Ep. 53 Native Broadcast Enterprise with Cisco Benally

About this episode

Cisco Benally discusses the mission and impact of Native Broadcast Enterprise on community-based broadcasting.

In this episode, we welcome Cisco Benally, CEO and General Manager of Native Broadcast Enterprise of the Navajo Nation. He and members of his team traveled from New Mexico as part of their mission to strengthen and expand community-based broadcasting. Cisco and his staff toured several stations—including KXCI—engaging with radio professionals to exchange ideas and best practices. Their visit focused on gaining insight into innovative programming, effective administrative strategies, and meaningful education and outreach efforts that serve local communities. Photo of Cisco Benally, CEO & General Manager of Native Broadcast Enterprise Native Broadcast Enterprise (NBE) is a media organization owned and operated by the Navajo Nation, and its roots are closely tied to the development of tribal radio broadcasting. Native Broadcast Enterprise was created as a Navajo Nation enterprise to manage and expand tribal radio services, most notably KTNN (“The Voice of the Navajo Nation”), which was established in 1985 and began broadcasting in 1986. The station was founded to educate, inform, and connect Navajo communities, especially across the vast and often rural areas of the reservation…

People in this episode

Guest: Cisco Benally

Topics covered

• community broadcasting
• tribal media
• Navajo Nation
• radio programming
• cultural preservation

Keywords

• Native Broadcast Enterprise
• Cisco Benally
• Navajo Nation
• tribal radio
• community engagement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Native Broadcast Enterprise, Navajo Nation, KTNN

Places: New Mexico, Navajo Nation

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