MEDALLAS DE CORTEZ 2025

The 2025 Medallas de Cortez award winners will be announced at a ceremony on June 11 during Hispanic Radio Conference 2025. They recognize excellence in Hispanic radio programming, sales, and management, named in honor of Raoul Cortez, who founded the first Spanish-language radio station in the United States, KCOR, in San Antonio in 1946.

Alex Lopez Negrete, President, CEO & Co-Founder of Lopez Negrete Communications will be honored with the special Medallas de Cortez Lifetime Leadership Award.

The 2025 finalists are:

Marketer of the Year
Alejandra Martin del Campo, Entravision, Riverside-San Bernardino, CA
Elizabeth Olivares, La Raza Media Group, Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
Juan Bohorquez, Salem Media Group, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, FL
Grace Agostino, Nueva Network
Ann Marie Figueira, Gen Media Partners

Salesperson of the Year
Chuck Martin, Curtis Media Group, Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC
David Romano, Audacy, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
Ruthie Sanchez, Cox Media Group, Orlando, FL
Martin Reyes, Telos Alliance
Stephanie Yacono, Curtis Media Group, Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC

Personality of the Year
Javier Romero, Televisa/Univision Radio, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, FL
Liliani Hernandez, Cox Media Group, Orlando, FL
Eric Johnson, Curtis Media Group, Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC
Hector Millan, Entravision, Sacramento, CA
Pedro Biaggi Show, Costa Media, Washington, DC
Gema Griffith, Spanish Broadcasting System, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
Stephanie (Chiquibaby) Himonidis, Nueva Network
Karen (La Coqueta) O’Brien, Televisa/Univision Radio, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

Program Director of the Year
Raymond Hernandez, Cox Media Group, Orlando, FL
Orlando Rosa, iHeartMedia, Atlanta, GA
Julie Garza, Curtis Media Group, Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC
Gerardo Lopez, Costa Media, Washington, DC
Andrea Becerra Prado, Entravision

DOS or Sales Manager of the Year
Normand Levy, Cox Media Group, Orlando, FL
Jessica Martinez, Spanish Broadcasting System, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
Jose Mateo, Nueva Network
Anibal Soto, Spanish Broadcasting System, Orlando, FL
Robert Mendoza, Lazer Media, Sacramento, CA

General or Market Manager of the Year
Fernando, Bauermeister, Spanish Broadcasting System, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
Lindsay Salazar, Greeley Broadcasting Corp., Fort Collins-Greeley, CO, Colorado Springs, CO, & Pueblo, CO
JC Campese, Cox Media Group, Orlando, FL
Cynthia Saucedo, Spanish Broadcasting System, Houston-Galveston, TX
Ben Downs, Bryan Broadcasting, Bryan-College Station, TX

Station of the Year
WRUB-FM, iHeartRadio, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
WOEX-FM, Cox Media Group, Orlando, FL
WYMY-FM, Curtis Media Group, Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC
WTMY-AM/FM, Solmart Media, Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
WWFE-AM, Salem Media Group, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, FL
WDCN-FM, Costa Media, Washington, DC
WSUN-FM, Spanish Broadcasting System, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
WAMR-FM, Televisa/Univision Radio, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, FL

Join us June 11 at the Hispanic Radio Conference in Houston as we celebrate Hispanic radio and the people who proudly represent it every day!