Career
His program is carried on several affiliate stations across the United States. Foreign six years, "El Cucuy" was the most-listened-to voice on Los Angeles radio, surpassing the ratings of Rick Dees and Howard Stern. Almendárez hosted the morning show on KLAX-FM in Los Angeles, California and had an estimated 3,000,000 listeners.
Almendárez left KLAX in September 2008 in order to launch a new radio network in addition to continuing on his television program on Azteca America.
KLAX is now carrying the morning show of Joaquin Garza, "El Chulo de la Manaña", from sister station WLEY-FM in Chicago. Almendárez began working in radio at age 15.
After he interviewed the then-United States Ambassador to Honduras, John Negroponte, Negroponte arranged for a visa and Almendárez emigrated to the United States. He became a United States citizen in 2000. While non-partisan, Almendárez is active in encouraging Latinos to vote and to take part in activism against anti-illegal immigrant legislation and sentiment, such as the 2006 Great American Boycott.
He is the author of El Cucuy de la Mañana: My Life in Radio"s Fast Lane.
He is the father of actress Francia Almendárez and Cynthia Benson. On November 25, 2014, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. Is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity serving individuals across the United States, Mexico and Central America.
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