Latino Media Network, a new media company founded by social entrepreneurs Stephanie Valencia and Jess Morales Rocketto and backed by several Latino luminaries has announced it will acquire TelevisaUnivision’s radio properties in ten markets for $60 million.
The deal includes eighteen stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, McAllen, Fresno, and Las Vegas. The company has not yet specified what stations are included as TelevisaUnivision owns 39 stations across those ten markets.
The stations included in the deal are:
- New York – Spanish News/Talk 1280 WADO
- Los Angeles – Spanish News/Talk 1020 KTNQ
- Chicago – Spanish Sports “TUDN 1200” WRTO
- Dallas – Spanish Sports “TUDN 1270” KFLC Benbrook and Regional Mexican “99.1 Zona MX” KFZO Denton
- Houston – Spanish Sports “TUDN 1010” KLAT
- Miami – Spanish News/Talk “Radio Mambi” 710 WAQI and Spanish Sports “TUDN 1140” WQBA
- San Antonio – Tejano 1350 KXTN
- Las Vegas – Spanish CHR “Latino Mix 99.3” KRGT Sunrise Manor, Regional Mexican “Zona MX 103.5” KISF Las Vegas, and Spanish Sports “TUDN 870” KLSQ Whitney
- Fresno – Spanish AC “Amor 92.1” KRDA Clovis, Spanish Oldies “107.5 La Jefa” KOND Hanford, and Regional Mexican “107.9 Zona MX” KLLE North Fork
- McAllen – Spanish Sports “TUDN 1530” KGBT Harlingen, Spanish Oldies “Recuerdo 96.1” KBTQ, and Regional Mexican “La Jefa 98.5” KGBT-FM McAllen
Univision will retain its other stations in those markets plus its stations in Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, and Austin. The company recently announced a deal to divest their radio properties in Puerto Rico.
Lance Venta, RadioInsight (2022-06-03)