REGIONAL MEXICAN

[yossefgershon]

Now is the time for a AM to go regional mexican!!!!!

 

[Barry]

There is a station on one of the local SCA channels at 101.9 FM with a Regional Mexican format. It has been on the air for quite a few years. The service has dj's, and lots of audience participation. It is apparently run by the travel agency, Grupo Delgado. But of course SCA audio leaves much to be desired, and is only practical in a fixed location.
I believe that WPAT AM 930, which carries leased Spanish language programs, may have some that play Mexican music.
Does anyone know where the nearest regular station is located that has a full-time Mexican-oriented format? I am not aware of any located in this part of the country, now that 92.7 is no longer Que Buena.

Grupo Delgado SCA Programming: http://www.delgadotravelusa.com/GrdRadiosEspeciales.asp

 

[Barry]

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[WNTIRadio]

Can someone in the know clarify for me what "regional Mexican" exactly is?

Is it a format that is popular in a particular region of Mexico copied here?

Is it regional to this particular area?

I don't speak Spanish so I've never been quite able to figure that one out. I can't understand why someone of Mexican descent in NYC would listen to different music than in Philly or Chicago.

 

[Morpheux]

Mexicans are the fastest growing ethnic group in NYC. Most are nationals that come from rural towns so their taste is quite different from multi generations of Mexican-Americans from other big cities(mostly in the southwest). And just as different from someone who grew up in a large metropolitan area such as Mexico City.Where it's common for Spanish Pop as well as English Pop music to be heard on the radio. But to answer your question Regional Mexican can be Banda, Ranchera, Mariachi and Norteña styles.

 

[davideduardo]

Can someone in the know clarify for me what "regional Mexican" exactly is?

Go to http://www.hispanicformats.com/index.htm and select "Regional Mexican" from the menul

Is it a format that is popular in a particular region of Mexico copied here?

"Regional Mexican" is a music industry term for what in México is called the "grupera" format. Literally: music by groups. It's called "regional" in the US because it consists of a blend of the music styles that originally came from different areas of México, such as norteña music from the NE, Banda from the Sinaloa region, Durangüense from Durango and Zacatecas, Ranchera from Jalisco, etc.

Is it regional to this particular area?

The blend in each US market may vary... more banda in CA, more norteña in TX, and in NY, the right blend would be focused on the tastes of people from the state of Puebla and surrounding areas (Like Hidalgo, Tlaxcala, San Luis Potosí, etc.).

I don't speak Spanish so I've never been quite able to figure that one out. I can't understand why someone of Mexican descent in NYC would listen to different music than in Philly or Chicago.

Just as an oldies station in LA might have more Beach Boys and one in NJ might have more Four Seasons, there are differences in the blend of the format called "Regional Mexican" depending on where the local population migrated from.

 

[davideduardo]

And just as different from someone who grew up in a large metropolitan area such as Mexico City.Where it's common for Spanish Pop as well as English Pop music to be heard on the radio. But to answer your question Regional Mexican can be Banda, Ranchera, Mariachi and Norteña styles.

Pop is just as common in Fresnillo, Zacatecas and Villahermosa, Tabasco as it is in Mexico City. It's just that Mexico City has 61 commercial radio stations, and other markets have far fewer... so while Mexico City might have 5 pop stations, Fresnillo might have 2.

The most common formats in Mexico in any market with more than 5 or 6 stations:

Talk
Regional Mexican (tends to be current based, but there are some regional / ranchera oldies stations and the largest markets may have one that plays mostly banda, another mostly norteña, etc. Many Regional Mexican stations in Mexico don't play ranchera)
Pop / CHR (music may be all Spanish, all English or a blend)
Rock (tends to be mostly music in English, although some Spanish rock can be played)
AC (like pop, with variants of all English, all Spanish and a blend)
Oldies (English only, Spanish only, and blends... mostly 70's and 80's music)
Nostalgia (Spanish, from 50's and 60's)
Tropical (Cumbia, and sonidero, mostly)

Uncommon formats: all news (only a couple in all Mexico) and All sports (only a hand-full) and religious (religious radio was illegal until a decade or so ago).

 

[WNTIRadio]

Thanks David!! Makes a lot more sense now...

 

[Morpheux]

Uncommon formats: all news (only a couple in all Mexico) and All sports (only a hand-full) and religious (religious radio was illegal until a decade or so ago).

I'm surprised that talk is not a bigger format given that politics is a national sport for most of Latin America.

 

[davideduardo]

Uncommon formats: all news (only a couple in all Mexico) and All sports (only a hand-full) and religious (religious radio was illegal until a decade or so ago).

I'm surprised that talk is not a bigger format given that politics is a national sport for most of Latin America.

Read my list again. Talk is at the top of the list.

Mexico has long had many of its talkers on FM, and with near-total elimination of AM stations (125 remaining out of over 800) nearly all talkers outside of a few large cities will be on FM.

Mexico City has talk on over 20% of its 61 commercial channels.