A new Latino media group is buying up -- and shaking up -- Spanish-language radio

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...Creating a beachhead in a broadcast market often dominated by conservative, sometimes right-wing programming, a newly formed, Latino-owned and bipartisan media group is announcing Friday it has purchased 18 major Spanish-language radio stations owned by the TelevisaUnivision network — including Miami's Radio Mambí....

The question now is what sort of voice will replace the programming at stations like the ultraconservative Radio Mambí (WAQI 710 AM). It's long been an institution for Miami's Cuban exile community. But, like many Spanish-language stations here, it's also been criticized for pushing right-wing and sometimes racist disinformation .

Democrats have long chafed at much of that agenda, particularly in 2020 when talk show hosts at stations like Mambí labeled then-presidential candidate Joe Biden a "socialista" who would turn the U.S. into a left-wing dictatorship like Venezuela's....

"As Latinos drive population growth in the United States...[and] with minority media on the decline, now is the time to be investing in more resources to create content for Latinos by Latinos," Valencia said in a statement earlier Friday.

https://www.wlrn.org/news/2022-06-03/a-new-latino-media-group-is-buying-up-and-shaking-up-spanish-language-radio?fbclid=IwAR1YTRxPOwHN28g6iiAjqRoQ9QOwNfLR3qFoUHEdTsdJSZJ5fwtKLKKhX80

[ZonkerHarris]

1. Can they do something about the Taco trucks I'm supposed to have on every corner? I need them now

[ZonkerHarris]

2. Right tells Latinos that Joe is a socialist and tells white folks to worry about taco truck invasion

[2naSalit]

3. Almost anything that replaces...

RWNJ radio with something that isn't, is a good thing.

[MerryHolidays]

4. From the article

WLRN has learned that the Latino Media Network, or LMN — headed by Stephanie Valencia, a Latino community outreach director for former President Barack Obama, and Democratic activist Jessica Morales Rocketto — has bought the stations for $60 million. The media startup has launched after raising an initial $80 million.

[a kennedy]

5. Am I wrong or that she worked for Barack might be a great indication where their activism

might be going??

[MerryHolidays]

6. I think you are not wrong

[Budi]

7. Jessica Morales Rocketto. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️🍃💙💙💙💙💙

Jess Morales Rocketto is the Political Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) and Executive Director of Care in Action, where she spearheads political advocacy campaigns on economic justice, immigration reform, sexual harassment, and the future of work for the 2.5 million domestic workers in this country.

She is also the Chair of Families Belong Together, the campaign to end family separation, and We Belong Together, NDWA's feminist campaign for immigration reform. Jess is an alumna of Hillary for America, the AFL-CIO, Obama for America, the Democratic National Committee, Rebuild the Dream, and the New Organizing Institute.
https://ash.harvard.edu/people/jess-morales-rocketto

[Baitball Blogger]

8. Wow! Someone is finally getting it!

[UTUSN]

9. K&R for, EXCELLENT!

[msongs]

10. the stations in question are entertainment outlets, not talk or political nt

[dflprincess]

11. Formats can change

maybe a mix of entertainment + politics.

[Hortensis]

12. Ending the lock RW political disinformation radio has had on many

Hispanic markets, notably replacing South Florida's "ultraconservative" tRumpist, insurrectionist Mambi with responsible coverage. Florida was considered a swing state before more Hispanics started voting and split red. I believe all those Univision stations pushed trumpism and anti-Democratic lies, though, like linking Democrats with the extremist communism that devastated many Hispanic/Latino nations. Best possible news on this front to me.

[LessAspin]

13. Radio Mambi

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[LessAspin]

14. DeSantis

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216792883