The legendary journalist Luis Francisco Ojeda This afternoon he announced his retirement from the radio after more than 50 years in the media.
Your ad came at 3:00 p.m. in the program “Take a look at 580 ”by WKAQ – 580 AM. Likewise, the message will be transmitted on the Facebook page of the radio station.
“Today I come to say goodbye to my 40 years of the radio station. I am pleased to have worked here and that WKAQ has supported and supported me in this profession. I don’t want to talk much today …”, Said the journalist who opened the program by reading on the air his farewell to the radio station.
Ojeda’s retirement occurs in the midst of his Parkinson’s condition, which he confessed today has caused him to forget the many words.
“This condition makes things forget, although sometimes I have them in my mind I find it difficult to say them“, revealed the Jayuya announcer.
Ojeda says goodbye to a radio booth, the one that made his home for more than six decades, since he started doing radio since 1960, first on the WPAB station, in Ponce and then on Wapa Radio. The 78-year-old communicator began his journalistic career while still a high school student.
Subsequently, he worked in radio and television stations such as WKAQ – Radio Reloj, Telemundo, Wapa Televisión and Univision. He also worked at the Communications Office of La Fortaleza under the administration of Rafael Hernández Colón.
His last work experience was at Univision Radio (WKAQ – 580 AM) where he kept working until Wednesday. His dedication and fierceness in addressing the country’s political issues earned him the respect of many listeners.
This afternoon’s program has a different format, as colleagues from the WKAQ – 580 AM radio station participate in the radio space where the praise and anecdotes of the incisive journalist have not been lacking.
One of those who attended the radio booth is Alberto González Molina, editor of WKAQ, who worked since 1990 with Ojeda said that all the allegations made by the announcer were with evidence, but “as the documents do not appear on the radio, people might think they didn’t exist. “
“Ojeda is and was the terror of corruption,” Gonzalez said.
To questions from other radio partners about what advice he gives to the young Ojeda sentenced: “Never be corrupted“.
In the first radio segment, emotions invaded Ojeda, who almost cried when he heard the voice of his daughter, who told him that “Daddy and your legacy is ready”.
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