I noticed that recently a small AM station in Atlanta flipped to a Spanish-language sports format. I wondered about this in New York and am kind of surprised that it hasn't been done already somewhere in the NY area. Or has it already? And if not, any speculation about whether it might be?
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> I noticed that recently a small AM station in Atlanta
> flipped to a Spanish-language sports format. I wondered
> about this in New York and am kind of surprised that it
> hasn't been done already somewhere in the NY area. Or has
> it already? And if not, any speculation about whether it
> might be?
ESPN Deportes en Español kicked off last Monday.
The programming is nearly 100% about soccer, which expalins in aprt why no station in LA would be particularly attracted to this syndicated format.
The Atlanta Hispanic population is nearly all Mexican in origin, and might enjoy this... althougy there is no successful all sports station anywhere in Latin America.
> flipped to a Spanish-language sports format. I wondered
> about this in New York and am kind of surprised that it
> hasn't been done already somewhere in the NY area. Or has
> it already? And if not, any speculation about whether it
> might be?
ESPN Deportes en Español kicked off last Monday.
The programming is nearly 100% about soccer, which expalins in aprt why no station in LA would be particularly attracted to this syndicated format.
The Atlanta Hispanic population is nearly all Mexican in origin, and might enjoy this... althougy there is no successful all sports station anywhere in Latin America.
> > I noticed that recently a small AM station in Atlanta
> > flipped to a Spanish-language sports format. I wondered
> > about this in New York and am kind of surprised that it
> > hasn't been done already somewhere in the NY area. Or has
>
> > it already? And if not, any speculation about whether it
> > might be?
>
> ESPN Deportes en Español kicked off last Monday.
>
> The programming is nearly 100% about soccer, which expalins
> in aprt why no station in LA would be particularly attracted
> to this syndicated format.
>
> The Atlanta Hispanic population is nearly all Mexican in
> origin, and might enjoy this... althougy there is no
> successful all sports station anywhere in Latin America.
>
They really need to get Ozzie Guillen, manager of the White Sox, on board. He light things up with his conversation
Go, Sox!!
> > flipped to a Spanish-language sports format. I wondered
> > about this in New York and am kind of surprised that it
> > hasn't been done already somewhere in the NY area. Or has
>
> > it already? And if not, any speculation about whether it
> > might be?
>
> ESPN Deportes en Español kicked off last Monday.
>
> The programming is nearly 100% about soccer, which expalins
> in aprt why no station in LA would be particularly attracted
> to this syndicated format.
>
> The Atlanta Hispanic population is nearly all Mexican in
> origin, and might enjoy this... althougy there is no
> successful all sports station anywhere in Latin America.
>
They really need to get Ozzie Guillen, manager of the White Sox, on board. He light things up with his conversation
Go, Sox!!
> > > I noticed that recently a small AM station in Atlanta
> > > flipped to a Spanish-language sports format. I wondered
>
> > > about this in New York and am kind of surprised that it
> > > hasn't been done already somewhere in the NY area. Or
> has
> >
> > > it already? And if not, any speculation about whether
> it
> > > might be?
> >
> > ESPN Deportes en Español kicked off last Monday.
> >
> > The programming is nearly 100% about soccer, which
> expalins
> > in aprt why no station in LA would be particularly
> attracted
> > to this syndicated format.
> >
> > The Atlanta Hispanic population is nearly all Mexican in
> > origin, and might enjoy this... althougy there is no
> > successful all sports station anywhere in Latin America.
> >
> They really need to get Ozzie Guillen, manager of the White
> Sox, on board. He light things up with his conversation
> Go, Sox!!
They do not waste much time on baseball (or football, either). It's basically an all-soccer format.
>
> > > flipped to a Spanish-language sports format. I wondered
>
> > > about this in New York and am kind of surprised that it
> > > hasn't been done already somewhere in the NY area. Or
> has
> >
> > > it already? And if not, any speculation about whether
> it
> > > might be?
> >
> > ESPN Deportes en Español kicked off last Monday.
> >
> > The programming is nearly 100% about soccer, which
> expalins
> > in aprt why no station in LA would be particularly
> attracted
> > to this syndicated format.
> >
> > The Atlanta Hispanic population is nearly all Mexican in
> > origin, and might enjoy this... althougy there is no
> > successful all sports station anywhere in Latin America.
> >
> They really need to get Ozzie Guillen, manager of the White
> Sox, on board. He light things up with his conversation
> Go, Sox!!
They do not waste much time on baseball (or football, either). It's basically an all-soccer format.
>
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k2pg
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> The Atlanta Hispanic population is nearly all Mexican in
> origin, and might enjoy this... althougy there is no
> successful all sports station anywhere in Latin America.
>
Wasn't CMK, a small station on 1200 kHz in Havana, Cuba, a sports station before Castro came to power? Old records list this station as "Radio Deportes" and the station may have been connected with the family of Fulgencio Batista. It no longer exists, a casualty of Castro's nationalization and consolidation of broadcasting on the island.
> origin, and might enjoy this... althougy there is no
> successful all sports station anywhere in Latin America.
>
Wasn't CMK, a small station on 1200 kHz in Havana, Cuba, a sports station before Castro came to power? Old records list this station as "Radio Deportes" and the station may have been connected with the family of Fulgencio Batista. It no longer exists, a casualty of Castro's nationalization and consolidation of broadcasting on the island.
> > The Atlanta Hispanic population is nearly all Mexican in
> > origin, and might enjoy this... althougy there is no
> > successful all sports station anywhere in Latin America.
> >
>
> Wasn't CMK, a small station on 1200 kHz in Havana, Cuba, a
> sports station before Castro came to power? Old records list
> this station as "Radio Deportes" and the station may have
> been connected with the family of Fulgencio Batista. It no
> longer exists, a casualty of Castro's nationalization and
> consolidation of broadcasting on the island.
>
Like a lot of staitons with names like Radio Reloj or Radjo Noticias or Radio Deporte in the 50's, the station was music with sports capsules mixed in. Not really an all sports station.
> > origin, and might enjoy this... althougy there is no
> > successful all sports station anywhere in Latin America.
> >
>
> Wasn't CMK, a small station on 1200 kHz in Havana, Cuba, a
> sports station before Castro came to power? Old records list
> this station as "Radio Deportes" and the station may have
> been connected with the family of Fulgencio Batista. It no
> longer exists, a casualty of Castro's nationalization and
> consolidation of broadcasting on the island.
>
Like a lot of staitons with names like Radio Reloj or Radjo Noticias or Radio Deporte in the 50's, the station was music with sports capsules mixed in. Not really an all sports station.
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