Renán Almendárez Coello
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Renán Almendárez Coello (born November 18, 1953 in Honduras) currently hosts an all day Saturday program (10am-5pm) on KWKW Radio Los Angeles. He has entered into a multi year agreement to launch a syndicated version of the Saturday show ( Sabadazos). Prior to KWKW, Renan hosted the morning show on KLAX-FM
KLAX-FM
KLAX-FM is an American commercial radio station located in East Los Angeles, California, broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles area. KLAX-FM airs a regional Mexican music format branded as "La Raza".-History:...
in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
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. Billed as El Cucuy de la Mañana ("The Boogeyman of the Morning"), Coello was widely syndicated. His show was heard from 5-10 am Monday through Saturday. He had an estimated audience of about three million daily listeners. For six years, "El Cucuy" was the most-listened-to voice on L.A. radio, surpassing the ratings of Rick Dees
Rick Dees
Rigdon Osmond "Rick" Dees III is an American comedic performer, entertainer, and radio personality, best known for his internationally syndicated radio show The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown and for the novelty song "Disco Duck." He is a People's Choice Award recipient, a Grammy-nominated...
and Howard Stern
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Howard Allan Stern is an American radio personality, television host, author, and actor best known for his radio show, which was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2005. He gained wide recognition in the 1990s where he was labeled a "shock jock" for his outspoken and sometimes controversial style...
.
On September 15, 2008, Coello announced that he was leaving KLAX in order to launch a new radio network in addition to continuing on his television program on Azteca America. KLAX is now carrying the morning show of Joaquin Garza, "El Chulo de la manana", from sister station WLEY-FM in Chicago.
Almendárez was born in Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
and began working in radio at age 15. After interviewing the then-US Ambassador to Honduras, John Negroponte
John Negroponte
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, Negroponte arranged a visa
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and Almendárez emigrated to the US. He became a US citizen in 2000.
While non-partisan, Almendárez is active in encouraging Latinos to vote and to take part in activism against anti-illegal immigrant legislation and sentiment, such as the 2006 Great American Boycott
Great American Boycott
The Great American Boycott was a one-day boycott of United States schools and businesses by immigrants, both legal and illegal, of mostly Latin American origin that took place on May 1, 2006.The date was chosen by boycott organizers to coincide with May Day, the International Workers Day observed...
.
He is the author of El Cucuy de la Mañana: My Life in Radio's Fast Lane.
He is the father of actress Francia Almendárez, And Cynthia Hernandez 23
El Cucuy Foundation
El Cucuy Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profitNon-profit organization
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charity serving individuals across the United States, Mexico and Central America.
Mission Statement:
To serve the poor and unfortunate, regardless of race, religion or ethnic origin, by helping remove boundaries that restrict them living a less than fulfilled life.
Books
- El Cucuy: En la Cumbre de la Pobreza, Autobiography, by Renan Almendarez Coello, Spanish, 2003,ISBN 0-0600-0998-5
- El Cucuy de la Mañana, Renan Almendarez Coello, Audio CD, Spanish, 2002,
- Renan Almendarez Coello, El Cucuy de la Manana, by Fernando Schiantarelli, 2002,
Articles
- Bachman, Katy, "Dream weaver: Spanish Broadcasting System is taking on the biggest Hispanic broadcaster, UnivisionUnivisionUnivision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
, by using tried-and-true general-market tactics.", MediaweekMediaweekMediaweek was a New York–based trade magazine owned by e5 Global Media. It is part of Adweek Media Group, which in October 2008 announced the merging of its three separate editorial teams into one. In 2011, Mediaweek and Brandweek were merged into Adweek.The chief editor was Michael Burgi....
, v. 14 no. 35, October 4, 2004. - Baum, Dan, "Arriba! A Latino radio scold gets out the vote, The New YorkerThe New YorkerThe New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
, October 23, 2006. - http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml;jsessionid=HMYIJDQXLEATKCWIAAOCFFIKZAAB0IWC?cid=1057285UnivisionUnivisionUnivision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
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External links
- http://www.cucuy.org/El Cucuy Foundation
- http://www.cucuy.com/Official El Cucuy Website, Noticiero Cucuy.com/News Cucuy.com
See also
- KLAX-FMKLAX-FMKLAX-FM is an American commercial radio station located in East Los Angeles, California, broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles area. KLAX-FM airs a regional Mexican music format branded as "La Raza".-History:...
- Great American BoycottGreat American BoycottThe Great American Boycott was a one-day boycott of United States schools and businesses by immigrants, both legal and illegal, of mostly Latin American origin that took place on May 1, 2006.The date was chosen by boycott organizers to coincide with May Day, the International Workers Day observed...