F
UTBOL DE PRIMERA'S COVERAGE OF THE WORLD CUP EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS
Hispanics Listening To Andres Cantor's Play-by-Play of Games and
Expert Analysis From FDP's World Cup Broadcast Team on the Largest
Spanish-Language Radio Network Ever
SAN FRANCISCO (June 20, 2002) - Fútbol de Primera's exclusive
Spanish-language radio coverage of the 2002 FIFA World Cup has
surpassed all expectations as Hispanics have recognized that the
best play-by-play and analysis of the World Cup in the U.S. can
be found on the radio. Since the World Cup began, Fútbol de Primera
has received hundreds of thousands of e-mails and phone calls from
listeners all over the United States and Puerto Rico, and also from
Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Australia
where FDP's World Cup programming is also heard.
Andres Cantor, who broadcast the 1990, 1994 and 1998 World Cups on
Spanish-language television, has brought his exciting play-by-play
style and trademark "Gooool" calls to radio, and as a result large
numbers of Hispanics have followed by tuning into Fútbol de Primera's
radio coverage.
FDP, who owns the Spanish-language U.S. radio rights to all U.S.
National Team home games, has broadcast every World Cup game the
U.S. has played.
Cantor has led the best broadcast team ever assembled for a World Cup
in the Untied States. Mexican soccer legend Carlos Hermosillo, 2002
World Cup coaches Javier Aguirre (Mexico) and Bora Milutinovic
(China), 1986 World Cup winning coach Carlos Bilardo, former U.S.
World Cup coach Steve Sampson, El Salvador's World Cup hero Jaime
"La Chelona" Rodriguez, former Argentina, America and Necaxa star
Norberto Outes, Mexican youth national team director Humberto Grondona
and well-respected journalists Jorge Da Silveira, Fernando Schwartz
and Sammy Sadovnik have all participated on Fútbol de Primera's
game broadcasts and programs.
Indeed, the quality of Fútbol de Primera's broadcast team is perhaps
best measured by the large number of interviews requested by other
media organizations during the World Cup. Members of FDP's World Cup
team have been interviewed at FDP's third-floor studio at the
International Broadcast Center in Seoul, Korea by television, radio
and newspaper journalists from throughout the U.S., Latin America and
Europe. For example, in the days prior to the U.S. vs. Mexico game,
Steve Sampson and Carlos Hermosillo gave 25 interviews at the IBC in
Seoul due to the strong soccer rivalry between these two North
American countries.
Hispanics all over the world are listening to Fútbol de Primera's
comprehensive coverage of the 2002 FIFA World Cup on the largest
Spanish-language radio network ever. 100 stations in the U.S. plus
stations in Puerto Rico and Australia are carrying FDP's play-by-play
of the World Cup games. Additionally, Buen Día Mundial, a special
program airing from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM Eastern Time during the World
Cup, Fútbol de Primera's two-hour Daily Show, one-hour Sunday Show and
daily World Cup news updates can be heard on a total of 162 stations
in the U.S., Mexico, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica,
Guatemala and Australia as well as over the internet at www.SportsYA.com.
Fútbol de Primera also owns the U.S. radio rights in all languages
to the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, the 2003 Women's World Cup
in China, the 2003 and 2005 Confederations Cups and the 2003 and
2005 U-17 and U-20 World Cups. Additionally, Fútbol de Primera
has been broadcasting all United States National Team home games
since 1999.