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Published on February 17, 2000
Although Kansas City now has two Hispanic radio stations, KUPN 1480 and KCTE 1510, G. is filing for his license on the grounds that they are not Hispanic-owned. "They are great; I love them.... Today we might have two radio stations, but they can change format the minute that those dollars disappear. Even in English-speaking broadcasting, they drop format because of their incomes.
"As large as Kansas City is, you could once find nothing other than English.... And the Hispanic community like myself, we went out of our way to either work for free to do something for (a licensed) station, like selling the time or buying time out of their own pockets in order to be on the air. Is this what they call free enterprise? I don't think so."
G. says that if he gets a license, he won't operate the station from his house and will open it to the public to get other people involved.
"Do I really expect to get a license? I hope so," he said with a weary sigh. He then seemed to brighten after remembering his favorite clause in the new rules. "Remember: It says 'or.'"
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