Blu Radio is a radio station in

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, owned by Caracol TV. In July 2012, Caracol TV leased HJMD (the frequency of

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, an easy listening station) from

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, in order to create a news radio station. Test broadcasts started soon after, with a soft AC format and simulcasting '' Noticias Caracol''. Blu Radio started definitive broadcasts 6 September 2012. The news director is ''Noticias Caracol'' presenter Juan Roberto Vargas, and the morning news programme is presented by

Néstor Morales Néstor Javier Morales Corredor (born ''Nestor Javier Morales'' in 26 February 1963) is a Colombian news program host of Noticias Uno, he was in Viva FM of Caracol Radio, La W of W radio, newspaper El Nuevo Siglo, Todelar, in Noticias Caracol of ...

, former

Caracol Radio Caracol Radio (''Cadena Radial Colombiana'', "Colombian Radio Network") is one of the main radio networks in Colombia. Founded in Medellín in 1948 when ''La Voz de Antioquia'' station acquired the 50% of ''Emisoras Nuevo Mundo'', based in Bogotá ...

personality. Since late 2016, Blu Radio Bogotá broadcasts at 89.9 MHz after Caracol TV purchased Radial Bogotá, the owner of HJCK, a classical music and cultural radio station whose frequency were leased by

in 2005. HJMD 96.9 MHz switched to a popular music format (rancheras, tex-mex, etc.) called La Kalle. Its main competitors are W Radio, La FM, Caracol Radio, and

RCN Radio RCN Radio (''Radio Cadena Nacional'', "National Radio Network") is one of the main radio networks in Colombia. Founded in 1949 with the integration of ''Radio Pacífico'' (Cali), ''La Voz de Medellín' and ''Emisora Nueva Granada'' (Bogotá). Carl ...

Programming

Blu Radio's schedule is similar to other FM talk stations in Bogotá, mainly W Radio and Caracol Radio: on weekdays, a news/debate morning show, a local programme on midday, variety and sports (mainly

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) on the afternoons, and a simulcast of ''Noticias Caracol'' and a programme devoted to technology and internet on the evenings. Weekends include a morning show, sports programming (again, mainly football), and music.

Affiliates

Blu Radio's owners intend to build a national radio network, whose flagship will be Bogotá's HJCK. These stations rebroadcast at least part of the Blu Radio programming:Nace Blu, una alternativa donde hacemos periodismo de doble vía: Néstor Morales
Bluradio, 6 September 2012 *

Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second ...

: HJSU 91.5 MHz * Neiva/ Algeciras: HJM47 103.1 MHz * Villavicencio/

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: HJN42 96.3 MHz *

Medellín Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...

/ Bello: HJD78 97.9 MHz *

Barranquilla Barranquilla () is the capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean Coast region; as of 2018 it had a population of 1,206,319, making it Col ...

: HJH27 100.1 MHz * ''Eje cafetero'' (Pereira, Armenia)/ La Unión: HJQ56 89.2 MHz * Tunja/ Paipa (also serving Duitama): HJH87 103.1 MHz *

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: HJOM 1090 kHz * Cúcuta/

El Zulia El Zulia () is a municipality of the Norte de Santander Department in Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coas ...

: HJO42 99.7 MHz * Montería/

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: HJL37 96 MHz * Bucaramanga: HJHX 960 kHz (When mentioned, the second city listed is the actual city of licence).

References

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