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“Mandril” fails to negotiate with SBS, moves to Radio Centro

Ricardo Sánchez, better known as “El Mandril,” returns to the airwaves.  Sánchez, who has been off the air since Nov. 1, is moving his popular on-air show over to another Los Angeles station.

“El Show del Mandril” premieres this Monday, January 20, on 93.9 KXOS-FM. His morning show will air Monday through Friday from 5 to 10 am PST.

In a written statement, Francisco Aguirre, Chairman of the board & CEO of Grupo Radio Centro and Grupo Radio Mexico confirmed that “Grupo Radio Centro entered into a long-term employment and production agreement for the exclusive rights to the show and will expand distribution of the live, nationally-syndicated program.”

The show will start in 40 cities across the United States and soon expand to other US markets to Grupo Radio Mexico’s US/Mexico border network (from San Diego/Tijuana to Brownsville/Matamoros) and to other main markets in Mexico including Mexico City.

Although he was #1 in the ratings, he disappeared from KLAX-97.9 FM’s air.  In December, Sánchez’s manager Fernando Schiantarelli said that ”El Vacilón del Mandril” was pulled from the air as a pressure tactic while they negotiated his employment contract, which expired January 13, 2014.

“El Mandril” had been with SBS for 7 years.

Grupo Radio Centro operates Los Angeles-based station 93.9 KXOS-FM through its subsidiary, Grupo Radio Centro.

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