Renán Almendárez Coello (born November 18, 1953), also known as El Cucuy De La Mañana, is a Honduran-American radio personality heard from 8.00 P.m. to 9:00 p.m. on KLYY Jose 97.5 FM, Los Angeles, California.

Career

His program is carried on several affiliate stations across the United States. For six years, "El Cucuy" was the most-listened-to voice on L.A. radio, surpassing the ratings of

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. Almendárez hosted the morning show on

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and had an estimated 3,000,000 listeners. Guzman left KLAX in September 2008 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 Manaña", from sister station

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. Almendárez began working in radio at age 15. After he interviewed the then-US Ambassador to Honduras,

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, Negroponte arranged for a

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and Almendárez emigrated to the U.S. He became a citizen of the United States in 2000. He is active in encouraging Latinos to vote and to take part in activism against anti-illegal immigrant legislation and sentiment, such as the 2006

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. He is the author of ''El Cucuy de la Mañana: My Life in Radio's Fast Lane''. He is the father of actress

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and Cynthia Benson. On November 25, 2014, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Now he is working for Audiorama Comunicaciones.

El Cucuy Foundation

El Cucuy Foundation is a 501(c)(3)

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charity serving individuals across the United States, Mexico and Central America.El Cucuy Foundation - About Us
cucuy.org; accessed August 12, 2016.

Publications

Books

*El Cucuy: En la Cumbre de la Pobreza, Autobiography, by Renan Almendarez Coello, Spanish, 2003, *El Cucuy de la Mañana, Renan Almendarez Coello, Audio CD, Spanish, 2002, *Renan Almendarez Coello, El Cucuy de la Manana, by Fernando Schiantarelli, 2002,el

History of abuse

On January 1, 2007, Renan Almendariz Cuello (aka "El Cucuy de la Manana") was booked for domestic violence in Los Angeles, California. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-04-me-briefs4.3-story.html Traces of blood were found on his uncooperative wife, and a knife was retrieved from the scene of the crime. https://www.reuters.com/article/people-cucuy-dc/top-latino-dj-immigrant-activist-arrested-in-la-idUKN0419165920070104

References

External links

El Cucuy Foundation

El Cucuy
official website * Bachman, Katy, "Dream weaver: Spanish Broadcasting System is taking on the biggest Hispanic broadcaster,

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