Would think that you could consider a change in the panel could have an impact but not necessarily be permanent. I think Univision is about the take a massive hit. I know this was not a local decision but would expect some higher ups to take some blame in a few months .. You remember Evans when he decided it was a great idea to remove the names of all the stations. He was gone in a few months.
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Raul Brindis fired?
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And they are making money through centralization, which has been how most broadcasting has existed in Mexico for over 80 years.
I don't think making money is where they are right now in the operation.
The problem with Brindis is he has found a niche, which is a Spanish language morning show that appeals to Hispanics. But as @DavidEduardo noted, second generation and beyond Hispanics have assimilated and became increasingly fluent in English. This limits his audience. The secondary issue is that LMN has limited experience in broadcasting, which may or may not be a bad thing.
The problem with Univision is, whenever there is a change in leadership, there seems to be a round of layoffs. However, instead of terminating the least productive employees, they seem to do quite the opposite. This is an indication, to me at least, of an organization with no clear direction, and certainly one with no value for talent. It’s also a bad thing for morale.
Unvision is one of those companies in the Dallas-Fort Worth market (my own experience). The Gm would come to talk to the group who had survived guys the cuts are over it was a tough decision but that was the end of the layoffs everyone needs to go back to work business as usual without being scared and 3 days later 8 more people would get let off. I would think you have more work stability at LMN right now.
The first generation Hispanic community is growing rapidly. It takes two decades for recent arrivals to have kids who may or may not listen to Spanish language radio. Nielsen considers the Houston Hispanic market to be over 50% Spanish dominant.
An example that is going on right now can be seen with Spanish language reggaetón music which has given young Hispanics an alternative to rap and hip hop, taking them away from R&B/Urban stations and making them listeners to Hispanic stations. The music has a stronger sense of identity and culture and talks about real Hispanic issues, leaving R&B stations in markets with high Hispanic populations with audience declines. The best example if this is the softening of Hot 97 in New York, which depended on an amalgamation of Black, Hispanic and non-Hispanic whites to get higher shares.
Everyone was aware of the huge decline in the Bryndis numbers over 2023 to the point that KLTN was losing in mid days and the full week due to the weak morning show performance.
For the Rest of the Week BMF will be broadcasting from Houston and they have turned the First studio the one Raul used for many years into the new BMF show studio. Kind of sad to see the studio the way I just saw it because it is a cool space with different departments all in one studio that was rebuilt to the taste of brindis.
Well, as you know, Brindis built and customized that studio specifically for his show. So it stands to reason once he left, they would redesign it to remove any trace of him.
Univision built the studio to the characteristics he wanted; he did not build it himself. There were a lot of things he had wanted that were not done due to cost.
That’s what I meant, David. Of course Raul didn’t build it himself. He’s the air talent. Or was.
Much of this is due to the current trend of our governmental handlers. In the past (50+ years ago), the dominant theme was assimilation. In order to be an American, you must assimilate into the melting pot. Now, individual cultures are honored, and we have multiculturalism. This has had a direct impact on the number of varied radio stations and translators in the Houston Metropolitan Area (Mexican, Vietnamese, Indian, Pakistani, and so on).
Is there a link or photo showing the current state of the studio you can send us?
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