Spanish ehild~rearing show hits airwaves

Spanish ehild~rearing show hits airwaves

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De izquierda a derecha, German Walteros, co.anfitrion;Gabriela !3retcin;productora;Peter B. Collins,
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From left to right German Walteros,cohost; Gabriela Breton, producer; Peter~. Collins, executiveproqucer;Marisol Munoz, Kihene hdst; Larry, QperatOL.
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Programa de radio .infantilpenetrael-espacio.
par Jeremy Harness
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La inspiraci6n tras el cas en vivo en San Francis- pOt 98J.KISS::FM los doprogran'laradial
mas
co,comenz6 hate mas de mingos,llamadoAsuntosde
nuevo sabre. ninosera
dossemanas, con la idea de la Infancia. Un .andatras, a
simple: no habfa ningun compartir informaGi6nim- . la cQnductorade ese espa-.
programaasien la COJIliF- portante sobrela cfianza de cia, .Ronna .Renner, se lenidad hispana del Area los ninoscon la audienciade ocurri61aidea de realizar.un
de la Bahia. .
hablahispana.
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prognimasabreel desarro-.
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ehild~rearing
Harness .
Area's Hispaniccommunity. .
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Nuestros Ninos (Our
The inspiration behind the newest children- - Children), a,Ii'le calbin talk
based radio show was show based in San Fransimple: there wasn't any cisco,kicked off more than
show like it in the Bay two weeks ago, with the
110 infantil completamente en espana!.
"Decidimos hater
un programa tal como el
ql1e hacemos en ingles
(Asuntosdela Infancia),
Vet NUESTROSNINOS
pagina3
show hits airwaves
idea of sharing crucial childraising information .to its
Spanish~speaking audience.
The show is similar to
the one heard on 98; I KISSEM On Sundays, titled
Childhood. Matters. A year
ago, the host. of that
show, Ronna Renner,
came up with the idea:of
putting together a child
See NUESTROSNINOS
page 3
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November 26-December 4,2003
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El ReporterolThe
Reporter
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"Estoy m,uy ~ontenta <ieNuestros Ninos esta pia:
con la respuesta que' hemos ' neando grabar Unprograma
obtenido", dijo-Ia c.onduc10;- sabre cuidiido prenatal en el
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pagina 1
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basadoen laSnecesidad~ de ra,del espada, MarisotMu- futuro;
"Yo no rengo hijos,
lacoIIlunidadhispana",dijo 'not-Kiehne. "Las famili<is
la productora del espacio, 'estan llamandocon pregun- pew estoy aprendiendo
GabrieIaBiet6n. "Nuestra tas ypidiendonos orienta- ' muchci', dijo B~et6n.
ci6n".
,
Munoz-Kiehne'dijo
~z fooria
de comimiearnos no
, EI programatrata de dis:" queellano
tiene.ningun
es la misma. Algunas de
tintos temas relacionados' , hijo propio, "perosoy la
~ nl1estras riecesidades basicas
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porque somas
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§ para mucbos hispanos acce.
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relacionaif dos con eI cuidadoy desa;.
ITolloinfantiL
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madrina de niuchos",.
cori el cuidado y desarrollo
del nino, tales como cuida, "Tampoco es un progrado pediatrico, enSenar a los m&; solamente,femenino.
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tor
var6n,'
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narles dis.ciplina;
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pagina',
web,
Walteros,ql1ien se esp~ra
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elprocualles da '3, 10s visitantes grania eI primer domingo
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programa;que se podr~ escucharlos domingos de 8:30
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tales como'
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infantil.
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A pesar de queesta recien comenzando, aparente;. tatnbien estan ,archiva(ios ,
mente alcanz6sJi porci6n de . en el ship, 16 que permite a
audienchi,jl1zgando e1volu- las personas escuchar cualquier ptogramaque'sehaya
men de-llamadasque ~eieperdido-o escucharlo nu~:Giben duranteel programay
vamente."
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te hacea traves de la pagina
ya tienea hijos. EI personal
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German Walteros, un co-anfjtri6n del nuevo programaradial
Ntiestros Niiio~.
GermanWalteros, a co-host of the new radio program, Nuestios Njijo~.
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NUESTROS NINosbe
heard on Sundays from op,ment, such as pedi~tric
from page 1 '8:30 a.m. to 9 a~m.,.was ,care, te~chi~g children .to
'born.
commumcate,as wellasdlsdevelopment program ,enEven'thoughthe showis cipline.
tirely in Spanish.
in its infancy, it h~ appar-.
The
Web
site,
, "We decided to do a ently reachedits shareoflis- www.r1uestrosninos.com,
showlikethe one in English teners, judging by the vol- whish providesvisitorswith
(ChildhoodMatters), based, timeof calls rec-eivedduring 800 numbers~ emergency'
on the need foethe Hispanic the show as well as com- .nmilberspis well asliriks to
community,"showproducer nients made by peopleon its a number of different reGabriela Bret6n said. "Our Web site.
sources such as,child-care
way of communicating' is
"I'm very pleased with. groups.,
"
not the same. Some of our the responsethat we'vegotPast shows are also
basic needs- are different, ten," the show's host, archived:on the site,.which
becausewe're immigrants." Marisol Munoz-Kieh~e, - allows people to listen to
On top of that, Bret6n said. "Families are calling, any show they may have
statedth~titis:verytoughfor t~ey're callin~ with qti~S- m!ssed-prto~istehtoacer.. many HISpanICSto get ac- tlOns and askmg for gUld- tam sho\'{agam. -, ' '
cess to resources relatingto - ance." "
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" This isn't just for those
child care and child develThe show tackles many who alr~ady have kids,
opment.
differenttopicSpertainingto though.The NuestrosNinos
So the show, which can child care 'and child devel- stafns planning torecord,a
show about pre-natal care in
,
the riearfuture."
"Lmyself don't have
kids, and I'm learning a lot,"
Bret6n said.
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Thanksgiving holiday,
will be gratitude. During
the show,familiescancan
in and talk about others
for whom they are thankful Jor helping to raise -
Munoz-Kiehne said she'
doesn't have any ~hildren ~f "",eAr~\'~es--.
her own, "but I am the god~
-mother of many."
" Ilisn't solely afemale,run show, either. The staff
also sports a male host, Ger:
man Walteros, who is expected .tocontrib,ute to the
program ,on the firstSunday
,
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,
of each month.
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The next sche~uled
show is Sund<iY morning,
Dec. 1, when the topic,
which coincides with the
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decada meso
EI pr6X:imoprograma
sera eldomingo 1 de diciembre en la<maffana,
cuando el lema, que'coincide con el feriado de Atci6n de ,Gracias, sera la
gratitud. Durante el'progI:a'
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IDa, las familiaspueden-1la.
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,mar y hablar sobre otro~de
quienes estan agradecidQs
porayudarlos a criara sus
hijos.