Organización Radial Olímpica

Organización Radial Olímpica (ORO) is a Colombian group of radio stations, which belongs to the wealthy and influential Char Abdalá family from Barranquilla.^[1] It started in 1969 with the purchase of Radio Regalo AM of Barranquilla, which would be renamed Radio Olímpica AM, after the homonymous chain of supermarkets and drugstores created by the Chars. Olímpica expanded first in AM in the Caribbean coast, later moving some of its stations to FM. In 1985 it would set their first station in Bogotá.

Its main network is Olímpica Estéreo, devoted to tropical music (salsa, merengue, vallenato). Other networks include Radio Tiempo, La Reina, Radio Mil, and La KY. It also owns Emisora Atlántico, a Barranquilla station devoted to news and sports.

References

↑ Gil Bolívar, Fabio Alberto (1992). "Influencia política y poder económico en los medios de comunicación: las cadenas radiofónicas colombianas" (PDF). Revista CIDOB D'Afers Internacionals (in Spanish) (Barcelona) (23-24): 225–254. ISSN 1133-6595. Retrieved 2011-05-16.

External links

Organización Radial Olímpica

Radio in Colombia

Main networks	Caracol Radio RCN Radio RTVC Sistema de Medios Públicos Todelar Cadena Melodía Cadena Súper Radiópolis Colmundo Radio Organización Radial Olímpica Bluradio

Main independent stations	Radio Santa Fe

Main defunct networks	Grupo Radial Colombiano Radio Sutatenza Radio K (Colombia) Núcleo Radial Bienvenida Radionet CORAL

Main online only stations	Colorín Colorradio HJCK El Mundo en Bogotá La Superestación Surcos del Pop

Main defunct stations	HJN La Voz de Barranquilla La Voz de Colombia La Voz de la Víctor

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