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Entravision Communications

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Entravision Communications Corp.
Company typePublic
NYSEEVC
Russell 2000 component
IndustryMedia and Entertainment
Founded1996; 29 years ago (1996)
FounderWalter Ulloa
Headquarters,
United States
Key people
Michael Christenson (CEO)
Jeffrey A. Liberman (President and COO)
OwnerWilliam F. McCarter (71%), Walter Ulloa estate (12%)[1]
TelevisaUnivision (10%)[1][2]
Philip Wilkinson (5%)[1]
Paul Zevnik (4%)[1]
Websiteentravision.com

Entravision Communications Corporation is an American media company based in Santa Monica, California. Entravision primarily caters to the Spanish-speaking Hispanic community and owns television and radio stations and outdoor media, in several of the top Hispanic 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.[citation needed]

History

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On August 4, 2006, Entravision sold five of its radio stations in the DallasFort 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

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

Radio

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Market Callsign Frequency Branding
Aspen, Colorado KPVW 107.1FM La Tricolor
Denver, Colorado KJMN 92.1FM La Suavecita
KXPK 96.5FM La Tricolor
KMXA 1090AM TUDN Radio
El Centro, California KSEH 94.5FM La Suavecita
KMXX 99.3FM La Tricolor
El Paso, Texas KOFX 92.3FM The Fox
KINT-FM 93.9FM La Suavecita
KYSE 94.7FM Fuego
KHRO 1150AM La Suavecita
KSVE 1650AM TUDN Radio
Las Vegas, Nevada KRRN 92.7FM Fuego
KQRT 105.1FM La Tricolor
Los Angeles, California KLYY 97.5FM José
KDLD 103.1FM Viva
KDLE Viva
KSSC 107.1FM José
KSSD José
KSSE José
Lubbock, Texas KAIQ 95.5FM La Tricolor
KBZO 1460AM TUDN Radio
McAllen/Rio Grande Valley KFRQ 94.5FM Q (All Rock)
KKPS 99.5FM Fuego
KNVO-FM 101.1FM La Suavecita
KVLY 107.9FM RGV-FM
Miami, Florida WLQY 1320AM WLQY AM
Modesto, California KTSE-FM 97.1FM La Suavecita
KCVR-FM 98.9FM Fuego
Monterey/Salinas, California KLOK-FM 99.5FM La Tricolor
KSES-FM 107.1FM La Suavecita
KMBX 700AM ESNE Radio
Palm Springs, California KLOB 94.7FM La Suavecita
KPST-FM 103.5FM Fuego
Phoenix, Arizona KLNZ 103.5FM La Tricolor
KFUE 106.7FM Fuego
KVVA-FM 107.1FM La Suavecita
KBMB 710AM TUDN Radio
Reno, Nevada KRNV-FM 102.1FM La Tricolor
Sacramento, California KRCX-FM 99.9FM La Tricolor
KHHM 101.9FM Fuego
KNTY 103.5FM Real Country
KXSE 104.3FM La Suavecita
Santa Fe, New Mexico KRZY-FM 105.9FM La Suavecita
KRZY 1450AM TUDN Radio
Stockton, California KMIX 100.9FM La Tricolor

Television

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Market Callsign Channel Network Notes
Albuquerque, New Mexico KTFQ-TV 41 UniMás
KLUZ-TV 14 Univisión Station owned by Univisión and operated by Entravision under a local marketing agreement.
Boston, Massachusetts WUNI 66 Univisión Station owned by Univisión and operated by Entravision under a local marketing agreement.
WUTF-TV 27 UniMás
Colorado Springs, Colorado KVSN-DT 48 Univisión
KGHB-CD 27 UniMás
Corpus Christi, Texas KORO 28 Univisión
KCRP-CD 41 UniMás
Denver, Colorado KTFD-TV 50 UniMás
KCEC 14 Univisión Station owned by Univisión and operated by Entravision under a local marketing agreement.
El Centro, California KVYE 7 Univisión,
KAJB 54 UniMás Station owned by Calipatria Broadcasting Company and operated by Entravision under a Joint sales agreement.
El Paso, Texas KINT-TV 26 Univisión
KTFN 65 UniMás
Hagerstown, Maryland WJAL 68 Merit Street
Hartford, Connecticut WUVN 18 Univisión
WHTX-LD 43 Univisión
WUTH-CD 47 UniMás
Laredo, Texas KLDO-TV 27 Univisión
KXOF-CD 31 Fox
KETF-CD 39 UniMás,
Las Vegas, Nevada KINC 15 Univisión
KELV-LD 27 UniMás
KNTL-LD 15 Univisión
Lubbock, Texas KBZO-LD 51 Univisión
McAllen, Texas KXFX-CD 67 Fox Repeats KMBH-LD.
KCWT-CD 21 The CW Plus
PBS (DT4)
KTFV-CD 32 UniMás
KNVO 48 Univisión
KMBH-LD 67 Fox
The CW (DT2)
KFXV 60 Fox Repeats KMBH-LD.
Midland, Texas KUPB 18 Univisión
Salinas/Monterey, California KDJT-CD 33 UniMás
KSMS-TV 67 Univisión
Orlando, Florida WOTF-TV 26 Grit
Palm Springs, California KVER-CD 41 Univisión
KVES-LD 28 Univisión
KEVC-CD 5 UniMás
KMIR-TV 36 NBC
KPSE-LD 50 MyNetworkTV
Reno, Nevada KREN-TV 27 Univisión
KRNS-CD 46 UniMás
San Angelo, Texas KANG-LD 31 UniMás
KEUS-LD 41 Univisión
San Diego, California KBNT-CD 17 Univisión
KHAX-LD 17 Univisión
K03JB-D 17 Univisión
KDTF-LD 36 UniMás
XHDTV-TDT 49 Milenio Televisión Mexican station; owned by Televisora Alco and operated by Entravision.
Santa Barbara, California K10OG-D 10 UniMás
K17GD-D 17 Univisión
K32LT-D 28 Univisión
KTSB-CD 35 UniMás
KPMR 38 Univisión
Tampa, Florida WFTT-TV 62 Religious
Washington, D.C. WMDO-CD 47 LATV
Derby-Wichita-Hutchinson, Kansas KDCU-DT 46 Univisión

Other holdings

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

Formerly owned media properties

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Ownership Report for Commercial Broadcast Stations". Federal Communications Commission. December 19, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
  2. ^ "Summary of ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORP". Yahoo! Finance. March 10, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
  3. ^ "Entravision". Entravision.com. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  4. ^ "Calif. media company to buy Dallas radio stations". Dallas.bizjournals/com. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  5. ^ "Entravision Communications Corporation Completes Sale of Outdoor Advertising Operations". Reuters.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  6. ^ "ENTRAVISION COMM: Acquired Mega Comm.'s WNUE-FM" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 12, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  7. ^ "Entravision expands digital advertising unit with acquisition of Smadex". Media Moves. June 13, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  8. ^ "Leading Hispanic media company Entravision Communications Corp. acquires Cisneros Interactive". South Florida Business Journal. October 16, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  9. ^ "Entravision's National Radio Spot Services To Wind Down". Rbr.com. December 3, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2021.