Tickets are also available for our Radio Rendezvous, the 2010 fundraiser dinner for Marfa Public Radio, on Saturday March 20 in Marfa, the event of the season. Tickets are $150 to the gala, with catering by the Food Company of Dallas, one-of-a-kind West Texas prizes, and the Webb Wilder Band from Nashville.
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KRTS's Spring Membership Drive Starts This Friday
18 Mar 2010
KRTS Marfa's On-Air Spring Membership Drive begins Friday, March 19 and runs through March 29. It's the perfect time to become a member of the station! KRTS couldn't be here without the financial support of our members. Find out more by visiting the "Support" page on this website. And listen throughout the drive for special programming from your favorite KRTS DJs.
To kick-off the drive, KRTS is hosting a FREE party on Friday March 19 at 7:30 PM at the Crowley Theater, on the corner of Austin and El Paso Streets. Friday night at the Crowley features refreshments, popcorn, and a film screening, in partnership with Premiere Video of Dallas. Enjoy public radio camaraderie starting at 7:30. The film screening begins at 8 PM. We hope to see you there!
St Patricks Day Special
17 Mar 2010
A KRTS St. Patrick's Day special airs Wednesday night at 6:30 PM CT. It is entitled "A Terrible Beauty" and it was composed by Paul Sullivan, based on the novel "The Law Of Dreams" by Peter Behrens, a part-time resident of Marfa, Texas. Tune in tonight at 6:30 - 8 PM.
Mid-March Interviews
16 Mar 2010
This week on Talk At Ten, (Monday) Kathy Bork and Dr. Adrian Billings introduce Brain Awareness Week; (Tuesday) musician Bubba Hernandez, formerly of Brave Combo; (Wednesday) musician Ashley Raines; (Thursday) Greg Lasley; (Friday) Davis Mountains Project Director of the Nature Conservancy, Chris Pipes.
MPR Board Meeting on Saturday
15 Mar 2010
There will be a meeting of the Board of Directors of Marfa Public Radio Corp on Saturday March 20 at 2 PM at the KRTS Studios at 111 S Highland Avenue in beautiful Marfa, Texas.
This Week's Interviews
8 Mar 2010
This week on Talk At Ten, (Monday) a tribute to Ryan Bingham, who won an Academy Award Sunday night for Best Original Song; (Tuesday) businessman John Poindexter of Cibolo Creek; (Wednesday) replay of an interview with biologists Michael Eason and Aimee Roberson; (Thursday) the band Midtown Dickens, performing in Marfa; (Friday) Lannan Foundation writer-in-residence Ben Marcus.
This Week on Talk At Ten
3 Mar 2010
These are the local interviews for TALK AT TEN for the first week of March, broadcast weekdays first at 10 AM and then again at 6:30 PM: Monday, Pathless Pedaled and Tim Leeper, two cross-country cycling groups; Tuesday, we preview The Clientele, band from Britain; Wednesday, artist Jarrod Beck, showing at the Second Floor in Marfa; Thursday, environmental writer Paul Johnson, resident of Thinking Like A Mountain in Fort Davis; and Friday, Richard Grant, author of God's Middle Finger, about the Sierra Madre.
Presidio County results
2 Mar 2010
Presidio County results for County Judge: Jerry Agan (355) in a run-off with Paul Hunt (353), then James "Quatro" White (316), Linneaus Lorrette (135). Results for County Commissioner: "Buddy" Knight (248) in a run-off with Luis Madrid (137), then Danny Watts (97), Fred Covarubias (67).
TX Independence Day
2 Mar 2010
Marfa Public Radio is celebrating Texas Independence Day with a hourlong block of classic Texas tunes, from 3 to 4 PM, on Tuesday. It's also Election Day, stay tuned Tuesday night for full results.
Candidate Forum Rebroadcast
1 Mar 2010
Portions of the two-hour Presidio County Candidate Forum will be rebroadcast Monday at 3-4 PM. The Forum was originally broadcast on January 29 in Marfa. Candidates for Presidio County Commissioner and Presidio County Judge participated.
Special Series: Back To Work
KRTS/ Marfa Public Radio, in conjunction with Workforce Solutions Upper Rio Grande, has produced the series, Back To Work, a look at the economies of the Trans-Pecos area of West Texas. The Back To Work series is funded in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Marfa National Bank.
The CPB encourages you to share your public radio comments via the My Source site on this page.
On this special Back To Work site you will find podcasts for the special series of four Talk at Ten broadcasts we have done, each of which combine field recordings throughout Presidio, Jeff Davis, Brewster and Hudspeth counties, with live interview. All Talk at Ten broadcasts are hosted by KRTS’ General Manager, Tom Michael. This site will also include podcasts for each interview conducted in the field by our Project Manager, Karen Bernstein. Interviews and Talk At Ten podcasts are grouped thematically: jobs/ jobseekers, business, Redford/ Presidio case studies.
The Back To Work area (B2W) has regularly updated content to keep you informed on matters of the national and local economies relevant to our story topics or interviews, including an area devoted to articles and media as well as a discussion forum. We also have links to a number of statewide organizations and agencies that can help job seekers and businesses get back to work! Join us and participate.
