The Talk of the Town : KMPC's Xavier Hermosillo Finally Smashed Through Los Angeles Radio's Ethnic Barrier in 1994

January 01, 1995

Well, as the first Mexican American on talk radio in Los Angeles and as someone who had never done this for a living, I find it easiest to talk about everyday life, my own experiences and current events. I am very much a simple man, a family man, a workingman, just like everybody else. And having been born in poverty in the Rancho San Pedro housing projects, from a broken home, I can relate to people who face those kinds of issues. I may be opinionated, at times too conservative for some, at times too liberal for others, but I have never forgotten what I came from. Some people respond to that.

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Do you feel a responsibility on the airwaves to defend Latino causes, or do you think your role is to remain impartial?

I do feel a responsibility because of the years I have spent looking at life through a Latino prism, which has provided a sensitivity others don't have. Therefore, when the occasion calls for it, I must allow that sensitivity to prevail. I am not first and foremost a Latino talk show host. I happen to be a talk show host who is Latino.

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You were a negotiator for Irwindale's bid to land the L.A. Raiders several years ago. What do you think of the rumor du jour, which has the team moving from the Coliseum to a new stadium adjacent to Hollywood Park?

\o7 (Laughing) \f7 As one of the few who really understands the complexities of putting a stadium deal together, and knowing how preoccupied L.A. is with other issues, unless the NFL itself comes up with a big chunk of money, I don't see the Raiders moving anywhere else in L.A.

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