Gila Mimbres Community Radio

02/06/2025

Friendly Fire - Friday, Feb. 7 at 10:00 am and Sunday, Feb. 9 at 6.00 pm.
Don KImball will be joined by Angie Mencarelli, Navy Vet, 1979 hired as a air traffic controller, ending up in the world’s biggest radar facility, SoCal Trecon in San Diego and retired in 2003 and then worked five years as a ramp controller. Also joining them will be Pat Elder, who is director of Military Poisons, working on PFAS and other poisons on bases in the US and around the world. He has written over 400 articles on these problems, many of which can be found at

Military Poisons and WILPF US Earth Democracy have united to expose the military's role in PFAS contamination; to bring together health, peace, environmental, social, and economic justice groups; and to advocate for action, legislation, and cleanup.

02/03/2025

The Equity Hour: Where the Political is Personal is a monthly show that airs on the first Monday of the month at 10 am and the following Sunday at 4 pm and is part of the Kindred Continuum series. For part III of their Immigration series, Co-hosts Cindy "Renee" Provencio and Kit West interviewed GiGi, a woman who worked in immigration detention centers in New Mexico 20 years ago. Many migrants shared their stories with GiGi, stories that stayed with her all these years. The stories shared in this episode are reminiscent of current migration stories and reveal the conditions that drive migration to the United States. Most importantly, this episode reminds us of the fact that migrants are worthy of human dignity, respect, safety and wellbeing.

01/28/2025

In Tilantongo – Conversations from Indigenous Mexico; Conversaciones desde el México indigena, Phil and Kathy Dahl-Bredine bring perspectives and insights from Oaxaca, where they have lived with and learned from indigenous Mixtec people since 2001. This bilingual program features interviews with villagers, educators, environmental advocates, historians, and more.
This program features Miguel Angel Velazquez from the non-profit Services for an Alternative Education EDUCA. Miguel and EDUCA work to strengthen community government in indigenous villages across the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. We open the year with a discussion of what the indigenous communities can expect from new US and Mexican administrations in 2025. How will returned migrants under the Trump administration affect community life? Will changes in strategies for the control of organized crime create more violence there? Have trade treaties created more poverty in indigenous communities and more migration?

01/24/2025

This week on Friendly Fire with Don Kimball - on GMCR.org and live on KURU 89.1 FM Silver City, NM
Tune in Friday, Jan. 24th at 10:00 am and Sunday at 6:00 pm to hear the griping stories of two witnesses to the LA fires. Both guests, Vinnie DeStefano lives just down the road from the Eaton Cañon Fire and Kathleen Hernandez from Topanga Cañon have extensive knowledge of the area, and have been actively involved with the fire fighting community for decades. The conflagration killed at least 28 people, displaced 50,000 from their homes and caused billions of dollars in damages. What went wrong and why, and how can we prevent a similar disaster in the future?
This is a really interesting interview, don’t miss it!

01/21/2025

Tuesday Morning Beat 1-21-2025 Interview with Carol Wingo of Samaritanos Sans Fronteras at 10:00 a.m.

01/21/2025

Tuesday Morning Beat 1-21-2025. The lowdown: Continuing tribute to MLK; Interview with Carol Wingo of Samaritanos Sins Fronteras - what's happening now at the border? Tune in . 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. GMCR.org KURU 89.1 FM

12/23/2024

Tuesday Morning Beat 12-24-2024 . 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. This week will feature "Beyond the Border" with co-host Scott Plate. Guest Sally Tilton. Our monthly discussion is an opportunity to broaden our understanding about death and dying and in reflection how we live our lives each day. We bring you a view of death with dignity as a social justice issue. Curious? Tune in.

12/14/2024

Come celebrate community radio on Saturday 12/21 from 10-4 with Gila Mimbres Community Radio’s open house. We’ll have light refreshments, and friendly volunteers & Board members will be there to greet visitors & listeners. Donations to GMCR will be matched through challenge grants, and that money will be matched by the NM Local News Fund up to $7,500. Thank you for supporting community radio!! See you Saturday 12/21!

12/09/2024

Gila Mimbres Community Radio welcomes Dan Bern back to the studio this Thursday, December 12, an honor of our December fundraiser. And this month your donations to GMCR will be matched dollar for dollar by the NM Local News Fund, and on Thursday, the addition of challenge grants from generous listeners will help bring in two dollars for every dollar you give!! Join us at 519 B N Bullard this Thursday between 10 and 4 PM to meet radio folk, share warm drinks and snacks, and support community radio. You can also donate at gmcr.org. Thank you for supporting GMCR and KURU 89.1 FM!

12/06/2024

Tune into Friendly Fire, a Voice FOR Veterans This Friday, December 6th at 10:00 am mountain time and on Sunday, December 8th at 6:00 pm on GMCR.org or live on KURU 89.1 FM to hear retired USAF officers Don Christenson and Rachel VanLandingham. These legal experts are alarmed about the nomination of former Fox News cohost Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense. These former prosecutors will examin the many troubling questions about his ability to direct the government’s largest department and employer. You can also hear the show in the archive at archive.gmcr.org.

12/03/2024

Join me this morning 9 to 11 a.m. on GMCR -KURU. Special re-play of Gila River Celebration Keynote presentation by Dr. Wendsler Noise of Apache Stong Hold. And its Gving Tuesday. Tune in to Tuesday Morning Beat. GMCR.org Maree McHugh DJ/host.

12/02/2024

Gila Mimbres Community Radio is participating in the annual worldwide day of giving, generosity and doing good known as Giving Tuesday. It is celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, this year December 3.

If your GMCR membership is up for renewal, or if you simply would like to support our local community radio, please consider going to https://gmcr.org and click on the donate button.

All donations made during the entire month of December - including Giving Tuesday - will be double matched by both the New Mexico Local News Fund and some special local benefactors. That means for every dollar you donate, GMCR will receive three dollars!

We will also be hosting an open house on Giving Tuesday from 10 am to 4 pm. Stop by and meet some of our on-air hosts, volunteers and Board members. Free coffee and donuts - coffee all day, donuts while they last!

Thank you.

insert_link 2 1 Uncategorized Thanks for coming to WCZ & supporting GMCR! Many thanks to all who joined us Saturday night at the Whiskey Creek Zocalo!! It was great to see everyone! We are so grateful to Blues Dawg for sharing their high-energy electric blues with us. And a big shout out to Melanie....

11/24/2024

Tuesday Morning Beat brings you the 5th episode of "Beyond the Border" a discussion about death and dying. Our guest 11-26-2024 is
Siridaharma Khalsa, instructor of yoga and meditation, she offers support for those living through the dying process. Siri shares her perspective of the depth of the human spirit, which fueled her desire to help people to face the inescapable fact of life - dying is inevitable. Tune in for live interview at 10 a.m. DJ/Host Maree McHugh and co-host Scott Plate. Tuesday Morning Beat now airs from 9 am to 11 am every Tuesday. Collage art by M. McHugh

11/22/2024

Today on Friendly Fire with Don Kimball, which airs on KURU 89.1 FM and on the web at GMCR.org, on Friday Nov 22, 2024 at 10 am and Sunday Nov 24 at 6 pm, Don will interview Billie Winner Davis, a Military Families Speak Out board member and mother of USAF veteran and whistleblower Reality L. Winner. Billie will talk about the effort to have President Biden give Reality a full pardon, because even after serving her time in prison, Reality is still “handcuffed” in her efforts to lead a normal life. Also, we’ll hear from LCSW Katherine Castelo, an expert with 25 years of experience helping veterans deal with mental health challenges. We discuss methods for coping with the trauma of Trump coming back to power.

11/16/2024

Hello All! I'll be playing my usual blend of Honky-Tonking tunes for your listening pleasure...plus I'll be talking about The Art of Placement, aka Feng-Shui during the breaks. Feng-Shui, a practice I have maintained for decades, is the art of creating POSITIVE energy in your home or Business, making life BETTER, no matter what the outside world is doing. Feng-Shui works because it is grounding. I have many satisfied clients...and would welcome MORE. So...tune in Sunday, November 17 between 2 & 4 for the Social, Aide and Pleasure Society meet-UP on KURU, 89.1 FM or GMCR.org

11/14/2024

Gila Mimbres Community Radio is hiring for a new station manager!! Please submit resumes to [email protected]

11/12/2024

Shout out!! Kudos, gratitude to my KURU DJ Buddy Paulo for sitting in for Tuesday Morning Beat while I am recovering from knee surgery. Thanks Paulo for doing such a great job hosting and DJ'ing.

11/05/2024

Tune in tonight from 6PM for live election coverage featuring local results with Loca Flavor hosts, Raul Turrieta and George Carr, along with national coverage from the Pacifica Radio Network