La FM explained

La FM Bogotá
Area:Bogotá and central Colombia
Branding:HJMO
Airdate:July 8, 1996
Format:News / talk / pop
Owner:RCN Radio
Website:http://www.lafm.com.co/

La FM is a Colombian news/talk/pop music radio station, founded in July 1996[1] by RCN Radio. Until the mid-2000s (decade), it was a news/talk/adult contemporary station.

In Bogotá, it replaced tropical station Rumba Estéreo in order to bring Julio Sánchez Cristo to host its then brand-new morning show from Caracol Radio's Caracol Estéreo.[2] After Sánchez Cristo returned to Caracol, at the time owned by Spanish group PRISA,[3] in 2003, television journalist Claudia Gurisatti became a La FM presenter until 2007. Later came Vicky Dávila is the main host of the Noticiero de La FM, Hassan Nassar and in 2018, former CNN anchor Luis Carlos Vélez became its host and news director.

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Notes and References

  1. News: PARA ENTRAR EN CONTACTO, VIVA LA FM. 16 May 2011. El Tiempo. 13 July 1996.
  2. News: Nace una voz. 16 May 2011. Semana. 12 August 1996.
  3. News: JULIO SÁNCHEZ CRISTO SE RETIRA DE LA FM. 16 May 2011. El Tiempo. 11 March 2003.