{"id":344711,"date":"2025-12-12T16:32:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T16:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/344711\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T16:32:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T16:32:21","slug":"710-radio-mambi-to-cease-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/344711\/","title":{"rendered":"710 Radio Mamb\u00ed To Cease Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-removed-loading=\"lazy\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='jeg_viewport']\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::P]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/waqi-200x200-jpeg.webp\" alt=\"Radio Mamb\u00ed 710 WAQI Miami Latino Media Network\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-327207\"  \/>Latino Media Network will drop the Spanish Conservative Talk programming on \u201cRadio Mamb\u00ed 710\u201d WAQI Miami tonight.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, General Manager Mike Sena said, \u201cFor four decades, Radio Mamb\u00ed has been a gathering place for South Florida and those devoted to the ideal of a free Cuba. Often the market leader in Spanish-language talk, our microphones welcomed presidents, governors, mayors, dissidents and political prisoners, cultural icons, and community voices. We stood with Miami through hurricanes and history. Much like our beautiful city, Radio Mambi, its audience, and the media industry are rapidly evolving, presenting financial challenges for many in the marketplace. Sadly, as of 11:59 p.m. on December 12, we will close our live news\/talk chapter and will forge on to new frontiers. We are proud of this legacy and deeply grateful to the colleagues, listeners and advertisers who made it possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WAQI will air archived shows, music, and Spanish-language broadcasts of the NBA\u2019s Miami Heat and MLB\u2019s Miami Marlins for the time being. Fox reports that only one board-op and one salesperson will remain with the remainder of the staff exiting. The demise of \u201cRadio Mambi\u201d follows Latino Media Network\u2019s shutdown of sister News\/Talk 1140 WQBA Miami <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/305282\/latino-media-network-pulls-plug-on-wqbas-spanish-news-talk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">at the end of June<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cRadio Mambi\u201d brand and format launched in 1985 when Amancio Su\u00e1rez\u2019s Mambisa Broadcasting Corporation purchased the former WGBS from Jefferson-Pilot Communications and flipped it to a Cuban exile focused Spanish Talk format focusing on anti-communism topics, which would evolve into a heavily Conservative viewpoint. The station would eventually become part of Univision\u2019s Miami cluster until the formation of Latino Media Network with the purchase of WAQI and WQBA along with sixteen other stations <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/227505\/latino-media-network-to-acquire-univision-radio-properties-in-ten-markets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>WAQI fell to a 1.1 share in the November 2025 Nielsen Audio ratings trailing Actualidad Media\u2019s 1020 WURN\u2019s 2.5 share. The Spanish News\/Talk field in South Florida also included Salem\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/lapoderosa.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">La Poderosa 990<\/a>\u201d WMYM with a 0.6 share and Audacy\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/radiolibre790\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Radio Libre 790<\/a>\u201d WAXY with a 0.1 share. Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes that WAQI peaked in Spring 2000 at a 6.7 share, when it was #1 in the market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Latino Media Network will drop the Spanish Conservative Talk programming on \u201cRadio Mamb\u00ed 710\u201d WAQI Miami tonight. 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