OUR HISTORY

 

LATINOS FM commenced its trajectory 23 years ago not only as a dream, to satisfy a growing need to bring forth a solid vibrant voice for the Latin American culture, music and entertainment; bridging the gap between countries, customs, interests and languages. 

 By fusing different eras of Latino Music, the show appeals to a wide spectrum of people including all ages and many cultural backgrounds; we are particularly proud of having a rapport not only with the Latin community but we also enjoy a huge multicultural following from Australia and beyond.

THE SHOWS

LATINOS FM are highly interactive, energetic, upbeat bilingual (Spanish & English) weekly shows, broadcasting on 98.5FM and 24/7 on www.latinosfm.com. The shows have a strategic time frame designed to be the only live program on a Wednesday morning. We bring the flavor of Latin America in a format that Australia and the world can appreciate and enjoy.

The shows are divided into different segments covering music, entertainment news, sports, current affairs, cultural events, interviews and giving life our retro latin classics and interactive competitions with our listeners including weekly giveaways and prizes. We have a team of young, motivated and devoted professionals from different parts of Latin America and Australia ensuring the diversity and understanding of both worlds. Our dynamic hosts combine their experience in the entertainment industry to create a highly successful and popular show: in order to reach every segments of our audience, we play Urban Music/Reggaeton, Latin Pop and Classics and Salsa.

Our shows are always the first to launch all the latest commercial Latino music hits from Miami, Puerto Rico, North and Latin America combined.

We were the first to play “Whenever Wherever” from Shakira, “Chao Chao” from Buena Vista Social Club, “La Gasolina” , “Despacito” from Daddy Yankee, “Lets get loud” and “Que hiciste” from Jenifer Lopez, “La camisa negra” from Juanes, many hits from Ricky Martin such as “Drop it on me” or “Tu recuerdo”, Gotan Project, “La llave de mi Corazon” from Juan Luis Guerra, “Mar y Arena” from Mana, mi gente JBalvin ," Cumbia Del Corazon Carlos Vives, “Pa alla voy “Mark Anthony.

We feature exclusive interviews with international celebrities such as Daddy Yankee, Buena Vista Social Club, Ricky Martin, Chayanne, Carlos Vives, Don Omar, El General, Oscar de Leon & Illapu, Juanes Gipsy Kings, J Balvin, Suso EL Paspi, Peter Manjarres, Tony Vega, Omara Portuondo just to mention a few.

However, we do not forget the enormous pool of local talent present in our community, continuously supporting the rising stars of the future and making sure their voices are heard. We are commited with our social labour , his is why we also interview politicians, painters, movie directors, actors, social workers and psychologists and many others to help on differents ways our community