Polito Vega celebrates 50 years on the Radio in NYC.
July 14, 2009
Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) announced that Polito Vega, better known as the “King of Radio,” will be honored for his 50 years on radio with a two day concert series organized by WPAT- 93.1 FM Amor and WSKQ- 97.9 FM Mega.
The concerts will be held on Friday, August 28th and Saturday, August 29th at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Each concert will start at 8:00 p.m.
On Friday August 28th at 8:00 p.m., Amor 93.1 will present Polito’s first Mega concert celebration highlighted by an appearance of international renowned singer Juanes. The concert will include performances by some of today’s biggest pop artists such as: Enrique Iglesias, Paulina Rubio, Alejandro Sanz, Laura Pausini, Luis Fonsi, Cristian Castro, Don Omar, Gloria Trevi, David Bisbal, Arthur Hanlon, Alexander Acha and Fanny Lu.
On Saturday, August 29th at 8:00 p.m., Mega 97.9 will present the second Mega concert in Polito’s honor. This concert will be full of “energetic salsa music,” “merengue” and “sazón.” The biggest salsa and merengue artists of today will perform as part of the celebration: Gilberto Santa Rosa, Víctor Manuelle, El Torito, Millie Quesada, Olga Tañón, Oscar de León, Luis Enrique, Elvis Crespo, Grupo Manía, Toño Rosario, Los Hermanos Rosario, José Alberto “El Canario”, India, Tito El Bambino, Henry (Aventura), Alexis and Fido, Aymee, Domingo Quiñones and Flex.
The masters of ceremonies for both concerts will be Mega TV talents Fernando del Rincón and Alexis Valdés, who will without a doubt keep the audience entertained throughout the event. Radio hosts Gloria B. and “Tony and Los Lunáticos” from Amor 93.1 and Alex Sensation, El Jukeo, DJ Lobo and J.I. Star from Mega 97.9 will also be participating in the two day concert celebration.
For 50 years Polito Vega has been involved in the radio industry. He has been recognized, by his peers, as a distinguished host, announcer, master of ceremonies, and as an entertainer for innumerable concerts and community events.
Polito Vega has consistently, for decades, occupied the first place spot for listenership for his show “Salsa con Polito,” which is transmitted every Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., only on La Mega 97.9