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KSFR exists because of listeners like you who believe in the work of our community-led radio station that offers an outlet for local voices, Northern New Mexico news coverage, and music and talk shows that are curated and produced by local talent.
You can help us keep KSFR on the air by donating a vehicle to KSFR! Your car, boat, RV, motorcycle, does not need to be running, as long as it's intact and you have a valid title. To donate call toll free 855-500-RIDE (7433).
Remember that your financial support is key to helping keep KSFR on the air with the quality programming that you've come to know and love.
On behalf of the staff, management, and volunteers at KSFR, we are grateful for your enduring support. Thank you.
KSFR Listeners - Great News!!! The KSFR radio signal will be improving in Far Northern New Mexico. Listeners in Questa, Taos, Red River, Espanola, and more are now able to listen to Santa Fe’s KSFR programming with a much better signal.
KSFR will begin broadcasting on KSQR at 91.3 FM in February.
The new frequency will enable - YOU - our listeners, to better enjoy KSFR programming. As a community radio station, KSFR’s expanded coverage area will allow KSFR to service more of the Northern New Mexico community.
Wherever folks live in Northern New Mexico – from Albuquerque and Santa Fe to Taos, Questa, and Espanola – they will be able to enjoy all of the music, news, and more on KSFR, Santa Fe, White Rock -- and KSQR, Questa, Taos!
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And, as always, KSFR can be streamed worldwide at KSFR.org.
KSFR will begin broadcasting on KSQR at 91.3 FM in February.
The new frequency will enable - YOU - our listeners, to better enjoy KSFR programming. As a community radio station, KSFR’s expanded coverage area will allow KSFR to service more of the Northern New Mexico community.
Wherever folks live in Northern New Mexico – from Albuquerque and Santa Fe to Taos, Questa, and Espanola – they will be able to enjoy all of the music, news, and more on KSFR, Santa Fe, White Rock -- and KSQR, Questa, Taos!
We are Northern New Mexico Public Radio.
And, as always, KSFR can be streamed worldwide at KSFR.org.
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The Forum is KSFR's Public Affairs show where important issues of the day are discussed in a hard hitting but civilized manner. Hosted by noted broadcaster Jim Falk, former president of the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, a sister organization of Global Santa Fe where he now serves as vice chairman. Since 2019, he has been the host of Perspectives Matter…a McCuistion Program, a weekly public affairs program that airs on KERA, the PBS station for North Texas. He produces and hosts the podcast, WorldNow with Jim Falk, which is presented by Global Santa Fe and the World Affairs Council of Connecticut.
He is graduate of Washington and Lee University and earned in MA in Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia with a focus on international law and Middle East Politics. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Listen Live: Mondays from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Or catch the rebroadcast: Wednesdays from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Join the conversation: email - forum@ksfr.org
Local News
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New Mexico is one of several states in the nation to pass or consider legislation that limits or bans student use of wireless devices in schools. -
Las Cruces police chief Jeremy Story showed unveiled video footage and new details about the fatal shooting at a car show, and used the opportunity to urge lawmakers to develop tougher juvenile crime legislation. -
House Bill 143 would require lobbyists to report their positions and employers. -
While Democrats see some progress on just-approved measures to mitigate New Mexico's shortage of healthcare practitioners, the GOP and the governor see it otherwise. -
A somber Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham lamented what she said was insufficient legislative passage of new public safety bills, the morning after a mass shooting in southern New Mexico.
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Lobos Return to NCAA Tournament
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Interviews
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A few months after Bill Church took leadership of Santa Fe's paper of record, the veteran journalist fields questions on the final Forum episode of 2024. -
The Forum host Jim Falk speaks with attorney Jim James regarding the Expanded Power Capacity Project. Full interview. -
Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, in her tenth year on the job, has faced many challenges as the state's election chief. An MIT project recently ranked New Mexico as the best state in the U.S. in election administration. -
Professor Kastenberg is one of the highest regarding legal analysts in the country and has extensive experience as both a prosecutor and public defender.
