According to recent rumors, Univision Radio decided to let his contract expire. Owners of Radio Mambi since 2002, Univision Radio had already been planning to retire Perez Roura over a year ago according to Nelson Horta. In 2013, Univision Radio dedicated a studio at Radio Mambi to Armando Perez Roura and celebrated his longtime radio career.
In 2012, both Radio Mambi and WQBA (1140 AM), traditionally the Spanish-language hard-line radio stations in Miami, went through significant restructuring. At Radio Mambi, Armando Perez Roura's most important daily talk program "La Mesa Redonda" was moved to Saturdays, and his daily news program was reduced to a half-hour.
This day was certainly coming, and Perez Roura without a doubt fought a long time to keep his place at Radio Mambi. Changing political landscapes and demographics were important factors here, concepts irrelevant to militants like Perez Roura.
Rumors indicate Perez Roura will move on to rival radio station "La Poderosa" (WWFE 670 AM), but, at 87 years old, he is already beyond the limits of intransigence.
[Update - Univision has provided audio of Armando Perez Roura's last radio announcement at Radio Mambi. And, on the morning of July 1, 2015 Perez Roura made his first appearance at "La Poderosa" (WWFE 670 AM, video here).]
(@0:57) "If I hurt someone, I ask for forgiveness because I am not perfect. But I am a whole-hearted Cuban and I'll never abandon the cause that brought me here."
[A short biography will be posted soon. Below are some related facts.]
- Armando Perez Roura was born in the town of Ceiba Mocha in Matanzas, Cuba on January 11, 1928.
- Perez Roura left Cuba for Miami in 1969.
- Radio Mambi went on the air on October 23, 1985. Perez Roura was co-owner with Amancio V. Suarez, and Jorge Rodriguez (current owner of WWFE 670 AM). Suarez was reported to have made a $5 million investment on the station.
- In 1995, Heftel Broadcasting Corp. acquired Radio Mambi (among other Miami radio stations). And then in 2002, Univision took over HBC stations including Radio Mambi.
4 comments:
Posiblemente le van a dar fuera a Lourdes D'Kendall tambien!!
- Really? Vamos a ver. Ella tiene un estilo como el "Glenn Beck". Tiene su popularidad pero depende cual imagen "conservador" Univision quiere presentar.
- Really? We'll see [if they let go of Lourdes D'Kendall]. She has a style like "Glenn Beck." It is popular, but it depends on what kind of "conservative" image Univision wants to present.
Muchas varias cosas, pense que nunca veria en mi vida: 1. La caida del bloque socialista con la Union Sovietica al frente. 2. La renuncia de Fidel Castro, de su posicion de gobierno dictatorial y asesina. 3. La permitividad del matrimonio entre homosexuales, en este pais. $. Un presidnetne negro en USA y hasta 5. La salida de Armando Perez Roura de Radio Mambi y al parecer, despedido en mala racha. Asi es. Nadie sabe lo que va a ocurrir mañana. Ni sacerdotes, ni adivinos, ni horoscopos, ni predicciones de tipo alguno. A los 87 años, con un salario considerable, mas un retiro, imagino que bastante jugoso, Perez Roura, aun se bate, por un puesto en una emisora radial, ya que el ostracismo, para el, seria la muerte. Este es el resultado, de las negociaciones entre USA-Cuba. Otro episodio, que quizas(porque ya nada me sorprende) veremos, es la extradicion de Posada-Carriles a Cuba, para que sea juzgado por la dictadura(y condenado a muerte, por supuesto).
Vivir por ver. Otra que quizas sea posible tambien, es la condecoracion de Obama, en la Habana y/o la de Fidel y Raul, en el capitolio de Washington. Ya nada me asombra.
They are all relics of the past.
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