This AI Radio Host Speaks Spanish and Backs Immigrants. It’s Winning Over Listeners

Oct 26, 2026 5:00 AM

Coyotec is bilingual, swears, and tells listeners how to defend themselves against ICE. Its popularity comes as more broadcasters are experimenting with artificial personalities.

Coyotec, an artificial intelligence radio cohost.Courtesy of Entravision

As footage of ICE raids, deportations, and protests flooded social media feeds throughout the summer of 2025 and into the following year, Eduardo Maytorena wasn’t sure what his team should do.

At the time, Maytorena was the LA station general manager for the broadcasting giant Entravision, which features programming in Spanish and English for Latino audiences. He and his fellow leaders were looking to the company's on-air personalities to say something in support of immigrants, but they realized how high the stakes were and how dangerous the situation was.

"We just felt really helpless," Maytorena, now Entravision's president of audio, says.

But there was one host who could offer Entravision’s audiences solace and speak freely without facing consequences—because it’s an artificially intelligent avatar.

“Thousands of families who have lived, worked, and contributed to the US for years today face more uncertainty,” Coyotec, an artificial host on LA’s José 97.5 FM, posted in Spanish on Instagram in early February 2026. “Being informed, organizing, and staying alert is key. No one is alone here.”

After debuting with a solo weekend show in September 2025, Coyotec now cohosts the station’s Al Aire y Sin Permiso program alongside human broadcaster Geraldine “GeeGee” Guzman. Coyotec sounds like your passionate tío: relatable, convivial, and occasionally consciousness-raising. Its Instagram presence similarly runs the gamut, with posts about everything from the Dodgers and taco histor, to the Iran war, migrant workers, racism, and understanding your rights if ICE knocks at your door.

Coyotec can respond to Guzman in real time but doesn’t have the ability to answer calls or respond to listeners on air—yet.

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