La Raza meaning "Belonging to the people" is the name of a radio network which broadcasts regional Mexican music

Music of Mexico

The music of Mexico is very diverse and features a wide range of different musical styles. It has been influenced by a variety of cultures, most notably indigenous Mexican and European, since the Late Middle Ages...

 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of California

California

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. La Raza has two stations, with one operating as 97.9 in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

 and another one as 93.3 in San Francisco.

93.3 (KRZZ) was formed in 2004 and broadcasts to Spanish-speaking audiences in the San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

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. La Raza plays mainly norteño

Norteño (music)

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 and banda

Banda music

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 music, and occasionally plays cumbia

Cumbia

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 and salsa

Salsa music

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97.9, based in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

, broadcasts to Mexican American

Mexican American

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s in the Los Angeles metropolitan area

Greater Los Angeles Area

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98.5 (KTJM) based in Houston, broadcasts to Spanish-speaking audiences in Houston, Port Arthur and has a translator station on (KJOJ) 103.3 for the Freeport area. Houston's La Raza debut July of 2001.

Kimberley Perez, the world's youngest radio presenter, has hosted a radio show at La Raza since she was five years old. (source: Guinness World Records)