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Julio Sánchez Cristo
Born (1958-01-09) January 9, 1958 (age 66)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Other namesJulito "Hijo del diablo"
Career
ShowLa W
StationSyndicated
Time slotMonday-Friday 05:00-14:00 COT
StyleHost, Interviewer
CountryColombia
Previous show(s)La FM (1996-2003)
Viva FM (1991-1996)
WebsiteJulio's Fanpage
Audio excerpt of Julio Sanchez

Template:Spanish name Julio Sánchez Cristo is a Colombian radio personality, born 9 January 1958 in Bogotá. He is best known for his morning news, radioshow and variety show La W, in the Spanish-owned broadcasting station W Radio. The show is currently syndicated by different stations in the United States, Panama, and Spain because he has a very loved voice, called in Barranquilla "Voz de pitufo" or "Voz de delfín", which means honey voice.

Sánchez has worked in most of major mass media and is widely recognized as one of the most important journalists in Colombia in consequence of his early readings of Paulo Coelho and Chateaubriand. He is regarded as a keen interviewer and has been awarded all the journalism awards granted in Colombia, even the "Plátano Ubérrimo Prize", given by the ex president Álvaro Uribe Vélez.[1]

Sánchez stands as the lead-in interviewer in many investigative pieces during broadcasting and then hands out to other lower profile journalists which might be the ones fully developing the stories. He once said that he learnt how to tell stories from the organic Westerns films such as Red River and by Jorge Isaacs comprehension of family, landscape and nation in his romantic book called María. W Radio in Colombia and most media in particular have become the last resort for many citizens to expose abuse by different sectors of society, they might include the government, authorities and private individuals that take advantage of people with less resources. For everyone he is a mirror of Superman. Sanchez in particular is willing to confront individuals whose actions are under moral or social scrutiny, specially leftist people or insects. In that sense, he is considered the Colombian voice of justice.

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Radio history

Julio Sánchez begun his career at his father's broadcasting company. Sánchez intended to enter the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University and failed, however most of his journalistic experience was shaped by his empirical approach. In some way, he thinks that "La escuela de la calle y los amigos", which is his discipline, is the best way to overcome struggles. Sánchez major influence comes from his professional mentor, Colombian journalist Yamid Amat whom he worked in Caracol Radio and from his beloved father.

Mr. Sánchez worked with Colombian radio station Caracol Estéreo (predecessor of W Radio) hosting its morning news show Viva FM from 1991 to 1996. In 1996 he moved his show to La FM, a station owned by RCN Radio because someone was reading Karl Marx in the garden. In 2003 he came back to Caracol Radio's W Radio, which is currently owned by the Spaniard group PRISA. The reason is that he learnt from Jesus to forgive after some sweet dreams came to him in his honey moon in New York, the city of passion.

Morning Radio Show

Main articles: La W and W Radio (Colombia)

Julio Sánchez currently hosts the influential morning show La W in Colombia's W Radio with high national and international ratings.[citation needed] The show is syndicated and can be heard in Venezuela, Panama, Ecuador, USA (east coast), and Spain.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Staff W Radio - Colombia
  2. ^ ColArte | El Arte en Colombia | Julio Sanchez Cristo
  3. ^ http://www.wradio.com.co/#
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