TV & Radio Shows

Border Voices ITV

Educational Television

In 2010, for the first time in the history of the Border Voices Poetry Project the poetry fair went “high-tech” and became a “virtual fair” televised exclusively on ITV. For the Press Release and ITV schedule of the first month of “virtual” shows: June Border Voices ITV Shows.pdf.

What We Dreamed Of
San Diego students join famous poets
to explore Life, the Universe & EVERYTHING

Who appeared with the students at the 2010 “virtual poetry fair?
Alberto Blanco, one of Mexico’s most acclaimed poets; the Russian master
Ilya Kaminsky; San Diego’s beloved Steve Kowit; and a new face on the
poetry scene, a writer of humor and sensitivity – David Tomas Martinez.

These shows are also available on DVDs, call:
Hotline: 619-293-2546

ITV Archives: Pulitzer Prize winners and poet laureates ... the witty Billy Collins ... the much-honored Robert Pinsky ... provocative Sandra Cisneros ... as well as the incredible grandfather of the Beats, Lawrence Ferlinghetti ... you can find them all, and more, on Border Voices TV ... View Shows

Border Voices broadcasts can be seen online in streaming media at the San Diego County Office of Education.

Border Voices TV shows also appear several times a week on ITV: Cox and Times Warner cable channel 16; Adelphia cable channel 7, and USA Cable (Julian) Channel 4.
  To find a complete schedule of Border Voices broadcasts, click here,
then type the words: “Border Voices” in the search engine labeled
“Program/Subject/Grade Search.”

In 2009 Border Voices partnered with The International Social Action Film Festival: ISAFF.org

Border Voices
on SignonRadio

New in 2009: Border Voices on the Radio
www.signonradio.com - Once there, go to the "U-T in the Community" section
of the SignOnRadio home page. The show gives a delightful overview of the role
of poetry in the schools, from the eyes of three people:

Jericho Brown, the famous poet, Jack Webb, Founding Director of Border Voices, and Joanna Robles, the first-place winner in the high school division in the Border Voices 2009 contest. THIS IS A GREAT INTERVIEW.

THE SHOW WILL BE PERMANENTLY AVAILABLE, 24 hours a day, at this link

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Jack Webb, project director; Steve Kowit, celebrated poet; and Border Voices students had fun on a TV show.