Mexico’s Top Radio Station to Launch ‘Hallyu’ Program

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Korea Bizwire in Culture & Society

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Mexico’s largest radio station will launch a weekly program featuring Korean culture and entertainment next month, the Korean Culture Center in Mexico City said Sunday.

The “K-Hour” program of Radio Centro will air for one hour from 6 p.m. every Sunday.

The radio station has been broadcasting a trial program on “hallyu,” or the phenomenal popularity of Korean culture abroad, since June 24 on its channel “Alfa.”

In a survey recently conducted by Nielsen, the program drew at least 1.4 million listeners and recorded a 7.33 percent rating, putting it on the list of top ten radio programs.

Radio Centro said the show appealed to listeners with its diverse content from Korean pop songs to classical music and traditional culture.

It is rare for a foreign broadcaster to produce its own hallyu program. Some Chinese and Southeast Asian broadcasters have aired imported hallyu programs.

“The program reflects hallyu taking root in Mexican society,” said Lim Sung-min, head of El Coreano, a newspaper for Korean residents in Mexico. “I take pride in the launch of a program exclusively dealing with overall Korean culture.”
Grupo Radio Centro http://radiocentro.com/
List of streaming audio Grupo stations: http://radiocentro.com/radioenvivo
(Yonhap)

Mexican Radio to Beam Chinese Propaganda to United States ?

U.S. probes links between buyer of Tijuana station and China's Phoenix TV
By Bill Gertz

A large Spanish-language radio station in Mexico will soon begin broadcasting in Chinese in a deal critics say will bring Beijing propaganda to Chinese Americans throughout Southern California.

A Federal Communications Commission filing on the sale of radio station XEWW AM 690 radio near Tijuana reveals the buyer has ties to Phoenix Satellite Television US, a subsidiary of Hong Kong's pro-Beijing Phoenix TV.

According to government sources, signs that Phoenix is involved in the purchase of the radio station prompted the Trump administration last week to begin an investigation into the national security implications of the sale.

Additional story at Washington Free Beacon: https://freebeacon.com/national-security/mexican-radio-beam-chinese-propaganda/

China to Purchase Mexican Radio Station, Could Soon Start Blasting propaganda to U.S. Citizens 

The Trump administration has opened up an investigation into the sale of a large Spanish-language radio station in Tijuana which could have national security implications.

The Washington Free Beacon reports that the FCC filing on the station XEWW AM 690 reveals the buyer of the station is linked to the Phoenix Satellite Television US, which is a subsidiary of the pro-
There are concerns that the station will begin blasting propaganda to the United States.

The station is located about 10 miles from the U.S. border.

Additional story at World News: https://www.westernjournal.com/china-to-purchase-mexican-radio-station-could-soon-start-blasting-propaganda-to-us-citizens/ 
(westjournal.com)