::La W'' is also used to refer to W Radio, the station where this programme airs, as well as other stations using the W Radio brand.'' ''La W'' is a Colombian radio program, broadcast since 2003 on weekdays on W Radio and syndicated to stations in

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, and

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

. It is presented by

Julio Sánchez Cristo Julio Sánchez Cristo is a Colombian radio personality, born 9 January 1959 in Bogotá. He is best known for his morning news, radioshow and variety show '' La W'', in the Spanish-owned broadcasting station W Radio. The show is currently syndi ...

. The programme features different topics, mostly current events, national and international news. The show has journalists on the world's major cities and continually reports about events that take place at the time the show is being broadcast; those events can be cultural in nature or events that because of their importance make news. Julio Sánchez Cristo has two sidekick hosts, Alberto Casas Santamaría, whom he has worked in radio for a long time, a former minister and

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, and a well known media personality in Colombia, and Félix de Bedout, a well recognized journalist with an extensive career in various media, most notably being host on the TV

newscast News broadcasting is the medium of broadcasting various news events and other information via television, radio, or the internet in the field of broadcast journalism. The content is usually either produced locally in a radio studio or telev ...

NTC Noticias. The show is conformed by a staff of journalists reporting from different cities in Europe, Latin America and the US. The show also features jazz and pop. Sánchez Cristo is popular among his audience, spending a good part of the show allowing listeners to talk live by phone from different cities in Colombia, Latin America or from the US. However, he has been strongly criticized for cutting people short at the middle of their talk. Some people criticize Mr. Sánchez for being too superficial and elitist. ''La W'' is the successor of ''Viva FM'', itself a programme created also by Sánchez Cristo for the then

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station ''Caracol Estéreo'' (forerunner of W Radio) in 1991. Sánchez would move to

RCN Radio RCN Radio (''Radio Cadena Nacional'', "National Radio Network") is one of the main radio networks in Colombia. Founded in 1949 with the integration of ''Radio Pacífico'' (Cali), ''La Voz de Medellín' and ''Emisora Nueva Granada'' (Bogotá). Carl ...

's ''

La FM ''La FM'' is a Colombian news/talk/pop music radio station, founded in July 1996 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 brin ...

'' in 1996.

Syndication

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

: W Radio (Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla, Manizales, Armenia, Pereira, Cúcuta, Duitama, Tunja, Bucaramanga, Cartagena de Indias, Villavicencio) *

: Caracol América (900 AM) *

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WSUA WSUA (1260 AM, "America Radio Miami 1260 AM") is a Spanish news-talk radio station in Miami, Florida. It is currently owned by Grupo Latino de Radio, a subsidiary of the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA. The station is styled along the lines o ...

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: WPAT **

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: WNTF **

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: KIDR *

: **

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: América Estéreo 103.9 FM (formerly on Radio Intercontinental 918 AM)

References

External links

W Radio
official website {{DEFAULTSORT:W, La Colombian radio programs News radio programs Talk radio programs 2003 radio programme debuts