C-SPAN's Las Cruces feature to air Aug. 17-18

LAS CRUCES - C-SPAN made a stop in its “2018 Cities Tour” in Las Cruces from June 2-8 to feature the history and literary life of the community.

Producers visited literary and historic sites and spoke to local historians, authors and civic leaders. These segments will air between Aug. 17-18 on various C-SPAN channels.

History segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 (Comcast channel 105) and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on Book TV on C-SPAN2 (Comcast channel 18). C-SPAN is available in Las Cruces on Comcast channels 17 and 809.

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Air dates:

• Friday, Aug. 17 CSPAN (Comcast channels 17 and 809) 4:30 to 6 p.m. MDT 
• Saturday, Aug. 18 CSPAN-2 (Comcast channel 18) Book-TV 4 to 6 p.m. MDT

The clips are also available to watch online at: 

• On American History TV CSPAN-3 watch clips from the Las Cruces visit at: https://www.c-span.org/video/?448706-1/american-history-tv-las-cruces-mexico
• New Mexico Chile Pepper Industry with Paul Bosland: https://www.c-span.org/video/?448723-1/mexico-chile-pepper-industry
• New Mexico Senators Pete Domenici and Albert Fall with Dennis Daily: https://www.c-span.org/video/?449043-1/mexico-senators-pete-domenici-albert-fall
• Education Across Borders with Blanca Araujo: https://www.c-span.org/video/?448706-1/american-history-tv-las-cruces-mexico
• J. Robert Oppenheimer, the Cold War and the Atomic West with Jon Hunner: https://www.c-span.org/video/?448706-1/american-history-tv-las-cruces-mexico
• Out of the Shadows (Women who settled the New Mexico frontier) with Martha Andrews: https://www.c-span.org/video/?448706-1/american-history-tv-las-cruces-mexico
• General Ashcroft: Attorney at War with author Nancy Baker: https://www.c-span.org/video/?449377-1/general-ashcroft
• Book-TV in Las Cruces: https://www.c-span.org/video/?449375-1/book-tv-las-cruces-mexico