Why did xm take out the Spanish station fuego?

Question

Why did xm take out the Spanish station fuego?

Answer 1

Fuego is a channel on the XM Satellite Radio network that specializes in playing Reggaeton and Hispanic Rhythmic. It is available on channel 90 on XM Radio Online and channel 870 on DirecTV.

This channel was programmed by Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation under the name Alegria with a Latin Pop format, until it merged with Univision Radio in 2002. Univision Radio programmed the channel until 2004, where the channel was programmed by XM Radio. XM Radio changed the format 2005-08-14 and changed the name of the channel on 2006-04-17. Latin Pop can be on Viva, XM 91.

On 2007-11-19, Fuego was removed for the holiday channels. However, this channel will not return to the satellites and will be replaced with Caricia on 2008-01-01.

Answer 2

Spanish speaking radio in the States are in a serious decline over the past year.  Just get a hold of the latest ratings book and see for yourself.

Like it or not, the hard truth is that a lot of anti-illegal immigration efforts is in fact reducing some Spanish speaking markets in the USA.  

Arizona is seeing a migration of people back to Mexico since, with new laws this year, businesses can loose their operating licenses if they hire a non-documented immigrant no matter where they come from in the world.

XM dropping a Spanish station is just another sign of this rather abrupt switch in immigration trends.