Jorge Seijo

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Jorge E. Seijo Figueroa (born 1942) is a radio and television personality.

Early years

Seijo was born and lived most of his life in

Fort Benning, Georgia and went on a tour of duty in the Vietnam War
soon after.

Radio career

Following the war, Seijo rejoined the army as a commissioned officer, stationed in Virginia, before returning to Puerto Rico. He assisted his wife in managing a family business while returning to radio, first as a news commentator in various local radio stations, then as a commentator and producer at WAPA, also known as "WAPA Radio". Philosophical differences with the radio station's owners made him switch to other radio stations (WQII [11-QRadio]; Super Cadena) before settling at WSKN-AM (1320 kHz).

For eleven years, Seijo hosted a program called Puerto Rico Matutino (Morning Puerto Rico) and Hora Siete in WSJU (Canal 30) in Puerto Rico, until Mega TV bought the station and canceled it. For fourteen years he hosted a radio Program in WSKN AM, Radio Isla 1320 called "Hay que tener verguenza".[1]

Later years

On September 2, 2007 Jorge Seijo's wife, Pharmacist Ivette Claudio, died due to a

heart attack while getting out of a swimming pool
in a party hosted by them at their home in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico.

In 2008, Jorge Seijo remarried Claribel Santiago Lugo one year and a half after his wife's death. Seijo has a daughter, María del Pilar (Maripi) and a son Jorge Efraín; 7 grand children: Gabriel Antonio and Grecia Cristina Villafañe-Seijo; Sofía Alejandra and Andrea Natalia Seijo-Román; José Orlando Claudio-Seijo; Estefanía Teresa and Ivette Lucile.

Jorge Seijo has a recorded message play on an almost every day basis at Puerto Rico's popular television show,

Hector Travieso
for live appearances occasionally

Jorge Seijo is a member of Phi Delta Gamma, a Puerto Rican fraternity founded in Mayagüez (1942).

See also

References

  1. ^ He resigned Radio Isla in April 2017 Ecomplanet