Lotus Communications Last updated July 14, 2025 American radio and television broadcast company
Lotus Communications Corporation Company type Private Industry Broadcasting Founded 1962; years ago (1962 ) Headquarters Key people
Howard Kalmenson (CEO) Website www
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] 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 . [ 1]
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. [ 2]
Arizona Tucson KFFN AM 1490 / KMXZ HD-4 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 - Noticias & Deportes (Spanish Talk & Sports) 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) San Diego KFBG (FM) FM 100.7 - Frontera (Regional Mexican) Bakersfield KWAC AM 1490 - Tu Liga Radio (Spanish Sports) 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 - Ritmo FM (Spanish Rhythmic) Fresno KGST AM 1600 - Multicultural (Brokered Programming) 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) [ 3] 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) K255CT FM 98.9 / KKGK AM 1340 - Fox Sports (Talk/Sports) K234BS FM 94.7 / 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. [ 4] The sale was completed on August 18. [ 5]
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. [ 6] The sale was completed on May 4. [ 7] 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. [ 8]
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
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