Radio Romántica was a name used by EXCL Communications

EXCL Communications

EXCL Communications was a Spanish-language broadcasting company founded in 1989 by Athena and Christopher Marks. It acquired its first radio stations, San Jose, California's KBRG and KLOK-AM, in 1992...

 (later Entravision) for various Spanish-language radio station

Radio station

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s from the 1990s through 2005. The earliest known reference to Radio Romántica is from 1997, at which time KBRG

KBRG

KBRG is a Spanish-language station in San Jose, California. It is the oldest surviving Spanish music station in the San Francisco Bay Area, having first appeared in the 1960s or earlier as 105.3 . It moved to 104.9 in December 1983, and then to 100.3 in a three-station swap on December 31, 1997...

 San Francisco, KJMN

KJMN

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 Denver, KRZY-FM

KRZY-FM

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 Albuquerque, an unknown Salinas station, and another unknown station were using the name. Radio Romántica may have existed before 1997—possibly as early as 1992 when EXCL bought KBRG.

Entravision acquired the Radio Romántica name and stations following its purchase of EXCL Communications in 2000. The name was subsequently used on several of Entravision's other stations, including KLOB

KLOB

KLOB is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish Contemporary format. Licensed to Thousand Palms, California, USA, it serves the Palm Springs area. The station is currently owned by Entravision Holdings, LLC...

 Palm Springs, KRRE

KRRE

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 Sacramento, KCVR

KCVR (AM)

KCVR is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish language Adult Hits format. Licensed to Lodi, California, USA, it serves the Stockton/Modesto area. The station is currently owned by Entravision Holdings, LLC....

 Modesto, KVVA/KDVA Phoenix, and KRVA

KRVA (AM)

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 Dallas . In 2003, Entravision began phasing out the Radio Romántica format in favor of Super Estrella. Edgar Pineda who was the Program Director between March 2001 and December 2004 also made the transition to Super Estrella leaving only KBRG

KBRG

KBRG is a Spanish-language station in San Jose, California. It is the oldest surviving Spanish music station in the San Francisco Bay Area, having first appeared in the 1960s or earlier as 105.3 . It moved to 104.9 in December 1983, and then to 100.3 in a three-station swap on December 31, 1997...

 under Radio Romántica format and under the Aracelys Rivera's Direction. By the end of 2005, KBRG was the only station still using the Radio Romántica name.

Some of the Announcers that were part of Radio Romántica are Aracelys Rivera, Pedro Biaggi, Carlos Hernández, Paul Camacho, Juan Fernando, Carlos Rivera, Jorge Cardona, and Ricardo Rendon.

Radio Romántica ceased to exist on January 1, 2006, when KBRG was acquired by Univision

Univision

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 and switched to Spanish oldies as Recuerdo 100.3. Coincidentally, KBRG's original frequency, 104.9 (used before 1998) , flipped to Spanish at the same time that 100.3 became Recuerdo. KCNL

KCNL

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 104.9, owned by Clear Channel

Clear channel

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, briefly renamed itself La Romántica 104.9 before it assumed its current name, Enamorada 104.9, in February 2006.