6A = THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN STATE Kansas radio stations switch to Spanish The Associated Press WICHITA — Wichita's growing Hispanic population has inspired a country music radio station to switch its format to an all-Spanish station. On Saturday, KYQQ-FM 106.5 in Wichita will begin broadcasting in Spanish as "La Maquina Musical," or The Music Machine. Chris Crawford, vice president and general manager for the six Wichita radio stations owned by Journal Broadcast Group of Milwaukee, said the company felt this was a community growing quickly that was not being served. The station's music will be provided by a California-based network, but there will be local news and weather reports. Crawford said he expected the station to have a local, on-air morning show within 30 days and possibly an afternoon show within 60 to 90 days. Sedgwick County's Hispanic population has more than doubled, from 17,435 in 1990 to 36,397 in 2000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Statewide, the Hispanic population also more than doubled during the decade, increasing from 93,670 to 188,252. Harriet Lange, president and executive director of the Kansas Association of Broadcasters, said there were at least half a dozen full-time Spanish radio stations in the state, including KTCM-FM 100.3, which broadcasts out of Kingman. "I've seen a change in Kansas over the last five to eight years." she said. "There's an audience out there, otherwise they wouldn't be doing it." Jamie Lopez, president of the Hispanic/Native American Coalition and board chairman for the Kansas Advisory Committee on Hispanic Affairs, said many Hispanics, especially newcomers who may still be learning English, prefer to listen to allSpanish music, and news and businesses are recognizing that. Amtrak plans to give notice of route cancellations The Associated Press WICHITA—Kansas travelers will lose their only passenger train service if Amtrak goes ahead with threatened cuts to long-distance trains. just in case we don't." On April 4, Amtrak plans to post a 180-day notice that it intends to discontinue the "Southwest Chief" and 17 other routes unless it gets more federal money, the railroad said yesterday. "It is all contingent if we don't get federal funding," said Kathleen Cantillon, spokeswoman for Amtrak in Chicago. "We are working hard to get the federal appropriation we need. This is In February, a tentative list routes that can unless it receives $1.2 billion in the 2003 budget year, which begins in October. Amtrak is required by law to give the 180 days notice before it discontinues train 29, but delayed it to April 4 because of the Good Friday holiday. The notice, which reserves the authority to cut routes in Octo- "It is on our list because it loses money, those are the trains that lose the." most money." service. The railroad initially planned to issue the notice March ber,will include all the trains on the list the railroad released in February, she said. Kathleen Cantillon Amtrak spokeswoman The "Southwest Chief" between Chicago and Los Angeles is the line that serves Kansas. It runs through Kansas City, Topeka, Lawrence, Newton. Hutchinson, Dodge City and Garden City. "It is on our list because it loses money." Cantillon said. "Those are the trains that lose the most money." Among the other routes that could be cut; the "Sunset Limited" between Orlando, Fla., and Los Angeles; the "Silver Service" linking New York to Miami, and the "City of New Orleans," connecting Chicago and New Orleans. "It is not an all or nothing proposition, depending on the level of funding received," Cantillon said. Graves won't travel to watch 'Hawks game The Associated Press Spokesman Don Brown said yesterday that logistics and family commitments would keep Graves close to home tomorrow when Kansas plays Maryland in a semifinal game of the men's college basketball tournament. TOPEKA — Gov. Bill Graves will be rooting for the Kansas Jayhawks from afar this weekend, having decided not to make the trip to the NCAA Final Four in Atlanta. Brown also said it was unlikely that Graves would attend the championship game on Monday, should Kansas advance. Graves had traveled to St. Louis to watch the Jayhawks play Holy Cross in the tournament's first round March 14. He traveled by state plane, but used his own money to pay for the $50 tickets. Brown estimated the cost to the state to fly the governor to St. Louis at $700. Some legislators complained then that Graves was making frivolous use of state resources while the state deals with a projected $700 million budget shortfall. "Those who would try to play a few hundred dollars of official travel versus a $700 million shortfall should spend more time on the making of the budget." Don Brown Spokesman for Governor Bill Graves "Those who would try to play a few hundred dollars of official travel versus a $700 million shortfall should spend more time on the making of the budget," Brown said. Graves, a 1976 graduate of Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, has traveled many times as governor to watch Kansas and Kansas State athletic teams compete on the national level. Judge closes court as Robinson trial nears The Associated Press Video cameras and audio recorders will not be allowed in the courtroom during a hearing to determine whether evidence should be suppressed in the case of accused serial killer John E. Robinson Sr., a judge ruled yesterday. Johnson County District Court Judge John Anderson III issued his order regarding the April 1 hearing in Olathe, at which attorneys will argue whether certain evidence should be included when Robinson is tried later this year. Anderson said his ban on the devices would continue at least through jury selection. Anderson kept his options open for the trial. Robinson, 58, of Olathe, is scheduled for trial in September on capital murder charges in the deaths of two women whose bodies were found in June 2000 in metal barrels on property he owned in Linn County. He also is charged with first-degree murder in the death of another woman who disappeared in 1985 and whose body has not been found. After the Kansas case is completed, prosecutors in Missouri plan to try Robinson on charges of killing three women whose bodies were found in barrels in Cass County. Ron Keefover, spokesman for the state court system in Topeka, said Anderson acted on his own in issuing the order. 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