The World Cup and Mexican National Team come to Central and West Coast Florida!

Fútbol de Primera is proud to announce that WIWA 1160AM “Radio Viva” in Orlando, Florida and WAMA 1550AM “La Invasora” in Tampa, Florida will be the official radio stations of all Fútbol de Primera’s broadcast content in their markets. Having signed three year affiliation contracts, both stations will have the exclusive rights to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and will follow all of the excitement of the Mexican National Team’s road to the tournament, broadcasting qualifying and friendly matches. As the population of Hispanics grows in Florida, WIWA 1160AM and WAMA 1150AM are happy to become the leading radio stations in each market for their Mexican and Hispanic audiences seeking all of the latest soccer news and the most exciting games.

WIWA 1160 AM and WAMA 1150 AM will begin their broadcasts of the Mexican National Team matches with the highly anticipated games against Argentina on June 4 and Peru on June 8 plus the World Cup Qualifying matches against Belize on June 15 and 21. Over the next three years, the stations will also bring their listening audience the excitement of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and games from the Copa Libertadores, the Copa Sudamericana as well as weekly Mexican League matches, amongst others. In addition, starting in early May, WIWA 1160AM and WAMA 1150AM will broadcast FDP’s Daily Show Monday through Friday that features legendary sports announcer Andrés Cantor providing breaking news, analysis and perspective and timely interviews as well as a weekly recap show on Sundays. They will also air daily vignettes, two-minute updates that highlight timely interviews and the latest breaking news from Mexico and the rest of the world.

Adriana Grillet, CMO of Fútbol de Primera said, “We at Fútbol de Primera are celebrating the new addition of these stations in Orlando and Tampa, which bring our affiliate list to an impressive 79 and speaks to the high quality of the stations that are coming on board. The Fútbol de Primera Network’s continuous growth shows its unrivaled ability to deliver the Hispanic’s biggest passion, ‘el futbol.’ This is just another step in the right direction towards our plans for the future.”

According to Israel Heredia, Director of Sports for WIWA 1160AM “Radio Viva,” “This union with the Fútbol de Primera Network is a GOLAZO for our station. Having Andres Cantor, ‘La Voz’ of fútbol and the opportunity to exclusively broadcast in our market all of the most important soccer properties, including the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, puts us in the unique position of providing our large audience of Orlando all that Fútbol de Primera has to offer on our station, WIWA 1160AM.”

Norberto Vallejo, President of WAMA 1550AM “La Invasora” said, “Here at La Invasora, we feel very proud to join the Fútbol de Primera family as our primary interest is to provide our listening audience with what they want to hear. This affiliation demonstrates our commitment of bringing only the best to our listeners. Now, our commitment and satisfaction will be even bigger as we become the station in Tampa, Florida that has the exclusive rights to all of the best in Fútbol, including the games of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.”