City expanding efforts to reach Hispanic community
Jan 30, 2008 - Newsletter
The number of Hispanic residents and businesses is growing in West Palm Beach, and the City is expanding outreach efforts to help address their needs.
The City’s government access TV channel, WPB-TV (West Palm TV) recently added “Enfoque Communitario” to its’ programming schedule. The show focuses on issues facing Hispanics today, offers information about many services available to the public and features interviews with interesting local personalities and government officials. The program will also include segments highlighting resources offered by the City of West Palm Beach to the Hispanic community. “The Hispanic community is a vital part of the City of West Palm Beach’s diversity,” said Mayor Lois J. Frankel. “This new program will be a great way to feature some of the programs, activities and services of interest to Hispanic residents.” “Enfoque Communitario” is produced weekly by WWHB-TV. WPB-TV airs replays of the progam Saturdays and Sundays at 6:30 p.m. The show is produced and hosted by Carlos Mahecha, who says airing the show on WPB-TV will be an important tool in reaching Hispanics. “As a new Hispanic station, we feel that our relationship and partnership with WPB-TV will be successful and we will continue working to embrace the diverse Hispanic population in our community,” said Mahecha. City of West Palm Beach residents can watch WPB-TV on Comcast cable channel 18. The station can also be watched on-line by visiting the City’s website, wpb.org.
