More than four months after Univision Radio confirmed the surprisingly abrupt departure from Univision Radio of Eddie “Piolin” Sotelo, the company today unveiled the program that will replace Piolin at its regional Mexican flagship KSCA-FM “La 101.9” in Los Angeles–but not on Piolin’s former Texas affiliates.
Veteran journalist, multicultural analyst and Hispanic market strategist Adam R Jacobson has been named Editor of Hispanic Television Update, the widely read monthly electronic newsletter published and distributed by B&C/Multichannel News. Jacobson’s appointment as editor is effective with the October 17, 2013 newsletter.
Renan Almendarez Coello, best known to radio listeners across the U.S. and Northern Mexico as El Cucuy de la Mañana, has signed a syndication deal with Miami-based GLR Networks, owned by Spanish media giant Grupo Prisa. The talk-intensive program, hosted by “The Bogeyman,” is being offered to Regional Mexican stations or stations in markets with a large population of immigrants of Mexican heritage.
Hispanic advertising agencies and consultancies are more vital than ever when connecting marketers and brands to Latino consumers. We live the market. We understand the market. We experience the market. Who else is better equipped to understand the 22-year-old second-generation Hispanic, regardless of where they were reared?
Univision Radio has suddenly pulled the plug on the syndicated Piolin por la Mañana morning show, based at KSCA-FM in Los Angeles.
The third annual Hispanic Market Overview offers marketers and advertisers and advertising agency executives and junior staff a clear, concise snapshot of the state of the U.S. Hispanic market. A review of advertising expenditures and the Spanish-language media those budgets go to is featured throughout the report.
The decision by Lincoln Motor Company to bring its “Hello, Again Tour” to a hub of bilingual, bicultural Hispanic Millennials is noteworthy in and of itself. Lincoln may wish to follow up its tour with marketing efforts that use digital, social and mobile media targeting Hispanic Millennials, in addition to traditional media such as television, radio, and out-of-home. The results could prove highly beneficial for a brand that is not only reinventing itself, but how to reach its next generation of automobile buyers.
Sights and sounds from Hispanic Upfront presentations held May 13-15 in New York City.
The 2013 Post Hispanic Upfront Television Guide, a digital supplement to Broadcasting & Cable Magazine and HispanicAd.com, has been released. The Guide includes a comprehensive review of the programming highlights for Spanish-language broadcast and cable television networks.
Why Hispanic radio, and why now? That was the continual theme of the 2013 Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Conference, which concluded two days of sessions on May 17 that included the participation of group heads, Hispanic advertising industry movers and shakers, and programmers of AM and FM stations serving Latinos across the U.S.