La FM is a Colombian
news
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/talk/
pop music
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radio station
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, founded in July 1996 by
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).
C ...
. Until the mid-2000s (decade), it was a news/talk/
adult contemporary
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station.
In Bogotá, it replaced tropical station
Rumba Estéreo in order to bring
Julio Sánchez Cristo
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to host its then brand-new morning show from
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 Bogot� ...
's
Caracol Estéreo. After Sánchez Cristo returned to Caracol, at the time owned by Spanish group
PRISA,
in 2003, television journalist
Claudia Gurisatti became a La FM presenter until 2007. Later came
Vicky Dávila is the main host of the ''Noticiero de La FM'', Hassan Nassar and in 2018, former CNN anchor Luis Carlos Vélez became its host and news director.
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La FM
Radio stations in Colombia
1996 establishments in Colombia
Radio stations established in 1996
Mass media in Bogotá
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