I'm guessing that what happened to Talk Radio among English-speaking listeners also happened in Miami to Spanish speakers. People who are generally satisfied with America and the progress that society is making don't listen much to talk radio. They listen to news, yes, from NPR or news radio in some cities, then switch to music. That's why barely any liberal talk stations are left. Meanwhile people who are mad and think the world is falling apart find comfort in conservative talk radio.
Still, the culture and interests of Miami Hispanics tends to be different than the general market.
Can we say the same is true among Spanish-speaking radio listeners in Miami, especially from Cuba? Those who want to hear about how the communists in Cuba are failing and about Trump and conservative values listen to the three remaining Spanish talk stations. Others who feel they are doing well and are satisfied being Cuban-Americans, enjoying their lives in Florida, primarily listen to music when tuning in a radio station.
The Miami Hispanic community under 55 is now nearly half non-Cuban (or Cuban heritage) with Colombians, Venezuelans, Ecuadorians and Nicaraguans being the larger communities. All those people are "refugees of terrorism or socialist governments. And they are predominantly upper and middle income families. They listen to Spanish talk radio extensively, except that there are now a half dozen such station of one kind or another.
Just as Air America had trouble getting off the ground, partially from misguided management, partially from lack of interest, so too the Latino Media Network.
LMN never had a national talk network. They did varieties of talk in Miami and LA. LA gets no ratings, as the show lineup is designed for sales, not ratings. And in Miami in trying to make the talk stations more neutral, they destroyed them.
Clearly Latinos in Miami aren't all-conservative all-the-time.
No, but because of fear of the kinds of government they fled from, a huge majority of Miami Hispanics are Republicanl
No problem. I'm sure new Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins and new NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani will give Miami Talk Radio in Spanish and NYC Talk Radio in English plenty to complain about in 2026.
A great deal of the Miami Spanish language talk is about other countries, and the U.S. focus is more national.
(I've been, over the last 55 years, consultant to WQBA both in the 70's and since the mid-90's, GM of WHTT, PD of WCMQ, consultant to Radio Suave, advisor to Radio Martí, and program supervisor of WAMR, WAQI since the mid 90's-
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