# Blu Radio
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{{Short description|Colombian radio station}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = Blu Radio Bogotá
| logo =
| city = [Bogotá](/source/Bogot%C3%A1)
| country = CO
| callsign = HJCK
| airdate = July 2012 (test broadcasts)
{{Start date and age|df=yes|2012|9|6}}
| frequency = {{Frequency|89.9|MHz}}
| format = News, talk, sports, soft AC
| owner = [Caracol TV](/source/Caracol_TV)
| former_callsigns = HJMD (2012–2016)
| former_frequencies = 96.9 MHz (2012–2016)
| affiliations = [El Espectador](/source/El_Espectador)
| website = {{URL|http://bluradio.com}}
}}
'''Blu Radio''' is a [radio station](/source/radio_station) in [Bogotá](/source/Bogot%C3%A1), [Colombia](/source/Colombia), owned by [Caracol TV](/source/Caracol_TV).
In July 2012, Caracol TV leased HJMD (the frequency of [Melodía FM Estéreo](/source/Melod%C3%ADa_FM_Est%C3%A9reo), an easy listening station) from [Cadena Melodía](/source/Cadena_Melod%C3%ADa),[Mónica Parada, [http://larepublica.co/node/18402/ Llegada de Santo Domingo obliga a la radio a reinventarse], ''[La República](/source/La_Rep%C3%BAblica_(Colombia))'', 17 August 2012] in order to create a news radio station. Test broadcasts started soon after, with a [soft AC](/source/soft_AC) format and [simulcast](/source/simulcast)ing ''[Noticias Caracol](/source/Noticias_Caracol)''.
Blu Radio started definitive broadcasts 6 September 2012.[Juan Carlos Piedrahíta B., [http://elespectador.com/entretenimiento/arteygente/medios/articulo-370866-blu-radio-comenzara-emitir-senal-el-6-de-septiem Blu Radio comenzará a emitir señal el 6 de septiembre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829140353/http://www.elespectador.com/entretenimiento/arteygente/medios/articulo-370866-blu-radio-comenzara-emitir-senal-el-6-de-septiem |date=2012-08-29 }}, ''[El Espectador](/source/El_Espectador)'', 28 August 2012] The news director is ''Noticias Caracol'' presenter Juan Roberto Vargas, and the morning news programme is presented by [Néstor Morales](/source/N%C3%A9stor_Morales), former [Caracol Radio](/source/Caracol_Radio) personality.
Since late 2016, Blu Radio Bogotá broadcasts at 89.9 MHz after [Caracol TV](/source/Caracol_TV) purchased Radial Bogotá, the owner of [HJCK](/source/HJCK), a classical music and cultural radio station whose frequency were leased by [Caracol Radio](/source/Caracol_Radio) in 2005. HJMD 96.9 MHz switched to a popular music format (rancheras, tex-mex, etc.) called [La Kalle](/source/La_Kalle_(Colombia)).
Its main competitors are [La FM](/source/La_FM), Caracol Radio, and [RCN Radio](/source/RCN_Radio).
== Programming ==
Blu Radio's schedule is similar to other FM talk stations in Bogotá, mainly W Radio and Caracol Radio: on weekdays, a news/debate morning show, a local programme on midday, variety and sports (mainly [football](/source/Association_football)) on the afternoons, and a simulcast of ''Noticias Caracol'' and a programme devoted to technology and internet on the evenings. Weekends include a morning show, sports programming (again, mainly football), and music.
== Affiliates ==
Blu Radio's owners intend to build a national radio network, whose flagship will be Bogotá's HJCK.
These stations rebroadcast at least part of the Blu Radio programming:[[http://bluradio.com/150/nace-blu-una-alternativa-donde-hacemos-periodismo-de-doble-nestor-morales Nace Blu, una alternativa donde hacemos periodismo de doble vía: Néstor Morales] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025837/http://www.bluradio.com/150/nace-blu-una-alternativa-donde-hacemos-periodismo-de-doble-nestor-morales |date=2016-03-04 }}, Bluradio, 6 September 2012]
* [Cali](/source/Cali): HJSU 91.5 MHz
* [Neiva](/source/Neiva)/[Algeciras](/source/Algeciras%2C_Huila): HJM47 103.1 MHz
* [Villavicencio](/source/Villavicencio)/[San Martín](/source/San_Mart%C3%ADn%2C_Meta): HJN42 96.3 MHz
* [Medellín](/source/Medell%C3%ADn)/[Bello](/source/Bello%2C_Antioquia): HJD78 97.9 MHz
* [Barranquilla](/source/Barranquilla): HJH27 100.1 MHz
* [''Eje cafetero'' (Pereira, Armenia)](/source/Colombian_coffee_growing_axis)/[La Unión](/source/La_Uni%C3%B3n%2C_Valle_del_Cauca): HJQ56 89.2 MHz
* [Tunja](/source/Tunja)/[Paipa](/source/Paipa) (also serving [Duitama](/source/Duitama)): HJH87 103.1 MHz
* [Cúcuta](/source/C%C3%BAcuta)/[El Zulia](/source/El_Zulia): HJO42 99.7 MHz
* [Montería](/source/Monter%C3%ADa)/[Sahagún](/source/Sahag%C3%BAn%2C_C%C3%B3rdoba): HJL37 96 MHz
* [Bucaramanga](/source/Bucaramanga): HJMH 1080 kHz
(When mentioned, the second city listed is the [actual city of licence](/source/Rimshot_(broadcasting))).
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://bluradio.com}}
*[http://tunein.com/radio/Bluradio-969-s179482/ Live streaming] (via [TuneIn](/source/TuneIn))
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Category:Caracol Televisión
Category:Radio stations established in 2012
Category:Radio stations in Colombia
Category:Mass media in Bogotá
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