Entravision Communications Corporation is an American media company based in

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. Entravision primarily caters to the

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-speaking

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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 Univision () is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television, free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the L ...

and

UniMás UniMás (, stylized as ''UNIMÁS'', and originally known as TeleFutura from its launch on January 14, 2002, to January 6, 2013) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television, free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. ...

television networks. Entravision also owns a small number of

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television and radio stations.

History

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

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–

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area to

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. On May 16, 2008, the company sold its outdoor media division, whose operations were primarily based in

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and

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, to Lamar Advertising Company. In 2007, Entravision Communications Corporation acquired Spanish-language radio station WNUE-FM serving the

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, market from Mega Communications for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $24 million. On 2018, Entravision acquired Barcelona based DSP Smadex. In October 2020, the company announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Latin American digital media company Cisneros Interactive from

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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) :La Suavecita: Spanish Adult Hits (11 Stations) :Fuego: Urban / Reggaeton (7 Stations) :TUDN Radio: Spanish Sports (5 Stations) :José: Regional Mexican, Spanish Adult Hits And Ranchera (2 Stations) :Viva: Cumbias, Reggaeton, & Salsa (1 Station) :The Fox: Classic Hits (1 Station) :RGV: 80s & 90s Hits (1 Station) :Q: Classic Rock (1 Station) *ONLINE ONLY On Elboton.com Or El Boton App :Super Estrella: Spanish Rock & Pop :Radio Romántica: Romantic Ballads :Tocada Alternativa: Alternative Rock :La Plebona: Corridos Tumbados & More

Television

Other holdings

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

Formerly owned media properties

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–

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(now owned by

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) * Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas – KTCY 101.7 FM (Sold to

) * 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) *

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– KBRG 100.3 FM " Radio Romántica" (Sold to

) *

– KLOK 1170 AM (Sold to Univision) *

Salinas, California Salinas (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Salt pan (geology), Salt Flats") is a city in the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Monterey County, California, Monterey County. With a population of 163,542 in the 2020 Census, Salinas is ...

- KCBA (sold to

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) *

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– Vista Media Group, an outdoor advertising division (Sold to Lamar Advertising Company) *

Reno, Nevada Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border. It is the county seat and most populous city of Washoe County, Nevada, Washoe County. Sitting in the High Eastern Sierra foothills, ...

– KNVV-LP (license cancelled by FCC May 23, 2014) *

Tampa, Florida Tampa ( ) is a city on the Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. Tampa's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and t ...

– WVEA-LP (license cancelled by FCC April 22, 2015) *

Denver, Colorado Denver ( ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county, consolidated city and county, the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous city of the U.S. state of ...

– KDVT-LP (license cancelled by FCC September 13, 2017) *

Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque ( ; ), also known as ABQ, Burque, the Duke City, and in the past 'the Q', is the List of municipalities in New Mexico, most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico, and the county seat of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, Bernal ...

– KTFA-LP (license cancelled by FCC January 17, 2018) *

Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas, colloquially referred to as Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-l ...

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KMCC KMCC (channel 34), branded The Spot Vegas 34, is an independent television station licensed to Laughlin, Nevada, United States, serving the Las Vegas area. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, E.W. Scripps Company alongside American Broad ...

(Sold to Ion Media Networks on April 3, 2020) * Mesquite, etc., Nevada - KWWB-LP (license cancelled by FCC July 10, 2021) *

San Diego, California San Diego ( , ) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.4 million, it is the List of United States cities by population, eighth-most populous city in t ...

– KTCD-LP (license cancelled by FCC on August 9, 2021) *

- WNUE-FM (Sold to Radio Training Network on July 20, 2021) *

Houston, Texas Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

- KGOL (Sold to FM Media Ventures on August 30, 2021) *

McAllen, Texas McAllen is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Hidalgo County. It is located at the southern tip of the state in the Rio Grande Valley, on the Mexican border. The city limits extend south to the Rio Grande, acros ...

- XHRIO-TDT (license cancelled by IFT December 31, 2021) *

El Centro, California El Centro ( Spanish for "The Center") is a city and county seat of Imperial County, California, United States. El Centro is the most populous city in the Imperial Valley, the east anchor of the Southern California Border Region, and the core ...

- KWST (Sold to El Sembrador Ministries on May 26, 2022)

References

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