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This article is about a music radio format. For a per-region overview of music in Mexico, see Regional styles of Mexican music.
Regional Mexican is a radio format for music radio, typically defined to include Banda, Ranchera, Mariachi and Norteña.[1] It is the most popular radio format targeting Hispanic Americans in the United States.[2]
The large number of immigrants from Northern Mexico can lead to an emphasis upon Norteña on Regional Mexican radio stations[1], though markets with larger Hispanic audiences can have multiple Regional Mexican stations, with variations in which region from which the music is taken.[3]
Related formats
Univision Radio owns Regional Mexican stations; it also has stations with other formats targeting a Hispanic audience, including Romántica and Balada (combining Romántica and Balada), International Pop Hits, Top 40, Tejano, and Tropical (featuring genres such as Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia and Reggaeton).[1]
Festival RegiMex is a festival that will be launched in 2012 to celebrate the Regional Mexican Music genre of music.
References
- ^ a b c Our Story, Our Content from the Univision Radio website
- ^ 105.3 FM changed to Regional Mexican, a November 2006 article from the website of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- ^ DFW Radio Archives: 2004 - A Cat Arrives, a Bird Flies from dfwradioarchives.com, a website covering Dallas-Fort Worth radio history
External links
- Regional Mexican Airplay Charts from Radio & Records and based on airplay from the Regional Mexican Airplay panel
Categories:- Radio formats
- Regional Mexican radio stations
- Mexican radio
- Spanish-language radio in the United States
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