Frontera Frequencies

FRONTERA FREQUENCIES: Colors

By Roberto Avant-Mier,

Published December 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM MST

In this episode of Frontera Frequencies, hosts Roberto Avant-Mier and Alejandra Seanez explore songs that have a color in their title or are related to colors. The episode reflects on the meanings and reasons behind these connections.

The conversation highlights songs like "Rosa Pastel" by Belanova, and other songs like "Blackeyedsusan" by José James, which combines the color with a narrative. In the Miner Music Minute segment, the hosts welcome UTEP student Mabel Carabeo, shares a selection of songs that have influenced her musical tastes, including "Sleepwalking" by Bring Me The Horizon and "Hole in the Earth" by Deftones.

This program originally aired on December 12, 2025.

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Roberto Avant-Mier

Roberto Avant-Mier (PhD, Univ. of Utah) is the Interim Chair of the Department of Communication at UTEP and host of Frontera Frequencies. Prior to returning to Texas-El Paso in 2010, he was a professor at Boston College, and he previously attended the University of Utah, UTEP, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His research analyzes the discursive construction of Latino/Hispanic identity(ies) and cultural issues in popular music and film.

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Ale Seanez

Ale Seanez is a graduate student and MTA who recently earned her degree in Communication. She is passionate about exploring how media, culture, border identity, and storytelling intersect, and plans to pursue a PhD after completing graduate school.

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Daisy Morales

Daisy Morales is part of the on-air talent, and interview host, in charge of recording and producing shows such as El Paso Prime Time, Science Studio, and We Are UT El Paso; Daisy also manages the recently added Podcast division.

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Martin Leon

Martin Leon is a producer at KTEP, editing and assembling radio shows for the station. He engineers and records interviews, as well as being a Board Operator for Texas Standard once a week. Current shows include Jazz Night in America, The Latin Alternative, Classical Guitar Alive, From the Top, and Pipedreams.

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