Frontera Frequencies

Halloween's Eve

By Dr. Roberto Avant-Mier,

Published October 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM MDT

In this weeks episode of Frontera Frequencies, hosts Roberto Avant-Mier and Ale Seañez Celebrate spooky season by sharing their favorite halloween tracks like "She's my Witch" by Kip Tyler, "La Bruja" by Ollin, and a haunting cover of "I Put A Spell On You" by Annie Lennox. On the Miner Music Minute we have a very special guest, Chuck Fensch from the Marketing and Communications department. Chuck is a halloween music expert and shares some of his favorites from his collection. He plays, "Wolfman" by The Bobby Fuller Four, "Graveyard Rock" by Tarantula Goul, and Miguel Angel's "El Esqueleto", and shares the fun scary stories behind the tunes.

Frontera Frequencies

Dr. Roberto Avant-Mier

Roberto Avant-Mier (PhD, University of Utah) is an Associate Professor and Research Fellow in the Department of Communication at The University of Texas at El Paso, and he is also affiliated faculty in Chicano Studies at UTEP. <br/>

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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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Martin Leon

Martín Leon is a producer at KTEP, editing, and assembling radio shows for the station.

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Ava Elder

Ava Elder is in charge of being an on air board operator and producing shows like Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, Travel With Rick Steves, and others. Ava provides detailed weather and traffic updates, and makes sure each broadcast she is in charge of goes smoothly so that listeners can enjoy what they are hearing.

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