La Kalle Radio, 100.7 and 105.7 FM

What the hell is going on with this station that they can play the same freaking song ALL DAY and no one says anything about it. Wanna hear «It’s Getting Hot On Here» one more time??? What the hell? Whatever they are doing, it’s a really bad gimmick. I think they should go off the air of they haven’t already. Univision sucks. They’re a big conglomerate that has no clue. Let’s get a better Latino station in the Bay Area!!!

They change to Latino 100.7 mix and they are horrible event planners! They are so unorganized I liked la kalle better when coco was their! I hate this radio station they are the worse for event planning! Making us wait hours at events and don’t even know what they are doing

why did they start playing all this English
music ??
it was a lot better before when it was only Latino artist/​musicians. like the previous poster said if i wanted to listen to hip hop i would listen to 106.1 or 94.9 !!!

I love finding new songs on La Kalle. But just like another Unilocaler had pointed out, I’m not too fond of the fact that they play songs in English. Really, if I wanted to hear songs in English, I’d change to 94.9 or 106.
I have mixed feelings about the selection of songs. I love regaetton, spanish R&B, and most anything you can dance to. There’s quite a variety but I’ve gotta admit that I’m not into ranchera-​type music. I really try to like it, but no. it ain’t happenin.

I loved the station when it 1^st started. They didn’t have announcers/dj’s and they played all the music on a loop. I loved it because it catered to the tropical people of the Bay Area and was different from those other spanish stations that only play Mexican stuff & latin rock, (which I can’t stand). Now that I’ve listened to it lately, I kinda hate it now til they play REAL music and not that latin rock crap! I thought it was going to be geared more towards us Tropical folk, but it was just like all the other spanish stations. Playing all that stupid stuff and not what it started to be. I liked it better when it was all Tropical music, Reggaeton, Salsa, Cumbia, Bachata & Merengue. In contrary on what some people say, Reggaeton LIVES ON! Too bad if they don’t like it! They can listen to those predictable spanish stations that are NOT GOOD AT ALL! And what GOT ME, was when I heard that girl w/​that awful accent! They need some Central American DJ’s on this station and not those that everyone expects. I hope they keep playing Tropical music and get RID of that stupid latin rock/​pop. I can deal with english music they play, but I can’t support that other music. La Kalle has lost sight of it’s main listeners that use to love this station and it’s Cental American, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Cuban and all Tropcial people! WE don’t want hear anyone from South of the boarder, you can turn to any other spanish station for that CRAP!
QUE VIVA EL REGGAETON!

its a really good music

I listen to it in the car and at work sometimes, but I have to change the station at times because they repeat the same songs all day and I start to get sick of them
they used to play all reggaeton and similiar music. and then they started playing rock en Espanol. which was fine with me
but now to my disappointment they started playing music in English… Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas, Usher… that type… If i wanted to listen to that type of music I would change the station to 106 or 94.9
I also miss Luis Jimenez. he was so FUNNY!

I recently moved away from the Bay Area and went back for visit. While, this wasn’t my kind of station, I was starved for Spanish/​Spanglis music. I loved the station before this became la Kalle, so I jwas pumped to hear something other than Reggaeton on it. I can listen to Reggaeton for about 40 minutes (max) before los mando a… well… ya tu sabes. I’m a tolerant woman, but I generally like to keep the dry humping stuff to the dance floor and definitely not something I want to share with people at work.
I think the station is still trying to get the latino Bay Area flavor and it’s moving in the right direction.

Music aside, I’m very angered at La Kalle’s coverage of the Richmond rape case. The case is extremely disturbing in itself, but I was also disturbed by the glibness of the radio announcer, with his flippant tone, speed and irreverence as if he were giving a mere traffic report, with pulsing beats playing in the background, asking people to call in and spread fear and hate in our communities. The special emphasis on the race profiles of the victim and the alleged perpetrators is enough to incite further hate crimes. Let’s let the more serious media players touch on those topics and allow for community forums. Let La Kalle and other commercial stations do what they do best: overplay bad music, create hype and promote their corporate sponsors. Never let that DJ take on a serious community forum like that again. Leave it to people and organizations better specialized — out of respect for the victim, her family and our community. In the words of the victims family:
Statement from Richmond High School rape victim’s family:
«STOP THE VIOLENCE! Please do not respond to this tragic event by promoting hatred or by causing more pain. We have had enough violence already in this place. If you need to express your outrage, please channel your anger into positive action. Volunteer at a school. Go help a neighbor. Be courageous in speaking the truth and in holding people accountable. Work toward changing the atmosphere in our schools and in this community so that this kind of thing never happens again.
Please do not let this happen again!»

Luis Jimenez is still off the air in the Bay.
I feel like my connection to NY has been silenced.
¿Que pasó?

you know i was in San Francisco for like a year before i found this station when i walked into a grocery store on sutter lol i was like wow i told the cashier that i didn’t think Spanish people in Cali knew about regueton and it was good for a lil whle but now its just bad and i cant stand it if your from into regueton or Spanish rap i recommend to listen to the ny 105.7 host or 97.9 online and youll be fine

Attention all aspiring espanol speakers… Listen to La Kalle!!! As Spanish and English begin to blend together in our society it’s nice to see La Kalle fully embrace this transition and run with it. The DJs host their shows in a mix of Spanish and English, let’s say Spanglish and routinely translate themselves from Spanish to English or vice versa. «ShoBoy» in the afternoons is hilarious and «The Luis Jimenez» show keeps me laughing in the mornings before work. «chequealo»

I’m generally pretty easy going but I like my music when I’m working. I’m the goddamn chef. I’ve worked too many years in kitchens not to invoke my right as chef to decide what radio station we listen to. Once, a new dishwasher took it upon himself to change the radio station in the middle of the shift. While getting my ass handed to me I suddenly heard the unmistakable sounds of accordion and tuba forcing me to snarl, «WHO CHANGED THE FUCKING RADIO STATION!» I’m kind of a controlling asshole on this subject.
Since the death of my all time favorite radio station, The MAX, (it was replaced by a country station. Insult, meet injury. Injury, insult) I’ve since become a despondent and apathetic radio listener again. No longer do I howl along to «Werewolves of London» or dance lasciviously while singing «Darling Nikki» (much to the discomfort of my co-​workers.) This has lead me to become much more lenient in our music selection.
Before dinner service I usually let the dishwasher listen to whatever until I can’t take it anymore then I change it to some equally retarded shit like Live 105 or The Bone. One day as I was working I hear peripherally, «Spanish, spanish, spanish, con las tinted windows, spanish, spanish, un bowel movement.» That caught my attention. As I listened more closely I realized that the entire station is in Spanglish. From the DJ’s to the music even the commercials. All in Spanglish. For a dude like me, whose command of the Spanish language is equivalent to Charo on peyote, throwing me an English bone once in a while contributes greatly to me understanding the banality of commercial radio. Actually, the afternoon show is pretty funny.
They play reggaeton which, when I asked my Mexican friend, is the kind of music that makes chicks get on the floor and freak you. So, yeah, I’m down with that. There are also English language songs with Latin flavors like House of Pain or Christina Aguilera. It’s not exactly my cup of tea but it’s a happy medium.
I have to admit that I still usually change it back to an all English station for service. What can I say? Yo soy un controlling asshole.

I’ve had an obsessive relationship with La Kalle going on for more than a year now. They play «Reggaeton” – reggae en espanol — that is akin to Dancehall Reggae mixed with Merengue. It was bound to happen – the folks in the Caribbean are starting to mix it up a little bit.
Now, as to why I find tears in my eyes sometimes when I listen to La Kalle. First, my kid’s papa lives in Panama, home of the first Reggaeton star, El General. My kid misses her daddy a lot. Second, I feel moved by the mixture of African and Latino cultures in Reggaeton — the news is rife with violence between all our ethnicities, and it’s hopeful to hear something that is a blend, like Reggaeton. Third, when I first found out about La Kalle, I was visiting an ill family member in the hospital every day, and listened to La Kalle on the way to visit, so there’s a tragic connection.
A big plus is that La Kalle plays other kinds of music, too: Bachata, American Rap, R&B, Rock en Espanol, some merengue… and the afternoon DJ, «ShoBoy» is hella funny.
Finally, with their bilingual on-​air personalities, listening to La Kalle is a gentle way to brush up on your high school Spanish.