Rocky “The Kid”: “I didn’t know they loved me so much”

Radial announcer and presenter Rocky “The Kid” was grateful to fans who have questioned his absence in the space that marked the return of the Comay yesterday via TeleOnce, after puppeteer Antuli “Kobbo” Santarrosa announced in December his decision not to renew his contract with Spanish Broadcasting Systema (SBS).

“I didn’t know they wanted me so much. Really happy because at the end of the road, in the end, I liked the work that was done. Thank you to all the people who have asked,” he told Primera Hora who was part of the MegaTV space since January 2019. The new program of the Comay will air Monday through Friday at 5:55 p.m.

“It was a decision by SBS, which owns 94 and MegaTV. Obviously being a channel that competes with TeleOnce, with WAPA, with Telemundo, before I signed a contract or worked with a competing broadcaster, I obviously had to consult SBS. In the case of radio I could not work with any radio station. In the case of television, I have to consult it, “he clarified.

“I have been with SBS since 1999. Raúl Alarcón (president and CEO of SBS) has gotten along very well with me and I needed that blessing. Raúl doesn’t allow it, there is no other. I have to stay on the radio and not participate in the Comay“, Specified the announcer, who prior to knowing the decision of resignation of Kobbo Santarrosa, had already proposed to the management of the channel that they contract another talent to replace him in the program And HP to have a less busy work schedule, which fell to the hiring of Alejandro Gil Santiago, but caused Rocky to eventually be left out of moderating a TV space on the channel.

For the new presenter of the Comay, Yan Ruiz, has only words of praise.

“I can’t be very objective with Yan because he’s not just my friend, Yan was my boss in 1998, when Cosmos 94 was here in San Juan,” he pointed out. “We have a friendship. I’m a fan of Yan. On the radio I listened to him in the 90’s on (the station) X100 and he consumed his work. I think Yan has a tremendous sense of humor, he’s a hesitant, he doesn’t it has exploded because at the time the first program passed, it has not passed to the second yet, ”he described. In fact, some users have voiced criticism of the veteran announcer.

“When people start meeting Yan they’re going to enjoy it because Yan is a querendón. Anyone who knows him knows that Yan is a hesitant, he’s going to hesitate and he’s going to enjoy it,” he said. sustained, and has recalled that it is not the first time the speaker has worked alongside the character.

“Yan was involved in this project at some point when Hector was naughty, replacing Hector on Fridays and Mondays because Hector was making personal trips to Miami and Yan was the one replacing him, in addition to having a segment within the program. SuperXclusive“That’s why Kobbo prefers to have someone he trusts in his work team.” That’s why he recruited them. “

For now, he will take a break from television.

“I feel super grateful for the production. I wish a lot of success to everyone who worked with me and are now working in the production. I miss them very much, obviously. It’s a great opportunity. Not everything in life lasts forever “Maybe other different things are coming for me,” he reflected.

“Right now I don’t have a TV project so be contemplated. I plan to take a break this year and go to a place other than television,” said the host of the morning radio program. The mess. “I’ve been doing a daily TV show since 2014. In the last few years I’ve been doing two TV shows and a radio show. Since 2014 I’m dead and I need a year off.”