KUNM Kicks Off 40th Year with Talk by Independent Media Icon Amy Goodman

On Thursday, September 28, KUNM-FM will present An Evening with Amy and David Goodman on Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders and the People Who Fight Back, the topic and title of their newest book. The authors will discuss and sign copies of the book in UNM’s SUB Ballroom at 7 PM. Net proceeds of the evening will go to KUNM’s Fund for Independent Reporting.

Tickets are $20 general admission and $10 for students; tickets will be available through Bookworks, UNM box offices and online at www.unmtickets.com after September 11. Bookworks will offer $15 tickets to purchasers of the new book and will donate the $5 difference to KUNM. Bookworks is located in Albuquerque at 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW. Books and/or tickets can be ordered by phone at 344-8139.

Amy Goodman is the host and executive producer of Democracy Now!, a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on 500 radio and television stations in North America. Goodman and her brother, journalist David Goodman, co-authored Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back (Hyperion, 2006), and the New York Times bestseller The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them. Democracy Now! airs on KUNM-FM 89.9 weekdays at 4 PM.

Amy Goodman’s reporting on East Timor and Nigeria has won numerous awards, including the George Polk Award, Robert F. Kennedy Prize for International Reporting, and the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award. She has also received awards from the Associated Press, United Press International, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and Project Censored.

David Goodman is an award-winning independent journalist, a Contributing Writer for Mother Jones, and the author of six books, including the critically acclaimed Fault Lines: Journeys Into the New South Africa.

On October 19, 2006, KUNM turns 40, and this fall they will be celebrating in true independent spirit—with Amy Goodman, a sure-to-be-memorable fund drive and a blowout party to celebrate. So, stay tuned to 89.9 FM!