Top Merengue Radio

Merengue is Dominican national music - it's woven into Dominican culture more completely than most genres are woven into their home countries. Top Merengue Radio programs what amounts to soundtrack for Dominican life. The station formats around merengue primarily, with bachata and other Latin music providing variety. Merengue's rhythmic structure and dance culture make it fundamentally social music. Dominican radio stations programming merengue recognize that they're programming something that organizes community social life, not just background sound. The music carries historical weight - mer…