My Biography

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	Ancestry A little about my ancestral roots.
	Family Some clippings and items about my parents.
	Birth-1960 Childhood. Most of us go through this stage. Cute pictures, and a brief fling with the print media are to be seen here.
	AM Radio DXing My initial experience in radio was based on an interest in picking up distant AM stations. In turn, this interest was born of ownership of shares of Storer Broadcasting.
	1959-1963: Go-fer in Cleveland WCUY & WJMO, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Part time board operator, short-lived (and bad) announcer, and general janitor and "Go-fer"
	1963: Mexico City Internship Intern at duopoly group operator Organización Radio Centro, México, D.F., México, under supervision of Ramiro Garza.
	1963: Tikal & The Mayas Over the Christmas season in 1963, I researched one aspect in Mayan civilization and culture in University libraries and by actual observation at Tikal, developing a theory on the use of the ball courts in the earlier civilizations.
	1964-1970: Ownership in Ecuador Teen-age (really!) owner and manager, Núcleo Radión, Quito, Ecuador. Built group of 12 AM and FM stations, including Northern South America's first independent FM facility and area's first Top 40 station.
	1970-1972: WUNO in San Juan General Manager, WUNO, San Juan, Puerto Rico, a Top 40 station that successfully challenged and tied the 50-year #1 station on the Island.
	1972: Birmingham? Yes, Birmingham! Transferred with Mooney Broadcasting to Birmingham, Alabama, as Program Director of new acquisition WERC AM&FM Converted the FM to one of the first FM CHR stations in the USA.
	1973-1975: Consultant and College Consultant with variety of clients in the American Southwest, including pioneer Spanish-language station KWKW in Los Angeles and legendary Top 40 operations KRUX, KTKT and KENO. Worked on college degree in marketing at same time.
	1975-1980: Pueblo International in PR Vice President and General Manager, Pueblo Communications, WQII & WSRA, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Rebuilt failed stations and created Puerto Rico's first Adult Contemporary station and its leading Beautiful Music operation.
	1979: Z-93 in Puerto Rico Developed the World's first all-salsa radio station, WZNT, Z-93 in San Juan. Station achieved over a 30+ share in its first 90 days on the air.
	1980-1982: Radio Hit in Miami General Manager, WHTT, Miami, Florida, for Norm Wain and Bob Weiss' Metroplex; sister station to South Florida monster Y-100.
	1982-1985: Format Syndication in Miami Owner, Música en Flor, Miami, Florida. Company specialized in Latin American program syndication and consultation. Worked in 17 countries from Tierra del Fuego to the Mexican border.
	1985-1992: Salsoul in Puerto Rico Programming Consultant, Sales Manager and Vice President of ARSO Radio Corporation, San Juan, Puerto Rico, group operator of seven radio stations in Puerto Rico and Florida.
	1986-1987 Z-101 in Santo Domingo Programming Consultant for Z-101 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and creator of El Gobierno de la Mañana, the 23-year #1 show in the country.
	1992-1994: KHJ and KWIZ in LA Vice President of Operations for Spanish language KHJ-Los Angeles and sister KWIZ-Santa Ana, California, working for Liberman Broadcasting.
	1994-Present: Exitos Express Consultant and programmer, Radio Express, Inc. for ExitosExpress® and Tropical Express® program services which provide the latest music to hundreds of radio stations in Latin America.
	1995-1997: KTNQ and talk radio Heftel Broadcasting, Los Angeles. 1995-1998: Program Director-KTNQ-AM when it became the most listened-to Spanish news/talk station in the USA.
	In 1997, Heftel Broadcasting merged with Tichenor Media Systems and became Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation.
	1997-2003: Hispanic Broadcasting Vice President Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation. Converted various HBC AM stations to news and talk and then moved to the FM operations.
	1995 - 2005: UnoRadio Puerto Rico Consultant to UnoRadio Group, operator of the market-leading Salsoul, Radio Fidelity and NotiUno networks in US market #14,Puerto Rico. In 2005, Salsoul (the WPRM Network) celebrated 20 years at #1, the longest run recorded in the Top 50 US Markets.
	1999 - 2005: Mega 98.3 Argentina Consultant to Emmis owned Votionis, S.A. operator of #1 AM news-talk Radio 10 in Buenos Aires, Argentina and the world's first 100% Spanish rock station, Mega 98.3: each station is #1 on its band!
	In 2003, Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation merged with Univision, the largest Hispanic network TV operation in the USA. HBC became Univision Radio.
	2003 - Present: Univision SIP Executive Vice President, Univision Radio, Servicio de Información Programativa. "SIP" is the programming and research arm of Univision Radio working with over 70 stations in 17 markets in the US and Puerto Rico.
	2004 - NAB San Diego The Programming Super Session at NAB in 2004
	2006 - Recuerdo Network The Recuerdo radio network is created.
	2008 - My stories about radio The beginnings of a collection of stories and anecdotes about radio, and my experiences in the industry