Lotus Communications

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Lotus Communications Corporation
Company typePrivate
Industry Broadcasting
Founded1962;63 years ago (1962)
Headquarters
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.

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Radio

As of November 2017, Lotus has a total of 34 stations in Arizona, California, and Nevada.

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

California

Los Angeles

Bakersfield

Fresno

Sacramento

San Diego

Idaho

Boise

Nevada

Las Vegas

Reno

Washington

Seattle

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]

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KTGV is a radio station licensed to Oracle, Arizona, and serving the Tucson, Arizona area. Owned by Bustos Media, it currently broadcasts a rhythmic oldies format.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">KNWN-FM</span> Radio station in Oakville, Washington

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">KHIT-FM</span> Radio station in Madera–Fresno, California

KHIT-FM is a radio station airing a Spanish adult contemporary format. Licensed to Madera, California, United States, the station serves the Fresno area. It first began broadcasting in 1990 under the call sign KJDN. The station is currently owned by Lotus Communications. Its studios are located just north of downtown Fresno, and the transmitter tower is near Yosemite Lakes, California.

KSAC is a Class B radio station in Olivehurst, California, operating with 10,000 watts of power during the day and 270 watts at night. The station is owned by Lotus Communications through licensee Lotus Sacramento Corp. and targets the Sacramento area. KSAC's programming previously was entirely devoted to The Rob, Anybody, and Dawn Show. It also broadcasts via translator K284CM on 104.7 MHz, licensed to Sacramento.

References

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