That has nothing to do with the sale of this radio station. I understand they have a perspective about things. That's fine. No one is saying they have to change. This station is not owned by the government, and does not represent the government. They either listen to it, or they don't. The new owners would love to retain the current audience, so that means keeping the staff and the point of view. That's how they have presented it. My take is that if the people who own Univision were OK with what Mambi has been doing, it should be fine with the LMN folks.
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That has nothing to do with the sale of this radio station. I understand they have a perspective about things. That's fine. No one is saying they have to change. This station is not owned by the government, and does not represent the government. They either listen to it, or they don't. The new owners would love to retain the current audience, so that means keeping the staff and the point of view. That's how they have presented it. My take is that if the people who own Univision were OK with what Mambi has been doing, it should be fine with the LMN folks.
judging from the politics behind this topic, how long until it's moved to the "Politics on Radio and Television" section.
I guess if they do change to a liberal viewpoint it could be the Spanish version of Air America.
What about the children and grandchildren of the exiles? I'd think they might have a more liberal viewpoint at least on social issues, and not be listening to Radio Mambi or WQBA? I'd venture to guess One would have to be pretty old to remember living under Batista and the violent transition to Castro.
What about the children and grandchildren of the exiles? I'd think they might have a more liberal viewpoint at least on social issues, and not be listening to Radio Mambi or WQBA? I'd venture to guess One would have to be pretty old to remember living under Batista and the violent transition to Castro.
That view was expressed earlier in this thread, and I said it's likely to be more like BIN.
Nobody said the want to retain any of the audiences of any of the stations. In f@ct, they have no programmers or programming experience and for that reason for after the sale approval they will have Univision supply all programming,
What they did say is that they want to have “balance” and eliminate bias. That is tantamount to changing the format on WAQI as the station is declared as anti-communist and against big totalitarian government and is purposefully
They were “OK” enough to recently degrade the 710 signal so much that it lost over half its in-market coverage so that they could sell the land for much more than the station is worth. While it bills moderately, it is hardly comparable to WAMR or WRTO.
So when Univision supplies the programming, do they plan to change the direction of Mambi? Or keep it the way it is?
LMN has no programmers YET. When I started my first radio station I waited until I actually had control of the station and it was on the air before I started hiring programmers and on air talent. No sense paying salaries until they have something to do.
The Cuban exodus has been going on for 60 years and continues through today with The “wet foot dry foot” policy. In fact, recent migration has increased of late. So there are recent immigrants and they are reinforced by those from Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua and now Peru.
And nearly everyone from those countries still has family and friends there and they were raised learning about family that was arrested, put in prison, disappeared or killed by the Castor regime or had their business or farms confiscated by Chavez or the Sandinistas or family killed by the FARC. Those are lasting memories!
supposedly it will be identical to now.
I always hired and trained months before taking over a station. For the news and talker in Quito, we sent six months building the staff and programs, including the live drama staff.
That's what I expected. So all this talk about change is purely hypothetical and at least a year away.
No, as I stated initially, about 4 to 6 months for approval, likely as much as a month for closing and then 12 months of Univision provided programming.
18 months minimum
"At least a year" includes 18 months. "Almost a year" would indicate something short of 12 months.
That's like discerning when "I'm bringing a couple of friends" is really "a bunch of friends.
No, it's a fine difference in meaning, but a significant one. I know you've spent most of your life among Spanish-speaking people and speaking only Spanish, so I'll give you a pass. "At least" means that the number mentioned is the absolute minimum. "Almost" indicates that the number mentioned is the maximum.
Very true according to Soros himself (A much better source than, [laughing], snopes). He said so quite willingly and gladly (with a smile no less) on 60 Minutes. Also said 1944 was the "best year of his life".Not true, according to Snopes.
No, George Soros Wasn't a Nazi or Nazi Collaborator During WWII
Soros was all of 13 years old when the Nazis occupied Hungary, his home country, and 14 when World War II ended.www.snopes.com
Just because you don't like that certain facts are true does not make them untrue.
BTW, 60 Minutes is not a bastion of right-wing journalism.
How terrible and ugly. An individual who sees those he deems lesser than himself to be rather like cattle or the ingredients of some project or investment.
Wet foot dry foot ended in early 2017.
But it is still being observed, or what ever you call the failure to send home immigrants. There has been a greater number of new Cuban immigrants arriving today than any like period in the last four or five years. They are not being returned to Cuba, but instead are released on their own recognizance. As we know, the US no longer really has a border.
Cuban Migrants Arrive to U.S. in Record Numbers, on Foot, Not by Boat
Political repression and escalating economic difficulties on the island, along with a new visa-free travel policy in Nicaragua, are some of the factors driving the change.
I posted that link. Maybe you forgot. So no, you're wrong about me. Again.
Here’s the thing: chances are if this sale theoretically doesn't go through, TelevisaUnivision will try their darndest to offload WAQI and the other “lesser stations” to someone else. Clearly they want to pare their radio holdings down substantially (if not sell them off altogether) and found a useful idiot willing buyer for this lot.
I say theoretically because odds are still pretty high that the FCC will greenlight it, even when it's substantially delayed with P2D after P2D after P2D, which would be stunning not to see. Still, the only two ways it doesn't go through are:
I say theoretically because odds are still pretty high that the FCC will greenlight it, even when it's substantially delayed with P2D after P2D after P2D, which would be stunning not to see. Still, the only two ways it doesn't go through are:
- Something truly incriminating is revealed with the purchasing party (think Sinclair Broadcasting trying to sell WGN-TV and WPIX to sidecars without properly notifying the commission).
- The economy completely goes down the tubes, or declines in such a way that financing is almost impossible. (Good analogy is NBC trying to sell WTVJ to Post-Newsweek right before the Bear Stearns collapse.)
Univision has wanted to change WAQI’s format for some time. However, they were afraid of a boycott of the television station. They have now found their way out. it was reported that the stations will not change for at least a year. That way, the owners will say they tried keeping the format but it was not economically sound. Eventually, under the leftist format, it will be as profitable as Air America. It will not matter to the owners because they will push an ideology. That is what it looks like over at Twitter.
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