April 26, 2007

Of all the things you might have guessed...

...the Paradise Along the Pinchgut might contain, how many of you would ever have thought it would be home to a new Spanish-language radio station, broadcasting from right there on Main Street?

From 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., visit 235 Main Street, Suite 202, in Trussville, Alabama to join in the festivities, Tu Ritmo Donde Estes.

Media Advisory

TRUSSVILLE, AL/EWORLDWIRE/April 26, 2007 --- The ribbon-cutting and Grand Opening Celebration of Latino Mix 1480 AM Radio Station, WRLM, will take place on Friday, April 27 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Post-ceremony refreshments will be served.

With Jefferson and surrounding counties home to most of the state's Latin community - numbered at more than a quarter of a million people in 2005 according to a University of Alabama study - Latino Mix 1480 AM broadcasting by long-time area residents and newspaper publisher, the Vargas family, serves the largest Hispanic population in Alabama.

From studios in Trussville, the radio station's live, 24-hour on-air personalities mix a variety of music formats - from Mexican regional to contemporary, oldies, tropical and Tejano, covers popular artists such as Shakira, Nelly Hurtado, Alejandro Saenz, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony. A Spanish version of CNN Headline News is complemented by Latino Mix's own local news, weather and traffic. [...]

Well, I don't think I would have ever guessed such a thing was likely, and I live there. But nonetheless, I think it's pretty neat to have them in town. Even if I can't understand all them weird words they keep saying.

Posted by Terry Oglesby at April 26, 2007 12:34 PM
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