Even under Democratic ownership and bankrolled by MAGA's favorite bogeyman, George Soros, WAQI's politics have drifted even further to the right, according to the writer of this article. Your spin on this, David?
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Miami/Fort Lauderdale Radio Mambi tilts further right: Politico
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To start with, the article is historically inaccurate. Mambí did not even begin until nearly 30 years into the Cuban migration of refugees to Miami. The first stations to vehemently oppose Castro were WFAB "La Fabulosa" (license revoked for billing practices) and WQBA "La Cubanísima"... both transforming to Spanish in the 60's. Then came WRHC, Cadena Azul, in the 70's. WAQI was the fourth mostly or all talk Spanish station in the market.
The article says that WAQI was "Finding a loyal audience in the first wave of exiles who had settled in Miami, Mambí became the biggest Spanish radio station in the city." False. Wrong. Untrue. The first wave was in the 60's and Mambí did not even begin until Amanciao Suárez bought it in 1985.
Later, they say "But Mambí, with the oldest ties to the Cuban community, remained on top" It was nowhere near the oldest. When I launched WHTT in Miami in 1980, there was one FM and four other AMs in Spanish... 6 in total... before Mambí was even a dream.
That kind of rampant false information makes most of the rest of the article also dead-wrong.
In the first 20 to 30 years of exile, many thought they would eventually return to a "Free Cuba". Now, there is a second generation of Cuban Americans who would not return but have inherited their parents wish to topple Castro while, at the same time, rejecting politicians and political sentiments that even remotely want to recognize the current Cuban government.
Add in the new wave of Venezuelans, Colombians, Peruvians and Ecuadorians and the 80¿'s migration of Nicaraguans, all fleeing violence or leftist politics. They are generally middle and upper class, just like most of the Cuban refugees of the 60's and 70's. They don't want to see thee things that forced them out of their countries happen in their new home.
So, as those communities of emigrants from other nations arrived, with many becoming U.S. citizens based on investments and wealth, the scope of Mambí began to include those other nationalities... who now make up about half of the under-60 Hispanic population of Miami.
There are lots of minor errors indicating terrible journalism: they say Radio Caracol means "Radio Seashell". In fact, it is a construct of CAdena RAdial COlombiana, the largest radio network in Colombia... which happens also to be the word for "seashell" but is not the meaning of that station name on a facility directed particularly at Colombian immigrants and their families (it was originally owned by CARACOL, in fact).
Here is one quote: “Talk shows [like Mambí] are brand ambassadors of Donald Trump,” Alvarado says.
Wrong. Trump came along and reflected the political stance of Hispanics in Miami who had thought that way since 1960. Trump was just a bigger, more sympathetic voice. People who have been forced out of their country (Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua) or fled from fear and for economic reasons (Colombia, Ecuador, Perú) did not discover their feelings when Trump cam along; he was just a better spokesperson for the anti-Castro, anti-Ortega, anti-Maduro sentiment of people who had lost not just possessions but, often, family members, to the violence and radical governments of those nations.
The article even says that "Although the station was sold to Latino Media Network in 2022, it wasn’t officially turned over until a few months ago, in part because of the lengthy process of FCC approval, Valencia says." That is not true, at all.
The station was turned over at the time of the closing. However, LMN did not feel it had the staff and resources to operate it so they contracted with Univision to continue providing and administering the programming. But it was entirely, 100%, LMN's from the moment the sale closed.
Horrible article and poorly researched as I've shown in just a couple of references... although there are many more. The worst is that they consider political opinion that does not match the Politico writer's perspective is "fake news" or a lie. A lot of the conten criticisms are simply about issues that have different perspectives.
As one of my dearest Cuban friends once said, "if you have seen your father shot to death in the entrance to your home in front of the whole family by Fidel Castro's henchmen dressed as soldiers... for the crime of being a college professor... you will never trust them ever again."
The article says that WAQI was "Finding a loyal audience in the first wave of exiles who had settled in Miami, Mambí became the biggest Spanish radio station in the city." False. Wrong. Untrue. The first wave was in the 60's and Mambí did not even begin until Amanciao Suárez bought it in 1985.
Later, they say "But Mambí, with the oldest ties to the Cuban community, remained on top" It was nowhere near the oldest. When I launched WHTT in Miami in 1980, there was one FM and four other AMs in Spanish... 6 in total... before Mambí was even a dream.
That kind of rampant false information makes most of the rest of the article also dead-wrong.
In the first 20 to 30 years of exile, many thought they would eventually return to a "Free Cuba". Now, there is a second generation of Cuban Americans who would not return but have inherited their parents wish to topple Castro while, at the same time, rejecting politicians and political sentiments that even remotely want to recognize the current Cuban government.
Add in the new wave of Venezuelans, Colombians, Peruvians and Ecuadorians and the 80¿'s migration of Nicaraguans, all fleeing violence or leftist politics. They are generally middle and upper class, just like most of the Cuban refugees of the 60's and 70's. They don't want to see thee things that forced them out of their countries happen in their new home.
So, as those communities of emigrants from other nations arrived, with many becoming U.S. citizens based on investments and wealth, the scope of Mambí began to include those other nationalities... who now make up about half of the under-60 Hispanic population of Miami.
There are lots of minor errors indicating terrible journalism: they say Radio Caracol means "Radio Seashell". In fact, it is a construct of CAdena RAdial COlombiana, the largest radio network in Colombia... which happens also to be the word for "seashell" but is not the meaning of that station name on a facility directed particularly at Colombian immigrants and their families (it was originally owned by CARACOL, in fact).
Here is one quote: “Talk shows [like Mambí] are brand ambassadors of Donald Trump,” Alvarado says.
Wrong. Trump came along and reflected the political stance of Hispanics in Miami who had thought that way since 1960. Trump was just a bigger, more sympathetic voice. People who have been forced out of their country (Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua) or fled from fear and for economic reasons (Colombia, Ecuador, Perú) did not discover their feelings when Trump cam along; he was just a better spokesperson for the anti-Castro, anti-Ortega, anti-Maduro sentiment of people who had lost not just possessions but, often, family members, to the violence and radical governments of those nations.
The article even says that "Although the station was sold to Latino Media Network in 2022, it wasn’t officially turned over until a few months ago, in part because of the lengthy process of FCC approval, Valencia says." That is not true, at all.
The station was turned over at the time of the closing. However, LMN did not feel it had the staff and resources to operate it so they contracted with Univision to continue providing and administering the programming. But it was entirely, 100%, LMN's from the moment the sale closed.
Horrible article and poorly researched as I've shown in just a couple of references... although there are many more. The worst is that they consider political opinion that does not match the Politico writer's perspective is "fake news" or a lie. A lot of the conten criticisms are simply about issues that have different perspectives.
As one of my dearest Cuban friends once said, "if you have seen your father shot to death in the entrance to your home in front of the whole family by Fidel Castro's henchmen dressed as soldiers... for the crime of being a college professor... you will never trust them ever again."
The point is that Soros didn't invest to force others to do what he wanted or force his ideology on others. He bankrolled two Hispanic women because he believes in minority ownership and empowerment. It's about diversity and equity in ownership. Once that part is done, let Hispanics make their own decisions about programming and operations, unencumbered by debt.
Really? Can you show me where the writer says that? Yes he includes QUOTES by Democratic strategists, but they are identified as such.
"Fake news" doesn't appear at all. This is the only place where the word "lie" appears.
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