TO:     ALL STATIONS
FR.:    LATINO USA
DT:     SEPTEMBER 18, 1998
RE:     LATINO USA #284 LEADS FOR MODULES


LATINO USA:  THE RADIO JOURNAL OF NEWS AND CULTURE

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EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:   MARIA MARTIN

RUNDOWN FOR LATINO USA #284 FEEDING SEPTEMBER 18, 1998. 

SEGMENT #1: "LATINO NEW ORLEANS" (29:00)

THIS TIME ON OUR PROGRAM,  LATINO USA GOES TO NEW ORLEANS 
FOR A LOOK AT THE HISPANIC HERITAGE OF ONE OF THIS COUNTRYÕS 
MOST COLORFUL AND HISTORIC CITIES.

**FOLLOWING IS A SUGGESTED HOST LEAD-IN FOR THE SEGMENT 
MODULE.  NOTE:   PLEASE CREDIT LATINO USA WHEN USING THE 
MODULES.  

SEGMENT #1
IN THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF LUSA, A LOOK AT THE HISPANIC 
HERITAGE OF ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST COLORFUL AND HISTORIC 
CITIES--NEW ORLEANS--THROUGH THE EYES OF ITS DIVERSE LATINO 
RESIDENTS.   (29:00)

CREDITS: 

MAJOR FUNDING FOR LATINO USA COMES FROM THE FORD 
FOUNDATION, THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING, AND 
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.   ADDITIONAL SUPPORT 
FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS,  AND NATIONAL 
PUBLIC RADIO, WHOSE CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE THE JOHN D. AND 
CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR FOUNDATION. --....I'M MARIA MARTIN 
JOIN US AGAIN NEXT WEEK FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF LATINO USA.


LUSA 285  NETWORK PROMOS

1.)  NEXT TIME ON LATINO USA .....TEJANO MUSICAL 
TRADITIONS.....FEATURING MASTERS OF THE TEJANO AND CONJUNTO 
MUSICAL STYLES .... THAT'S NEXT TIME ON LATINO USA  ... THE 
RADIO JOURNAL OF NEWS AND CULTURE.