| Show Name: | Fútbol de Primera |
| Format: | Soccer |
| Starring: | Andrés Cantor, Sammy Sadovnik, Jaime Gallardo, Rosa Beatriz Sánchez, Daniel Chapela |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Spanish |
| First Aired: | August 1989 |
| Website: | Official Site |
Fútbol de Primera is an American radio network covering soccer. It is the home of the most exclusive soccer radio rights in the country. It has broadcast the World Cup since 2002, including the most recent 2022 FIFA World Cup,[1] along with other FIFA tournaments. FDP also broadcasts Mexico's national team games, the CONCACAF Gold Cup, and had broadcast the Copa América in 2015 and 2016.
Fútbol de Primera produces a daily show hosted by Andrés Cantor, which has been running since 1989. Alongside Cantor, the show's personalities are Sammy Sadovnik, Jaime Gallardo, and Rosa Beatriz Sánchez. The show covers a wide range of football highlighting daily events in Mexico, Latin America, and Europe providing in-depth analysis of the most important headlines of the day. They are the longest-running, nationally syndicated Spanish radio program in the country and can be heard on 115 affiliated stations in the U.S. and others throughout Central and South America. Additionally, the daily program, as well as game broadcasts can be heard globally on the network's official YouTube and Twitch channels.
Fútbol de Primera is based in Miami, but has offices in New York City, San Francisco, and San Antonio. Cantor is also the co-chairman of the network along with Alejandro Gutman.
Fútbol de Primera Radio Network was created in August 1989 by Alejandro Gutman taking its first steps in becoming an integral part of the nation's soccer landscape. With vast experience in the soccer world, Fútbol de Primera realized there was a need for soccer to be listened to on a substantial market list of stations that match the quality of the games themselves. In a historic move, Fútbol de Primera Radio worked with its affiliates to broaden the landscape beyond AM and talk radio to put soccer on the FM dial music formatted stations as soccer specials. The strategy worked and powerhouse matches over the years have been heard nationally without fail. Fútbol de Primera's most renowned broadcasts include the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup. Other broadcasts include the Mexico national team games, CONCACAF World Cup Qualification and a record eight consecutive CONCACAF Gold Cups.
In 1991, Fútbol de Primera created the Fútbol de Primera Player of the Year which for twenty years was sponsored by the American Honda Motor Company. This award recognizes the best United States men's national soccer team player as voted by the U.S. media.
FDP also produces "Casos y Cosas de Collins" a one-hour weekly show hosted by renowned Mexican journalist and author María Antonieta Collins.[2]
Fútbol de Primera has a core broadcast team that is part of the daily show.[3]
For World Cups, Fútbol de Primera recruits former soccer players, coaches, and savants to their show. With so many personalities, Fútbol de Primera's show can be considered one of the most knowledgeable panels in Latin American soccer. The following have been a part of Fútbol de Primera's broadcast team at World Cups.
The following are the 115 affiliated stations where Fútbol de Primera's broadcasts such as the daily show and matches can be heard[4]
Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Amarillo, Texas
Austin, Texas
Bakersfield, California
Barstow, California
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Bend, Oregon
Boise, Idaho
Chicago, Illinois
Colorado Springs-Pueblo, Colorado
Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
Denver-Boulder, Colorado
El Centro-Yuma, California
El Paso, Texas
Eugene, Oregon
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Fresno-Visalia, California
Greensboro, North Carolina
Greenville, South Carolina
Hartford-New Haven, Connecticut
Houston-Galveston, Texas
Indianapolis, Indiana
Knoxville, Tennessee
Lakeland, Florida
Las Vegas, Nevada
Lillington, North Carolina
Little Rock, Arkansas
Los Angeles, California
Lubbock, Texas
McAllen-Brownsville, Texas
Memphis, Tennessee
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Monett, Missouri
Nashville, Tennessee
New Orleans, Louisiana
New York, New York/Paterson, New Jersey
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Orlando-Daytona Beach, Florida
Oxnard, California
Palm Springs, California
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Phoenix, Arizona
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Portland, Oregon
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
Rankin, Texas
Reidsville, North Carolina
Reno, Nevada
Richmond, Virginia
Sacto-Stockton-Modesto, California
Saint George, Utah
Salinas, Monterey, Santa Cruz, California
Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo, Utah
San Diego, California
San Francisco-San Jose, California
Sta Barbara, California
Santa Maria, California
Santa Rosa, California
Seattle-Tacoma, Washington
Tampa-St Petersburg, Florida
Tucson, Arizona
Twin Falls, Idaho
Vineland, New Jersey
Washington, DC
West Palm Beach, Florida
Yakima, Washington