When this year (2017) started us Latinos in the Providence area only had Latina 100.3 FM to listen to, and recently as this past weeks two more Spanish Tropical stations came on the air (WSTL FM 93.7 / 94.9 through 1240 AM and WPMZ FM 102.1 through their AM station 1110). Any other areas saw an increase in the number of Spanish speaking Tropical music stations on the FM dial?
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The expansion of Spanish Tropical music stations.
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The interesting thing is that none of those stations is really "tropical" but actually are CHR. CHR's may play occasional tropical songs, such as salsa or merengue hits, but the core is reggaetón, rhythmic pop and related music.
Houston has La Calle 92.5 which promotes itself as Tropical including Salsa, Merengue and Bachata. But to my Anglo ears it sounds like a lot of other musical genres are mixed in.
That is just a bad tropical station... in an era when even in Puerto Rico there is only one all salsa station left. They are filling with things like cumbias, vallenato, punta and rhythmic CHR.
Remember, it's a Héctor Guevara station!
In Connecticut the first FM Spanish station was WLVH 93.7 in Hartford. They went out of business in 1989. 20 years later Hartford once again got an FM Spanish station. Full-Power Radio launched Spanish CHR BOMBA-FM on 104.1 HD2 and a translator on 97.5 (now 97.1) in November 2009. They added 4 other translators throughout the state plus an AM and a translator in Springfield, Mass.
Fast Forward to the Spring of 2016 and GOIS Broadcasting put Latina 1230 WNEZ (Manchester/Hartford) on a translator on 105.3 and rebranded the station as Exitos 105.3 - I call the format Spanish Variety and it includes brokered Spanish Religion after 10PM. (http://www.goismedia.com/exitos105).
Then in early 2017 Gois Broadcasting added an FM translator for their Spanish CHR station Mega 910 WLAT on 101.7 FM. The station rebranded from Mega 910 to La Mega 101.7 - they only mention 910 during their TOH Legal ID. "WLAT New Britain/Hartford 910 AM. W269DE 101.7 FM Hartford. La Mega Se Pega".
Finally in the summer of 2017 the new owners of La Gigante 840 WRYM (New Britain - studios and antenna in Newington) added a 107.3 FM Translator. In late 2017 they rebranded the station Viva 107.3 and 840. (WRYM celebrates 49 years playing Spanish Music in 2017). (http://www.wrymradio.com/)
There are 3 other Spanish Stations in the state of Connecticut that do not have FM translators.
WADS 690 (Ansonia) a daytime only Spanish Religious Station called AMOR 690 broadcasting from studios in New Haven.
WCUM 1450 (Bridgeport), which is known as Radio Cumbre. I have no idea how they survive with the 250 watt Bomba Translator on 104.5 in Bridgeport.
WPRX 1120 (Bristol), which has been broadcasting without an FCC license since it was revoked in June 2017. (Studios are in New Britain antenna is in Bristol). (http://www.wprx1120.net/).
Fast Forward to the Spring of 2016 and GOIS Broadcasting put Latina 1230 WNEZ (Manchester/Hartford) on a translator on 105.3 and rebranded the station as Exitos 105.3 - I call the format Spanish Variety and it includes brokered Spanish Religion after 10PM. (http://www.goismedia.com/exitos105).
Then in early 2017 Gois Broadcasting added an FM translator for their Spanish CHR station Mega 910 WLAT on 101.7 FM. The station rebranded from Mega 910 to La Mega 101.7 - they only mention 910 during their TOH Legal ID. "WLAT New Britain/Hartford 910 AM. W269DE 101.7 FM Hartford. La Mega Se Pega".
Finally in the summer of 2017 the new owners of La Gigante 840 WRYM (New Britain - studios and antenna in Newington) added a 107.3 FM Translator. In late 2017 they rebranded the station Viva 107.3 and 840. (WRYM celebrates 49 years playing Spanish Music in 2017). (http://www.wrymradio.com/)
There are 3 other Spanish Stations in the state of Connecticut that do not have FM translators.
WADS 690 (Ansonia) a daytime only Spanish Religious Station called AMOR 690 broadcasting from studios in New Haven.
WCUM 1450 (Bridgeport), which is known as Radio Cumbre. I have no idea how they survive with the 250 watt Bomba Translator on 104.5 in Bridgeport.
WPRX 1120 (Bristol), which has been broadcasting without an FCC license since it was revoked in June 2017. (Studios are in New Britain antenna is in Bristol). (http://www.wprx1120.net/).
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