Lotus Communications

Lotus Communications Corporation
Lotus Communications Corporation
Type	Private
Industry	Broadcasting
Founded	1962; 64 years ago
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California
Key people	Howard Kalmenson (CEO)
Website	www.lotuscorp.com

Lotus Communications Corporation is a media company that owns numerous radio stations and a few TV stations, and is one of the largest privately owned radio station groups in the United States. Headquarters are located in Los Angeles, and the company's President and CEO is Howard Kalmenson.

Radio

As of May 2025^[update], Lotus has a total of 36 stations in Arizona, California, Nevada, Idaho and Washington (State).

In August 2018, Lotus announced that it would acquire Scripps' Tucson and Boise clusters for $8 million. To comply with ownership limits due to its existing stations in Tucson, Lotus divested KQTH and KTGV.

In June 2021, Sinclair Broadcast Group agreed to sell KOMO (AM), KOMO-FM, KVI and KPLZ to Lotus Communications for $18 million. Sinclair retained KOMO-TV, plus rights to the KOMO call letters.

Arizona

Tucson

KFFN AM 1490 / KMXZ HD-4 FM 94.9 - ESPN Tucson (Sports)
K232FD FM 94.3 / KTKT AM 990 - La Buena (Spanish Oldies)
K239CF FM 95.7 / KCMT FM 92.1 - La Caliente (Regional Mexican)
KMXZ-FM 94.9 - Mixfm (Adult Contemporary)
KLPX FM 96.1 - KLPX (Classic Rock)
KFMA FM 102.1 - Rock KFMA (Active Rock)
K227DX FM 93.3 / KLPX-HD3 FM 96.1 - Hank FM (Classic Country)

California

Los Angeles

KWKW AM 1330 - La Primera (Spanish Sports Talk)
KTMZ AM 1220 - Simulcast Of KWKW For The Inland Empire
KIRN AM 670 - Radio Irán (Ethnic Iranian)
KFWB AM 980 - La Mera Mera (Classic Regional Mexican)

Bakersfield

K229CD FM 93.7 / KCHJ AM 1010 - El Gallito (Ranchera & Norteña Oldies)
KQKZ FM 92.1 - Retro (Bilingual Adult Contemporary)
KIWI FM 102.9 - Radio Lobo (Regional Mexican)
KPSL-FM 96.5 - Grupera (Retro Regional Mexican)

Fresno

KOKO-FM FM 94.3 - La Mera Mera (Regional Mexican Oldies)
KSEQ FM 97.1 - Q (Rhythmic Contemporary)
KLBN FM 101.9 - La Buena (Regional Mexican)
KKBZ FM 105.1 - Caliente (Hispanic Rhythmic)
KHIT-FM 107.1 - Exitos (Spanish Adult Hits)

Sacramento

K284CM FM 104.7 / KSAC AM 890 - Fox Sports (Sports)
KVMX-FM 92.1 - La Ranchera (Ranchera & Classic Regional Mexican)
KSAC-FM 105.5 - Simulcast Of KVMX-FM

San Diego

KFBG FM 100.7 - Frontera (Regional Mexican)

Idaho

Boise

KRVB 94.9 - The River (Adult Album Alternative)
KQXR 100.3 - The X (Active Rock)
KJOT 105.1 - Jack FM (Adult Hits)
KTHI 107.1 - Hank FM (Classic Country)

Nevada

Las Vegas

KENO AM 1460 - Deportes Vegas (Spanish Sports)
KRLV AM 920 - Raider Nation Radio (Sports)
KOMP FM 92.3 - KOMP (Active Rock)
KXPT FM 97.1 - The Point (Classic Rock)
KWID FM 101.9 - La Buena (Spanish Adult Hits)
K265EZ FM 100.9 / KWWN AM 1100 - ESPN Las Vegas (Talk/Sports)
KLAV AM 1230 - VSIN Las Vegas The Game (Sports)
K234BS FM 94.7 / KOMP-HD2 FM 92.3 /KKGK AM 1340 - Fox Sports (Talk/Sports)
K255CT FM 98.9 / KXPT-HD2 FM 97.1 - Hank FM (Classic Country)

Reno

KPLY AM 630 - Fox Sports (Sports)
KFOY AM 1060 - Radio For America (Conservative Talk)
K231CS FM 94.1 / KHIT AM 1450 - ESPN Radio (Talk/Sports)
K232EA FM 94.3 / KTHX-FM 94.5 - Qué Buena (Regional Mexican)
KXZZ FM 100.1 - Hank FM (Classic Country)
KDOT FM 104.5 - Rock (Active Rock)
KOZZ-FM 105.7 - KOZZ FM (Classic Rock)

Washington

Seattle

KVI AM 570 - Talk Radio (Conservative Talk)
KNWN AM 1000 - Northwest News Radio (All-News)
KNWN-FM 97.7 - FM Simulcast Of KNWN (AM) Seattle
KPLZ-FM 101.5 - Hank FM (Classic Country)

Television

All of Lotus' television stations are affiliated with Multimedios Television, Telemax & Mira TV.

On June 4, 2021, it was announced that Lotus Communications would sell KHLM-LD to the Christian Television Network for $1.1 million. The sale was completed on August 18.

On March 11, 2022, Gray Television (owner of CBS affiliate KPHO-TV and independent station KTVK) filed an application to acquire KPHE-LD for $1.75 million. The sale was completed on May 4. Lotus had previously reached a deal to sell to Sovryn Holdings for $2 million, which was not consummated, as part of its exit from the few low-power TV stations it still owned.

References

↑ "Lotus Grabs Scripps' Stations In Two Markets". Radio & Television Business Report. August 7, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
↑ "More Details On Lotus' Purchase Of Sinclair's Seattle Radio Properties". RadioInsight. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
↑ Venta, Lance (December 18, 2024). "Lotus Communications To Acquire KFBG San Diego". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
↑ "Assignments". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
↑ "Notification of Consummation". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. August 18, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
↑ "Assignments". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. March 11, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
↑ "Notification of Consummation". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. May 4, 2022. Archived from the original on January 25, 2023. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
↑ Jacobson, Adam (July 21, 2021). "Philip Falcone's New Venture Snags Another LPTV Property". Radio and Television Business Report. Archived from the original on September 29, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2023.

External links

Lotus Home Page

[1] "Lotus Grabs Scripps' Stations In Two Markets". Radio & Television Business Report. August 7, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.

[2] "More Details On Lotus' Purchase Of Sinclair's Seattle Radio Properties". RadioInsight. Retrieved June 19, 2021.

[3] Venta, Lance (December 18, 2024). "Lotus Communications To Acquire KFBG San Diego". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 19, 2024.

[khlmtoctn-4] "Assignments". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.

[5] "Notification of Consummation". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. August 18, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2021.

[kphetogray-6] "Assignments". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. March 11, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.

[7] "Notification of Consummation". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. May 4, 2022. Archived from the original on January 25, 2023. Retrieved May 9, 2022.

[8] Jacobson, Adam (July 21, 2021). "Philip Falcone's New Venture Snags Another LPTV Property". Radio and Television Business Report. Archived from the original on September 29, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2023.