LOS POETAS SERIES — Where Every Word Lives Forever
🎥 Premieres on YouTube | 8/21 | 11:45 AM 📅
✨ In this special episode, poetry takes over Eastern New Mexico!
Local poets and singers from Portales, Clovis, and Cannon pour their hearts into every line—blending emotion, identity, and culture into unforgettable performances.
🎶📚 Feel the rhythm. Live the story.
Produced and Directed by Pablito Herrera
08/11/2025
Tune in to the ENMU Weekly Calendar!
Join ENMU President Dr. Johnston and Evelyn every Monday and Wednesday around 8:10 AM on KENW Radio as they keep you updated on events
happening at Eastern New Mexico University this week!
You can catch the latest episode on KENW Radio and on the KENW app.
08/10/2025
💡 Missed it the first time? Here’s your chance to watch again! 💡
We’re revisiting a powerful episode of “You Should Know” — showcasing the inspiring Scholarship Collaboration between ENMU Ruidoso and UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of New Mexico that’s opening doors and shaping the future of healthcare education! 💙🎓
Featuring:
✨ Nancy Parson – VP of Clinical Operations, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of NM
✨ Rochelle Lentschke – Foundation Director, ENMU Ruidoso
✨ Aubrey Lott – Nursing Student & Scholarship Recipient
Hear how this partnership is changing lives and building the next generation of healthcare heroes right here in New Mexico. 🙌💉📚
📺 Watch “You Should Know”:
🗓 Sunday, June 8 at 5 p.m. on Channel 3-2
🗓 Tuesday, June 10 at 9 p.m. on Channel 3-2
🗓 Thursday, June 12 at 8:30 p.m. on Channel 3-1
Don’t miss this uplifting conversation about opportunity, impact, and the future of healthcare in our state! 💪✨
08/01/2025
🎡We’re gearing up for the Roosevelt County Fair — and you definitely want to be in the know! 🎪🐄
This week on You Should Know, our special guest Mike Cone joins us to share what’s in store for this year’s fair, happening August 18th — plus, we’ll cover key deadlines you don’t want to miss! ⏳👀
✅ Find out more important dates and behind-the-scenes info in this brand-new episode! 👇 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilpM1R_BYRI
📺 Tune in to You Should Know:
📍 Sunday, August 3 at 5 p.m. on Channel 3-2
📍 Thursday, August 7 at 8:30 p.m. on Channel 3-1
Tag your fair crew and spread the word! 🌽🎟️🐖
07/28/2025
📻KENW-FM Needs You Now More Than Ever
For decades, KENW-FM has provided trusted local, regional and national news, educational programming, local stories, and cultural content that connects and uplifts our communities. Federal funding cuts threaten the mission and reach of your public radio station.
KENW-FM will deeply feel the impact of this funding cut, but KENW-FM is determined to continue being your source of your local, regional and national news, education and entertainment by continuing to provide outstanding content to our listeners
You are vital to keep local public broadcasting strong in Eastern New Mexico and West Texas. Your continuing support is more essential now than ever before.
🎙️Make a donation
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🤝Become an underwriter
Donate Now - Call 1-866-367-5369 | Mail KENW-FM, 1500 S Avenue K, Station 52, Portales, NM 88130 |
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💛From all of us at KENW-FM, thank you for standing by us and for believing in the power of KENW-FM. Your support keeps our microphones on and our stories alive.
07/27/2025
🎙️ Meet the New Voice on the Airwaves! 🎉
In this episode of You Should Know, we’re thrilled to introduce Kevin Robbins — the newest addition to the KENW Public Radio Network team! 🎧
Get to know Kevin’s journey into the world of radio, his passion for broadcasting, and what he brings to KENW’s legacy of storytelling.
📺 Tune in:
📆 Sunday, July 27 at 5 p.m. on Channel 3-2
📆 Thursday, July 31 at 8:30 p.m. on Channel 3-1
Don’t miss this chance to welcome Kevin and hear his story!
We had a special visitor at KENW today! The one and only Sheryl Borden! 🎬
After hosting Creative Living for over 45 years, Sheryl remains a beloved face of public television. It was a treat to have her stop by and say hello! 💙📺
07/22/2025
🎉 Big Welcome to the KENW Family, Kevin Robbins! 🎉
We’re thrilled to have Kevin join the team as our new Director of FM News & Public Affairs! With 24 years of radio experience and 12 years leading newsrooms, he’s a powerhouse in public radio. 🎙️📰
When he’s not behind the mic, you’ll find him digging into his favorite hobby—gardening! 🌱🌼
“I’m excited to bring my experience to KENW and connect with our communities to bring trusted local news,” says Kevin.
Drop a 👋 in the comments to welcome him to the KENW team!
07/20/2025
🌟 One guest. One journey. Endless inspiration. 🌟
This week on You Should Know, we're honored to welcome the inspiring Sarah Ortega, who shares her journey of Living Life Fully with Spina Bifida. 💪💛
Sarah’s story is one of courage, resilience, and embracing life without limits. Don’t miss this powerful episode that will uplift your spirit and challenge the way you think about disability and strength.
📺 Tune in to "You Should Know":
📆Sunday, July 20 at 5 p.m. on Channel 3-2
📆 Tuesday, July 22 at 9 p.m. on Channel 3-2
📆 Thursday, July 24 at 8:30 p.m. on Channel 3-1
Get ready to be moved, motivated, and inspired. 💥
📩 How to Apply:
Send the following materials to [email protected]:
• 2 to 3 original poems (writing samples)
• A recent headshot
For more details and submission guidelines, please refer to the attached flyer.
We can’t wait to experience your words and welcome you to the Cultura family!
07/15/2025
🎤 Two poets. One powerful episode.
Get ready to feel, reflect, and connect. ✨
On this special episode of Cultura, Albuquerque’s own Evie Vigil and Mike Esfera bring poetry to life—sharing raw truth, rhythm, and soul that might just shift your perspective. 💬💥
Tune in and experience the magic of words.
07/13/2025
🔥 THEY'RE BACK! 🔥
By very popular demand, the Marshmallow and S’more Cowboys are saddling up for a second ride on You Should Know! 🤠🍫
Missed them the first time? Now’s your chance to catch the one and only “GoodER Guy” Matt Rush as he serves up laughs, life lessons, and sticky sweet fun—all while showing how art, agriculture, and joy collide in the most unexpected ways! 🌟🌵🔥
📺 Watch Sunday, 7/13 at 5 p.m. on Channel 3-2
📺 Or Thursday, 7/17 at 8:30 p.m. on Channel 3-1
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KENW-FM had a humble beginning in the attic of the Administration Building here at Eastern New Mexico University. In 1968, construction of the KENW-FM studios in the attic was aided by student volunteers; sound proofing was accomplished by tacking up large, waffled, egg case separators discarded from the university cafeteria. The FM station was on the air daily from 7 a.m. until around 10 p.m. and was operated totally by university students. The format was classical music, along with informational programs from international broadcast organizations, with some newscasts read by student announcers from copy produced by the UPI teletype machine located next to the front door leading into the attic studio.
On air, our low powered KENW-FM station identified itself as coming from “The Tower Room” in the Administration Building on the Campus of Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, NM. This was considered a much more dignified statement rather than saying that we were coming to you from the “attic” of the Administration Building. On Saturdays, during the live broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera Season (December through April), the station was able to broadcast the opera by using a telephone line to bring the opera from New York City to Portales. The frequency response was not great, but opera buffs were thrilled to hear the live broadcasts.
Later, a carrier-current AM station was put on the air using the 680 KHz AM transmitter that was donated from the radio station in Los Alamos. That transmitter had been used during World War II to serve the city of Los Alamos with a type of broadcasting that could not be heard outside of the city (this was done to keep Los Alamos and its secret wartime mission hidden). When the KENW-AM station was put into service, it was very popular with the student operators because the AM station played the really good music.
KENW-TV also began broadcasting in the fall of 1968 by feeding a black and white picture to the cable company in Portales. The KENW-TV studio was located in the old Student Union Building which had been renamed the Communication Building and repurposed to house, among other things, the Anthropology Department, University Duplicating, and the TV studio. It broadcast Monday through Friday from early afternoon until 9 p.m. Since the station had only one 16 mm film chain and one video tape recorder, the local programs went out mostly live. Informational and travel films made up the rest of the schedule. A very popular daily children’s program was the locally produced “The Princess and the Magic Mirror,” featuring student actors playing the parts of the Princess and the animal puppets: Andy Antelope, Monty Moose, and Zachariah Zebra.
In the Summer of 1974, the newly hired TV staff began organizing the station in a new metal building specifically built to be the Broadcast Center. It was located on what had been a field for raising peanuts, located across the street from the University Purchasing Office. After KENW-TV’s initial broadcast at 5 p.m. on September 1st, 1974, the station began producing and broadcasting local TV productions, some of which are still being produced today. You Should Know and News 3 NM (originally named News, then High Plains Report, and then Scene 3 News). Creative Living (first named Creative Woman) started in 1976 and SportsLook began soon after. These local productions are still being produced today. Creative Living with Sheryl Borden is the only weekly public television program produced in New Mexico that is distributed nationwide.
In the Spring of 2006, we moved from the old metal building Broadcast Center to a brand new, state of the art facility in the newly constructed Communication Building, located on the corner of Sesame Street DR and Ave. N. Not only was the building new, but so was the technology; KENW-TV converted from single channel analog television service to multi-channel digital television, eventually moving to the present four-channel service.
