MBI Takes Spokane Affiliate Spanish

12-29-14

Moody Bible Institute's KMBI-AM in Spokane will begin airing the Spanish-language version of its Christian format, effective January 5, reports the Spokane Spokesman.

It'll be the first Spanish-language station in Eastern Washington, the paper reports, quoting Station Manager Joe Gonzalez: "The Spanish community is continuing to grow in the area. There is no Spanish station for the Spanish community at all."

Gonzalez also said that he'd like to air local programming on the MBI station and is already in touch with local pastors

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Sports Replaces Spanish in Palm Springs

12-18-13

The Desert Radio Group is launching Fox Sports 1270 Wednesday at noon. The new Fox Sports programming replaces the Spanish oldies music which has been on the station in one form or the other for about 4 years. The new call letters will be KFSQ. PD Mike Oakes said, ?Fox Sports Radio programming originates in SoCal, and we are thrilled to bring it to the Desert, serving Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley. And I?m especially excited to launch two rising shows in the sports talk universe, Jay Mohr Sports and TMZ Sports.  These are the cutting edge of the sports talk genre.?

The new station lineup will be ?Fox Sports Day Break? in mornings from 6 to 9am, ?Jay Mohr Sports? from 9 am to noon, ?Fox Sports Prime Time? with Pat O?Brien and Steve Hartman from noon to 4 pm, ?TMZ Sports? from 4 to 5 pm, and ?The Petros and Money Show? or ?PMS? from 5 to 7 pm.

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AccuWeather And Sun Team For Spanish Weather

10-17-13

Sun Broadcast Group says it has entered into a sales and syndication agreement with AccuWeather to provide a branded weather-reporting service to Spanish-language radio stations. Along with affiliating and distributing the hourly reports, Sun's Spanish-language division, Sun Latino, will handle ad sales and sponsorships.

Sun Broadcast Group CEO Jason Bailey says, "When we formed Sun Latino we aimed to become the number-one network for information. With AccuWeather en Espa?ol joining our lineup of Fox Deportes and CNN en Espa?ol, we've clearly accomplished that goal. Stations and advertisers alike now have just one network to call that provides the trusted brands that inform their audience."

AccuWeather en Espa?ol will be offered to affiliates as fully customized daily weather reports with the power of the complete AccuWeather team by their side. Stations will receive local updates voiced by AccuWeather reporters seven days a week, as well as breaking weather reports as conditions warrant. AccuWeather en Espa?ol is the only weather product to be offered by a major source to the fast-growing Spanish-language radio community.

AccuWeather CEO Evan Myers says, "This milestone marks a new chapter in the growth of our business as the leading provider of weather forecasts to the Spanish-language radio community. We have a commitment to superior accuracy and delivering high-quality weather forecasts that customers depend on daily."

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AP And Stardome To Provide Newscasts In Spanish

8-29-13

Stardome Radio Networks and The Associated Press have launched a local market top-of-the-hour news service for Spanish-language stations. The content will feature local, state, and regional headline newscasts, local sports news, and business news, all voiced in Spanish. Under the agreement, Stardome will produce the newscasts using the AP?s news content reported by its network of journalists. Stardome also will distribute and sell network advertising for the product.  

Stardome CEO Anthony Hernandez said, ?It has always been Stardome?s desire as a Spanish-language radio network content provider to super-serve our affiliates with compelling local content. Our connection with AP will accomplish this. AP is a 167-year-old institution of excellence in journalism. We are humbled by their approach to work with Stardome in such an ambitious, yet much needed, content business for the Hispanic radio industry. We look forward to the years ahead in providing this excellent resource to Spanish-language radio stations.?

AP?s VP of Broadcast Markets Dave Gwizdowski said, ?AP is pleased Stardome Media is utilizing our content to help us reach an important and growing segment of the U.S. audience. AP is committed to making this new and innovative product the best it can possibly be.?

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Envision Launches Spanish Imaging Library

12-6-2012

The new imaging and production library from Envision Radio Networks is called AudioMonky and its exclusively for Spanish Pop and regional Mexican stations. The elements were created by a team of producers who have worked in radio in Los Angeles and Chicago and includes sweepers, work parts, FX, music beds, artist IDs and movie drops. AudioMonky is available for barter and on a market exclusive basis.

Contact Melissa Bachtel at 216-831-3761 or melissab@envisionradio.com for more information.

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Gonzalez To Head Spanish Programming For CBS

11-16-2012

Jimmy Gonzalez has been named VP of Spanish Programming for CBS and Program Director for KMVK in Dallas. Gonzalez has more than 20 years in the business covering management, marketing and programming. He spent six years as Senior VP of Programming at Univision in Dallas. He's also held programming and operations positions with Univision and Hispanic Broadcasting in Houston and San Antonio.  He began his career in the Rio Grande Valley and Corpus Christi.

CBS currently has four Spanish-language stations, KMVK-FM in Dallas, KLOL-FM in Houston, WLZL-FM in DC and WYUU in Tampa.

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A First: The Cotton Bowl In Spanish

10-18-2012

ESPN Audio and the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association announced a new two-year agreement making ESPN Audio the official national radio home of the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic. ESPN Audio will broadcast the 2013 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic on Friday, Jan. 4. The agreement also provides ESPN rights for all forms of audio, as well as ESPN Deportes Radio which will present the first Spanish broadcast of the Classic.

ESPN Senior Vice President, Production, Business Divisions Traug Keller said, ?We?re proud to add the tradition-rich Cotton Bowl to ESPN Audio?s already comprehensive line-up of college football play-by-play events which includes 24 Bowls and 33 regular-season games this season. We envision ESPN Audio?s presentation of the event across our varied platforms adding to the game?s national prominence.?

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Magic Drop Spanish Broadcasts From Radio

10-7-2012

The Orlando Magic have been heard on the radio in Spanish since 1997. That will end with the upcoming season. According to the Orlando Sentinel, games will only be heard on http://www.elorlandomagic.com/. Magic CEO Alex Martins says, "We had a lot of conversations with the local Spanish radio stations. One of the challenges that we had in being on some of those outlets was we couldn't get any measurements of what our listenership was in terms of numbers."

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