Latin Explosion
August 15 2025 03:00PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
Hosted by Juan Montenegro of Pacifica Affiliate WSLR 96.5FM Sarasota.
The original LATIN EXPLOSION radio show (1972-1982) goes back to Chicago at the peak of the Salsa music explosion! First launched as a midnight show seven days a week on WEDC 12.40AM, the program's last years were on another Chicago station, WOJO FM 105.1 weekday afternoons and finally late night.
Incredibly, we were able to get LATIN EXPLOSION on the air again after moving to Sarasota. In June 2018 LATIN EXPLOSION launched as a two hour show Friday mornings 7-9AM Thank you, WSLR 96.5FM Sarasota Community Radio and Sarasota music fans!
Big thanks to the listeners, music lovers and supporters across North America that tune in week after week to hear the best in 20th Century Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Cuban music!
Playlist
| Time | Artwork | Artist | Song | Album | Label | Year |
| 3:00PM | Eddie Palmieri | Revolt/La Libertad Logico | Vamonos Pal' Monte | Fania | 2019 | |
| 3:01PM | Ismael Miranda | Con Alma de Niño | Con Alma de Niño | Disco Hit | 2011 | |
| 3:04PM | Santana | Oye Como Va | Santana's Greatest Hits | Universal TV | 2014 | |
| 3:09PM | Omara Portuando | Lacho | Omara Portuondo e Maria Bethânia | Biscoito Fino | 2008 | |
| 3:14PM | Santana | La Fuente del Ritmo | Caravanserai | Sony Music | 2008 | |
| 3:18PM | Pablo Milanés | Son de la Loma | Lo Mejor de la Salsa Brava | Global Music Distribution, dba DISCOS LA PERLA CO. INC. | 2016 | |
| 3:24PM | Santana | Waiting - Live at The Woodstock Music & Art Fair, August 16, 1969 | Santana (Legacy Edition) | SME | 2019 | |
| 3:30PM | Gabriel García Márquez | Intro/Pablo Querido/Pablo Milanés | Pablo Querido | Universal Music Spain S.L. | 2002 | |
| 3:32PM | Pablo Milanés | Proposiciones | Pablo Querido | Universal Music Latino. | 2002 | |
| 3:35PM | Santana | Blues for Salvador | Dance Of The Rainbow Serpent | SME | 2017 | |
| 3:42PM | Santana | Waiting | Santana | SME | 2014 | |
| 3:48PM | Ray Barretto | Exodus | Carnaval | Fantasy Records | 2008 | |
| 3:53PM | Eddie Palmieri | El Molestoso | El Virtuoso | Fania | 2020 | |
| 3:58PM | Twilight Trio | I'm Through With Love | Pure Instrumental: Timeless Hits, Vol. 8 | Digital Revolution Entertainment | 2011 | |
| 4:01PM | Mongo Santamaria | Watermelon Man | Salsasón: El Carretero | Universal Music Group International | 2010 | |
| 4:04PM | Andy Montañez | Amor Donde Tu Estas | Al Son del Bolero | Disco Hit | 2011 | |
| 4:07PM | Santana | Samba Pa Ti | Come Dine With Me Presents Dinner Party Songs | WM Benelux BV | 2015 | |
| 4:12PM | Los Panchos | Sabor a Mi | Amor... | Sony Music Latin | 2014 | |
| 4:15PM | Celia Cruz | Havah Nagilah | Havah Nagilah | Weishaupt Music & Entertainment | 2017 | |
| 4:18PM | Omara Portuondo | Menino Grande | Omara Portuondo e Maria Bethânia | Biscoito Fino | 2008 | |
| 4:23PM | Alegre All Stars | Tema Alegre | The Alegre Records Story | Fania | 2019 | |
| 4:28PM | Xavier Cugat | Miami Beach Rhumba | Finger Snappin' Jazz, Vol. 2 | SME | 1995 | |
| 4:31PM | Illapu | Yolanda | Pablo Querido | Universal Music Spain S.L. | 2002 | |
| 4:36PM | La Lupe | America | La Lupe - Puro Teatro | White Room Music | 2020 | |
| 4:38PM | Abbe Lane | Pan amore y cha cha cha 1. Pan amore y cha cha cha abbe lane 2. Take it easy abbe lane 3. Noche de ronda (be mine tonight) abbe lane 4. Too marvelous for words abbe lane 5. Nightingale abbe lane | Pan amore y cha cha cha 1. Pan amore y cha cha cha abbe lane 2. Take it easy abbe lane 3. Noche de ronda (be mine tonight) abbe lane 4. Too marvelous for words abbe lane 5. Nightingale abbe lane | JB Production CH | 2021 | |
| 4:40PM | Carole King | Corazón | Her Greatest Hits (Songs Of Long Ago) | SME | 2002 | |
| 4:45PM | Machito | Mambo La Concord - Original Mix | Estacy | GRP | 2004 | |
| 4:47PM | Willie Colón | Junio 73 | Lo Mato | Fania | 2019 | |
| 4:54PM | Lou Bega | Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...) | 50 Party Hits | Ariola | 1990 | |
| 4:57PM | Aki Takase | Boogie Stop Shuffle | Clapping Music | Enja Horst Weber | 2020 |
