
Native Broadcast Summit
Agenda
May 2-4, 2023 • Hyatt Regency, Phoenix, AZ
Tuesday, May 2
Welcome Reception
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pre-Registration
6:15 - 6:25 p.m. Welcome Remarks
6:25 - 6:35 p.m. 50-Year Celebration Remarks
6:45 - 7:30 p.m. Networking
7:30 - 8:00 p.m. Closing & Announcements
Wednesday, May 3
7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Registration
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Prayer & Breakfast (provided)
8:45 - 9:00 a.m. NPM Welcome Remarks
Loris Taylor, President/CEO
9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Keynote Address
Denise Bambi Kraus, Chief, Office of Native Affairs and Policy, Federal Communications Commission (Invited)
9:30 - 10:45 a.m. IPAWS/EAS Panel
Panelists: Antwane Johnson, Division Director/Program Manager of FEMA Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Program Office; Kathy Merritt, Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB); and Harland Cleveland, Emergency Management Director, Navajo Nation Department of Emergency Management.
10:45 -11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 -12:15 p.m. Addressing Climate Change Issues in Indigenous
Communities
Panelists: Antonia Gonzales, Anchor and Producer of syndicated radio program National Native News; Emily Schwing, Reporter for KUAC in Fairbanks, Alaska; Jaclyn Sallee, Koahnic Broadcast Corporation and KNBA's President and CEO; and Alexis Sallee, Host, and Producer of INDIGEFI.
11:00 -12:15 p.m. We'll Get Back to the Music after this Message
about the Fires and Floods in the Area
Presenter: Brian Brashier, Director of Broadcast Productions for KCNP.
12:15 - 1:45 p.m. Regional Meeting/Lunch (provided)
2:00 - 3:15 p.m. Planting the Seeds Collaboration and Meaningful
Ways to Partner & Share Content
Panelists: Sara Solovitch, Executive Director and Editor of Searchlight New Mexico; Dr. Dolly Manson, Lecturer of Navajo Linguistics at the University of New Mexico; and Dave Rosenthal, Managing Editor (Denver) of the Mountain West News Bureau.
2:00 - 3:15 p.m. Story-led Models for Collaboration
Presenter: Colleen Thurston, Documentary Storyteller, Producer, and Project Coordinator for Native Lens.
3:15 - 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 - 4:45 p.m. Video Killed the Radio Star. JK-
They're Good Friends!
Presenters: Darren Brown, Senior Content Producer for Cheyenne and Arapaho Television; and Frank Blanquet, Producer/Director of First Nations Experience (FNX).
3:30 - 4:45 p.m. The Warrior Radio Show
Presenter: John BraveBull, Station Manager of KLND.
Wednesday Evening - Cultural Night
5:30 - 6:00 p.m. Arrival
6:15 - 6:30 p.m. Opening & Guest Remarks
6:20 - 7:00 p.m. Dinner (provided)
7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Talent Show & Entertainment
8:30 - 8:45 p.m. Closing Announcements
Thursday, May 4
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast (provided)
9:00 - 9:15 a.m. Morning remarks
9:15 - 9:45 a.m. Plenary Speaker
LA Williams, Radio Program Manager at Diné College's KXWR.
9:45 -10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Community Service Grant Lab
Presenters: TBD
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About
the FCC
Presenter: Brad Deutsch, Foster Garvey Law Firm.
11:30 a.m. Closing

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