Latin Explosion
May 29 2026 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 | West Side Story Ensemble | West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): Prologue | West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Contents Korea | 2023 | |
| 3:12PM | Leonard Bernstein | West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast): Act I: Jet Song | West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Contents Korea | 2023 | |
| 3:22PM | Dave Grusin | Tonight | Dave Grusin Presents West Side Story | Brazil Deluxe / Music Net | 1997 | |
| 3:26PM | Joe Quijano and His Orchestra | Maria | Presentando Mi Gran Orquesta | Cesta Records | 2016 | |
| 3:30PM | Dave Grusin | Somewhere | Dave Grusin Presents West Side Story | N2K Encoded | 1997 | |
| 3:52PM | Tito Rodriguez | María | West Side Beat | Fania | 2019 | |
| 3:55PM | Norbert Denis Galouo | Ba Ba Bossa 2 | Brazil States of Mind | Cezame Metro Park / APM Music | 2022 | |
| 3:58PM | Dick Walter | Simple Pleasures | First Class Lounge | Score APM / APM Music | 2020 |
