Luis Francisco Ojeda (born June 16, 1941) is a well-known Puerto Ricantelevision, radio reporter and host, noted for his aggressive, uncompromising questioning. He spent 50 years on radio until his retirement in 2020.
Ojeda was born in Jayuya. He moved to Ponce when he was still a youngster. While studying in high school, he got his first opportunity to talk live in a daily show, becoming a newscaster for Ponce's WPAB radio station.
Career as a newscasteredit
Ojeda signed a contract with WAPA in 1960, and moved to San Juan. He worked at WAPA as newscaster (and occasional disc jockey) until 1968, moving on that year to work for rival WKAQ-Radio Reloj. While there, he had to cover the historic riots at the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras in 1971. In one of the incidents covered by Ojeda a shooting ensued, and Ojeda, in the middle of the shootout, rescued a police lieutenant who had been shot. Despite his efforts, the police officer died from his gunshot wounds in the back of the remote unit truck while Ojeda was broadcasting his and his driver's frantic rush to the nearest emergency room live.
Ojeda was later offered a job as the news director and anchorman of Telemundo Puerto Rico's television news show. He decided, however, not to take the job, opting instead to join then governor Rafael Hernández Colón's staff, as a member of Puerto Rico's Communications Office. Ojeda needed to work as a journalist, however, and, by 1973, he decided to step in front of the television cameras for the first time, working at channel 11's news show. Not long after Ojeda joined channel 11, the channel's owner had died and the station went bankrupt, so Ojeda signed on with WAPA-TV to work as a field reporter at Noticentro 4.
Ojeda spent most of his time at Noticentro 4 traveling across Puerto Rico, working as an on-the-field reporter, but he also sporadically got chances to host the show, usually filling in for a sick anchorman or woman. He worked on various tragedies, government scandals and other types of news while at Noticentro 4, essentially pioneering investigative reporting in Puerto Rican television.[1]
Ojeda, Sin Limiteedit
In 1987, he was given his own television talk show, Ojeda, Sin Limite (Ojeda, Without Limit).[1] He became known for his strong questioning of participants of the show, and the show produced a number of classic moments of Puerto Rican television; such as the time that two of the three candidates for Puerto Rican commissioner in Washington, D.C., the PNP's Carlos Romero Barceló (former governor of Puerto Rico) and the PPD's Miguel Hernandez Agosto got into a shouting match, calling each other "liar" multiple times and almost physically assaulting each other.
After his show was cancelled, Ojeda continued Ojeda, Sin Limite as a radio show, on WKAQ-Radio.
Currentlyedit
In 2000, he returned to television, with a show named Ojeda, once again at WAPA-TV, which, by then, had the new name of Televicentro. Later on, he was offered a fifteen-minute space on Televicentro's midday variety show, Mediodía Puerto Rico (Midday Puerto Rico), where he would accept calls from the public in a segment called "La Descarga" (Discharge). In this segment, Don Eleuterio, comedian Sunshine Logroño's alter ego who was a backer of Puerto Rican statehood movements (Logrono himself is a backer of Puerto Rican independence), calls and changes his name trying to pass as another person from the public. Ojeda of course recognizes his voice. Don Eleuterio then usually praises the American people and picks on Ojeda for being an "independista" (an advocate of P.R.'s independence). Ojeda now collaborates on a new radio station show as well.
As of May 15, 2009, Ojeda broadcast his last "descarga" and on the air tendered his resignation in response to the cancellation of the remaining local programs (Club Sunshine and TV Ilegal) and the dismissal of Junior Alvarez over comments made of mistreatment in part of the vice-president of programming, Jimmy Arteaga, of Peruvian descent.[2] In 2013, Ojeda returned to television again, in Dando Candela by Telemundo.
^ ab"Luis Francisco Ojeda – Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular | San Juan, Puerto Rico".
^"Primera Hora.com - Ojeda Renuncia de Wapa (in Spanish)".
^"Luis Francisco Ojeda se retira de la radio tras más de 50 años de carrera". El Nuevo Dia. March 4, 2020.
October 27, 2023
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Luis Francisco Ojeda born June 16 1941 is a well known Puerto Rican television radio reporter and host noted for his aggressive uncompromising questioning He spent 50 years on radio until his retirement in 2020 Luis Francisco OjedaBorn 1941 06 16 June 16 1941 age 82 Jayuya Puerto RicoOther namesOjedaOccupationreporterPolitical partyIndependent Contents 1 Early years 2 Career as a newscaster 3 Ojeda Sin Limite 4 Currently 5 See also 6 ReferencesEarly years editOjeda was born in Jayuya He moved to Ponce when he was still a youngster While studying in high school he got his first opportunity to talk live in a daily show becoming a newscaster for Ponce s WPAB radio station Career as a newscaster editOjeda signed a contract with WAPA in 1960 and moved to San Juan He worked at WAPA as newscaster and occasional disc jockey until 1968 moving on that year to work for rival WKAQ Radio Reloj While there he had to cover the historic riots at the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras in 1971 In one of the incidents covered by Ojeda a shooting ensued and Ojeda in the middle of the shootout rescued a police lieutenant who had been shot Despite his efforts the police officer died from his gunshot wounds in the back of the remote unit truck while Ojeda was broadcasting his and his driver s frantic rush to the nearest emergency room live Ojeda was later offered a job as the news director and anchorman of Telemundo Puerto Rico s television news show He decided however not to take the job opting instead to join then governor Rafael Hernandez Colon s staff as a member of Puerto Rico s Communications Office Ojeda needed to work as a journalist however and by 1973 he decided to step in front of the television cameras for the first time working at channel 11 s news show Not long after Ojeda joined channel 11 the channel s owner had died and the station went bankrupt so Ojeda signed on with WAPA TV to work as a field reporter at Noticentro 4 Ojeda spent most of his time at Noticentro 4 traveling across Puerto Rico working as an on the field reporter but he also sporadically got chances to host the show usually filling in for a sick anchorman or woman He worked on various tragedies government scandals and other types of news while at Noticentro 4 essentially pioneering investigative reporting in Puerto Rican television 1 Ojeda Sin Limite editIn 1987 he was given his own television talk show Ojeda Sin Limite Ojeda Without Limit 1 He became known for his strong questioning of participants of the show and the show produced a number of classic moments of Puerto Rican television such as the time that two of the three candidates for Puerto Rican commissioner in Washington D C the PNP s Carlos Romero Barcelo former governor of Puerto Rico and the PPD s Miguel Hernandez Agosto got into a shouting match calling each other liar multiple times and almost physically assaulting each other After his show was cancelled Ojeda continued Ojeda Sin Limite as a radio show on WKAQ Radio Currently editIn 2000 he returned to television with a show named Ojeda once again at WAPA TV which by then had the new name of Televicentro Later on he was offered a fifteen minute space on Televicentro s midday variety show Mediodia Puerto Rico Midday Puerto Rico where he would accept calls from the public in a segment called La Descarga Discharge In this segment Don Eleuterio comedian Sunshine Logrono s alter ego who was a backer of Puerto Rican statehood movements Logrono himself is a backer of Puerto Rican independence calls and changes his name trying to pass as another person from the public Ojeda of course recognizes his voice Don Eleuterio then usually praises the American people and picks on Ojeda for being an independista an advocate of P R s independence Ojeda now collaborates on a new radio station show as well As of May 15 2009 Ojeda broadcast his last descarga and on the air tendered his resignation in response to the cancellation of the remaining local programs Club Sunshine and TV Ilegal and the dismissal of Junior Alvarez over comments made of mistreatment in part of the vice president of programming Jimmy Arteaga of Peruvian descent 2 In 2013 Ojeda returned to television again in Dando Candela by Telemundo Ojeda retired in March 2020 3 See also editList of television presenters Puerto Rico List of Puerto Ricans Juan Manuel Garcia PassalacquaReferences edit a b Luis Francisco Ojeda Fundacion Nacional para la Cultura Popular San Juan Puerto Rico Primera Hora com Ojeda Renuncia de Wapa in Spanish Luis Francisco Ojeda se retira de la radio tras mas de 50 anos de carrera El Nuevo Dia March 4 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Luis Francisco Ojeda amp oldid 1146114375, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
