“News New Mexico” Wins Talk Show of the Year Award

Spence and Swickard During a Serious Moment

KSNM - (Las Cruces, NM) - In less than a year, the rapid growth and development of “News New Mexico” has netted the three-hour talk show a top state broadcasters honor. On Thursday, May 19, 2011 the New Mexico Broadcasters Association released its list of the 2011 Award recipients and “News New Mexico” won the Division 2 Talk Show of the Year Award. The award reflects the outstanding achievements of broadcasters for the calendar year 2010 and recognizes exceptional news coverage, entertainment, and production across five radio markets and one television market. 

Janice Arnold-Jones

 “News New Mexico” debuted on July 1, 2010 on KSNM AM 570 (Las Cruces) with hosts Jim Spence and Dr. Michael Swickard. The idea for the show was developed by the two co-hosts and Radio of Las Cruces Vice President/General Manager Allen Lumeyer. Since its debut, the show has expanded with the addition of Albuquerque talk radio host, Janice Arnold-Jones. The show is produced with the help of team members Patrick Sosa (Producer), Rachel Pulaski (Web Coordinator), and Kyle Doperalski (Executive Producer).

The show, which originated from the flagship KSNM 570 studios, moved in April 2011 to its new studio home at the Spence Asset Management building in Las Cruces. The new studio was built to help develop the first-ever statewide three-hour syndicated show.

Rachel Pulaski

News New Mexico's managing partner Jim Spence summarized the fast success of the show when he said, "We have a tremendous team in place. Michael Swickard and Janice Arnold-Jones both bring deep backgrounds in radio broadcasting to the audience. Kyle Doperalski is the quintessential teammate with years of experience building radio networks. Patrick Sosa also has years of broadcasting experience and a charming on-air presence. Rachel Pulaski has a great eye for an interesting story and the unique perspective of a young mother with pre-school age children. In three time Emmy Award winner Rob Nikolewski, CPA Brad Beasley, and Dr. Brigette Russell we are able to provide our listeners with frequent contributors who come to us from diverse professional backgrounds. Also the contributions of regular guests like former Governor Garrey Carruthers and many others bring remarkable experience and insights to the listeners.

Patrick Sosa Managing the Show

Additionally, the wide range of elected officials from all ends of the political spectrum who have generously shared their time and viewpoints have contributed mightily to what we are trying to do each day. We are also particularly thankful that our state is blessed with terrific journalists like Steve Terrell of the Santa Fe New Mexican and Heath Haussamen of NMPolitics.net. These outstanding individuals provide us with outstanding coverage of news stories from around the state. And of course the growing list of radio station affiliates that are carrying our radio programming is helping us continue to spread our wings and touch more lives in the state we all love."

Kyle Doperalski

With the brand new studio and state of the art Internet equipment, the News New Mexico radio show is now heard in Artesia on KSVP-AM, Carlsbad on KATK-AM, and in Clayton on KLMX-AM as well as on KSNM AM 570 in Las Cruces. Stations interested in affiliate information can call News New Mexico Executive Producer Kyle Doperalski at 575-649-8136. The “News New Mexico” team will accept the award at this year’s annual NMBA Excellence in Broadcasting Gala in Albuquerque on Friday June 10, 2011.

“News New Mexico” Wins Talk Show of the Year Award