A radio station is planning a new public service to help increase access to the business of the New Mexico Legislature.
Jim Williams, news director for KUNM 89.9-FM, says his station plans to begin webcasting audio from the Legislature on Tuesday. While the station will focus primarily on the Senate, it plans to switch to webcasting audio from the House floor “when there are important or contentious debates there,” Williams said.
The plan, he said, is to webcast “as much as we can, potentially ‘round the clock.”
KUNM didn’t seek or need to seek permission. Media outlets have access to audio feeds from the floors of the House and Senate that they can tap into at any time.
This is a fantastic public service. Once KUNM’s audio feed is up, I’ll add a link to it in the Legislature graphic at the top of the left column on this page.
Perhaps this will increase attention on the push for the Legislature to begin broadcasting audio and video from the House and Senate floors.