With Raul Alarcon Sr., change was in the air

Posted on: June 17th, 2008
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“The arrival of Raul Alarcon Sr. in New York, says Polito Vega, is the day Hispanic radio got on track to become the multimillion-dollar business it is today.

Vega himself has been a fixture on New York radio for decades, currently holding down Saturday and Sunday afternoons on WSKQ (97.9 FM).

But yesterday he was talking about his friend and boss, Alarcon Sr. (right), who died Wednesday in Miami at the age of 82.”*

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