Entravision Communications Explained

Entravision Communications Corp.
Type:	Public
Traded As:	Russell 2000 component
Founder:	Walter Ulloa
Hq Location City:	Santa Monica, California
Hq Location Country:	United States
Key People:	Michael Christenson (CEO) Jeffrey A. Liberman (President and COO)
Footnotes:	^[1] ^[2]

Entravision Communications Corporation is an American media company based in Santa Monica, California. Entravision primarily caters to the Spanish-speaking Hispanic and Latino community and owns television and radio stations and outdoor media, in several of the top Hispanic and Latino markets. It is the largest affiliate group of the Univision and UniMás television networks.^[3] Entravision also owns a small number of English-language television and radio stations.

History

On August 4, 2006, Entravision sold five of its radio stations in the Dallas–Fort Worth area to Liberman Broadcasting.^[4] On May 16, 2008, the company sold its outdoor media division, whose operations were primarily based in New York and Los Angeles, to Lamar Advertising Company.^[5]

In 2007, Entravision Communications Corporation acquired Spanish-language radio station WNUE-FM serving the Orlando, Florida, market from Mega Communications for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $24 million.^[6]

On 2018, Entravision acquired Barcelona based DSP Smadex.^[7]

In October 2020, the company announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Latin American digital media company Cisneros Interactive from Grupo Cisneros.^[8]

Business

The company owns multiple radio and television stations, and a sales and marketing business.

Radio

BRANDS on Radio and El Boton App

La Tricolor: Regional Mexican (10 Stations Owned) (1 Station By Beasley Broadcast Group)

La Suavecita: Regional Mexican and Spanish Adult Hits (11 Stations)

Fuego: Spanish Urban / Reggaeton (7 Stations)

TUDN Radio

Spanish Sports (5 Stations)

José: Regional Mexican, Spanish Adult Hits and Ranchera (2 Stations)

Viva: Cumbias, Reggaeton, Spanish AC and Salsa (1 Station)

The Fox: Classic Hits (1 Station)

RGV: 80s & 90s Hits (1 Station)

Q: Classic Rock (1 Station)

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Super Estrella: Spanish rock and Spanish AC

Radio Romántica: Spanish romantic ballads, Spanish Adult Hits and Ranchera

Tocada Alternativa: Spanish alternative rock

La Plebona: Corridos Tumbados and Regional Mexican

Callsign	Frequency	Branding
	107.1FM / 104.3FM	La Tricolor
	92.1FM	La Suavecita
	96.5FM	La Tricolor
	1090AM	TUDN Denver
	94.5FM	La Suavecita
	99.3FM	La Tricolor
	92.3FM	The Fox
	93.9FM	La Suavecita
	94.7FM	Fuego
	1150AM	La Suavecita
	1650AM	TUDN El Paso
	93.5FM / 99.1FM/ 105.1HD2FM	La Tricolor *Owned By Beasley Broadcast Group
	92.7FM	Fuego
	105.1FM	La Tricolor
	97.5FM	José
	103.1FM	Viva
	103.1FM	Viva
	107.1FM	José
		José
		José
	95.5FM	La Tricolor
	1460AM	TUDN Lubbock
	94.5FM	Q (All Rock)
	99.5FM	Fuego
	101.1FM	La Suavecita
	107.9FM	RGV-FM
	1320AM	WLQY AM
	97.1FM	La Suavecita
	98.9FM	Fuego
KLOK-FM / K260AA	99.5FM / 99.9FM	La Tricolor
	107.1FM	La Suavecita
	700AM	ESNE Radio
	94.7FM	La Suavecita
	103.5FM	Fuego
	103.5FM	La Tricolor
	106.7FM	Fuego
	107.1FM	La Suavecita
	710AM	TUDN Phoenix
	102.1FM	La Tricolor
	99.9FM	La Tricolor
	101.9FM	Fuego
	103.5FM	Real Country
	104.3FM	La Suavecita
	105.9FM	La Suavecita
	1450AM	TUDN Albuquerque
	100.9FM	La Tricolor

Television

Channel	Network	Notes
41
14		Station owned by Univision and operated by Entravision under a local marketing agreement.
66		Station owned by Univision and operated by Entravision under a local marketing agreement.
27
48
27
28
41
50
14		Station owned by Univision and operated by Entravision under a local marketing agreement.
7
54		Station owned by Calipatria Broadcasting Company and operated by Entravision under a Joint sales agreement.
26
65
68
18
43
47
27
31
39
15
27
15
51
67		Repeats KMBH-LD.
21	The CW Plus PBS (DT4)
32
48
67	Fox The CW (DT2)
60		Repeats KMBH-LD.
18
33
67
26		Station operated by WAPA Media under a time brokerage agreement and owned by Entravision.
41
28
5
36
50
27
46
31
41
17
17
17
36
10
17
28
35
38
62
47
46

Other holdings

Entravision Solutions (50 percent) – National spot radio advertising representative specializing in Spanish-language stations; co-owned with Lotus Communications.^[9]

Formerly owned media properties

New York City – El Diario La Prensa (now owned by ImpreMedia)
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas – KTCY 101.7 FM (sold to Liberman Broadcasting)
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas – KRVA La Buena 1600 (sold to Mortenson Broadcasting)
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas – KZMP Radio Saalam Namaste FM 104.9/AM 1540 (sold to Liberman Broadcasting)
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas – KZZA Casa 106.7 FM (sold to Liberman Broadcasting)
San Jose, California – KBRG 100.3 FM "Radio Romántica" (sold to Univision Radio Network)
San Jose, California – KLOK 1170 AM (sold to Univision Radio Network)
Salinas, California - KCBA (sold to News-Press & Gazette Company)
New York, New York – Vista Media Group, an outdoor advertising division (sold to Lamar Advertising Company)
Reno, Nevada – KNVV-LP (license cancelled by FCC May 23, 2014)
Tampa, Florida – WVEA-LP (license cancelled by FCC April 22, 2015)
Denver, Colorado – KDVT-LP (license cancelled by FCC September 13, 2017)
Albuquerque, New Mexico – KTFA-LP (license cancelled by FCC January 17, 2018)
Las Vegas, Nevada – KMCC (sold to Ion Media Networks on April 3, 2020)
Mesquite, etc., Nevada - KWWB-LP (license cancelled by FCC July 10, 2021)
San Diego, California – KTCD-LP (license cancelled by FCC on August 9, 2021)
Orlando, Florida - WNUE-FM (sold to Radio Training Network on July 20, 2021)
Houston, Texas - KGOL (sold to FM Media Ventures on August 30, 2021)
McAllen, Texas - XHRIO-TDT (license cancelled by IFT December 31, 2021)
El Centro, California - KWST (sold to El Sembrador Ministries on May 26, 2022)

References

Web site: Ownership Report for Commercial Broadcast Stations. Federal Communications Commission. September 24, 2014. December 19, 2013.
Web site: Summary of ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORP.. Yahoo! Finance. September 24, 2014. March 10, 2014.
Web site: Entravision. Entravision.com. 4 April 2018.
Web site: Calif. media company to buy Dallas radio stations. Dallas.bizjournals/com. November 8, 2021.
Web site: Entravision Communications Corporation Completes Sale of Outdoor Advertising Operations. https://archive.today/20120918223525/http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/05/19/idUS126783+19-May-2008+PRN20080519. dead. Reuters.com. 18 September 2012. 8 November 2021.
Web site: ENTRAVISION COMM: Acquired Mega Comm.'s WNUE-FM. 2013-06-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20131212174836/http://securities.stanford.edu/1038/ORBC_01/2009720_r01o_07CV04517.pdf. 2013-12-12. dead.
Web site: Entravision expands digital advertising unit with acquisition of Smadex . Media Moves . June 13, 2018 . March 2, 2021.
Web site: Leading Hispanic media company Entravision Communications Corp. acquires Cisneros Interactive . South Florida Business Journal. October 16, 2020 . March 2, 2021.
Web site: Entravision's National Radio Spot Services To Wind Down . Rbr.com. December 3, 2019 . March 3, 2021.