, the board vice president of Doña Ana Arts Council. The topics will be updates on what the Arts Council is doing and the search for an interim director. As the local hub for the arts for more than 50 years, DAArts has a number of critical arts-centered activities going on each year.

Please tune in to KTAL 101.5 FM from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday. It will be a fun and informative conversation.

WELCOME TO THE ARTS HUB OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO DOÑA ANA ARTS COUNCIL Proudly loving, serving, and caring for Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, and Southern New Mexico with arts […]

07/22/2024

FILM IN THE ARTS
Café con Leche
Tuesday, 7.23.24

Greg’s guest will be Jackie Iyari Barragan, and the topic will be “Film in the Arts.” Specifically, Jackie will be sharing about Femme Frontera, grants that are open until August 1, the Minifest coming up on August 10, and other insights into what is happening locally with film.

Please listen on Tuesday from 8:00 to 9:00 in the morning at KTAL 101.5 FM. It should be an interesting conversation!

Femme Frontera is a collective of six women filmmakers from the U.S.-Mexico border region. We are dedicated to inspiring and empowering female filmmakers from both sides of the border. We celebrate these unique voices through showcasing work, community outreach, and educational initiatives. WE ARE

07/17/2024

Lineup for Wednesday's Speak Up Las Cruces from 8 to 10 am:

8-8:30 am: Co-hosts Daisy Maldonado and Peter Goodman will discuss issues in the news. If you have any comments, please give us a call at 575-526-5825

8:30-9:00 am: As many listeners know, our friend and p***c benefactor John Paul Taylor died on February 12, 2023. He and his wife had reached agreement to donate their interesting home in Mesilla to the state for a museum, fully effective after their deaths. Their daughter Mary Helen Ratje and museum director Alexandra McKinney will discuss the museum and the “Taylor Talks” starting July 27.

9:00-9:30 am: Our friend, Jamar Cotton, returns to talk about the fantastic season the Banitas, Las Cruces’s women’s football team, is having, along with two of his players. This past Saturday they won another playoff game in their effort to return to the national finals at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

9:30 -10:00 am: We’ll be joined by Zeke Rodriguez, a local conservative, to discuss issues and how to talk with each other across the partisan divide.

Folks can listen in live at 101.5 FM in the Las Cruces area or at www.lccommunityradio.org/listen on the Internet. The show repeats at 2-4 pm the same day and later the show will be posted on the station’s archive page.

07/10/2024

This week on Live True the fabulous H.A. Stories duet, Hallie Balogh & Auttie Grace, are back on the show to talk about their recently published second book in their YA sci-fi Empire series! These two young women are remarkable and give me hope for our future. Tune in Friday at 10am MT to 101.5 FM in Las Cruces, or ask Alexa to "Play KTAL-LP", or stream at LCcommunityradio.org.

07/08/2024

DAVE SORENSEN
Café con Leche, July 9, 2024

Greg’s guest on Tuesday will be painter, photographer, and collector, Dave Sorensen. Topics will be Dave’s own journey with art here and what he has observed about the power of art locally and nationally. Dave and his wife Paula have had a huge impact on the arts here locally.

Please tune in and listen on KTAL 101.5 from 8:00 to 9:00 Tuesday morning. It will be an hour of observations and insights.

Welcome to my website. I hope you enjoy an international journey through my art, and if so inspired, add my work to your own collection.. In addition to Southwestern USA themes, many of my paintings reflect a key facet of my art, a love affair with the Australian wilderness that dates back to the 19...

07/08/2024

If you missed this show about the human stories of what is happening at our border, listen to my conversation with author Sarah Towle in the archives now.

Lisa Lucca has a timely conversation with author Sarah Towle about her new book, Crossing The Line: Finding America in the Borderlands . Her research and passion for sharing the stories of those...

07/03/2024

Lineup for Wednesday's Speak Up Las Cruces from 8 to 10 am:

8:00 - 8:30 am: Co-hosts Walt Rubel and Nancy Baker will discuss issues in the news.

8:30 - 9:00 am: Mary Martinez White of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders will update us on efforts to seek compensation following the recent failure by Congress to act.

9:00 - 10:00 am: We will speak with Anjali Bean, a senior policy advisor for the Healthy Rivers Program at Western Resources Advocates, and Israel Chavez of the local group Rio Grande Waves (Water Advocates for Vital Environmental Sustainability) about the upcoming Interstate Stream Commission meeting in Las Cruces to gather public input for implementation of the state’s new Water Security Planning Act.

Folks can listen in live at 101.5 FM in the Las Cruces area or at www.lccommunityradio.org/listen on the Internet. The show repeats at 2-4 pm the same day and later the show will be posted on the station’s archive page.

07/02/2024

This week on Live True with Lisa Lucca, I have an important and very timely conversation with author Sarah Towle about her new book, Crossing The Line: Finding America in the Borderlands. Her research and passion for sharing the stories of those seeking opportunities in the US are extraordinary. Tune in to 101.5 FM in Las Cruces; ask your smart speaker to "play KTAL-LP"; or stream at LCcommunitryradio.org. Friday at 10am MT. Rebroadcast airs at 7am on Sunday and it will be in the archives on Monday.

07/02/2024

Café con Leche on Tuesday, July 2

Greg Smith's guest will be Amalia Kelter Zeitlin. They will be talking about her musical and administrative work with Camerata del Sol and her upcoming time in Israel. Time and conversation allowing, we may touch on "Patriotism and the Arts" with Independence Day coming in just two more days.

Please be sure to listen from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. at 101.5 FM.

06/26/2024

Lineup for Wednesday's Speak Up Las Cruces from 8 to 10 am:

8-8:30 am: Co-hosts Walt Rubel and Peter Goodman will discuss issues in the news.

8:30-9:00 am: Mark Lusk will be on to talk about authoritarian nationalism and his book, Decolonized Approaches to Civil Rights and Social Work.

9:00-9:30 am: Jamar Cotton will discuss this year’s highly successful season for Las Cruces’s women’s professional football team, which is in the national playoffs, and also the NAACP youth group.

9:30 -10:00 am: Local musician Orlando Madrid will join us and discuss his music and likely we’ll play a bit from his latest CD.

Folks can listen in live at 101.5 FM in the Las Cruces area or at www.lccommunityradio.org/listen on the Internet. The show repeats at 2-4 pm the same day and later the show will be posted on the station’s archive page.

06/24/2024

If you missed my show with Emma Holden about her journey as a family with her trans daughter, Christina, you can listen in the archives!

As part of her LGBTQ Families Series for Pride Month, Lisa Lucca has a poignant conversation with Emma Holden , a Las Cruces single mom of three about her trans child, Christina, and their...

06/24/2024

WRAPPING UP PRIDE MONTH
LGBTQ and the Arts, Part 4

Wrapping Café con Leche up for June, Greg's guests will be Dennis and Jeff Milligan-Lujan, Laura Williams, and Cat Jonet.

Dennis and Jeff have been hosting a range of gallery shows in their home for a number of years, and Dennis is a multifaceted artist in his own right. Laura and Cat are deeply involved in making FBAFF and Zine Fest happen in coming days.

The hour promises to be informative and entertaining. Please listen in from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 25, on KTAL 101.5 FM.

Celebrate International Historical PRIDE on June 28 & 29, 2024 Through Independent Film & Media in Las Cruces, NM, USA The 2024 edition of the Feminist Bo...