ZUUS Latino

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ZUUS Latino
Type Broadcast television network
Country
AvailabilityDefunct
OwnerZUUS Media
Launch date
November 2013
DissolvedJanuary 2016
Official website
zuus.com

ZUUS Latino was an American digital broadcast television network that was owned by Zuus Media. The network specialized in broadcasting Spanish music videos; its playlist of videos extended from the 1990s through the present day. The network also aired occasional informercials in prime time and other high-dollar day parts. It operated from November 2013 to January 2016.

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History

In 2013, Zuus Media had purchased The Country Network, renaming it ZUUS Country, and had plans to launch a number of ZUUS-branded music video channels of various formats; ZUUS Latino was the only other format to ever make it to air. [1]

In January 2016, Zuus Media folded. ZUUS Country was sold off and reverted to its previous brand as The Country Network; [2] [3] ZUUS Latino was shut down.

Former affiliates

The following list is of all of the former affiliates that carried ZUUS Latino from its launch in November 2013, until its closure in January 2016. [4]

Chan Callsign MarketOperatorNotes
28.01 KFTL-CD San Francisco, California LocusPoint Networks Replaced with Chinese programming
27.3 WUNI Boston, Massachusetts Entravision Currently silent
47.3 WMDO Washington, D.C.
49.7 KSAO Sacramento, California Cocola BroadcastingReplaced with The Family Channel
62.3 WVEA Tampa, Florida EntravisionCurrently silent
29.4 WRCF Orlando, Florida LocusPoint NetworksReplaced with The Country Network
39.4 KMSG Fresno, California Cocola BroadcastingCurrently silent
41.4 KLUZ Albuquerque, New Mexico Entravision
65.3 KTFN El Paso, Texas
67.4 KSMS Monterey, California
38.4 KPMR Santa Barbara, California
49.4 KZAK Boise, Idaho Cocola Broadcasting
46.2 KRNS Reno, Nevada Entravision
28.4 KORO Corpus Christi, Texas
18.2 KUPB Odessa, Texas Replaced with LATV
7.3 KVYE Yuma, Arizona Currently silent
27.3 KLDO Laredo, Texas

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References

  1. ZUUS Media Announces The Launch Of Its Next Generation Music Video Network, PR Newswire, May 20, 2013.
  2. "The Country Network Returns On-Air, Online". TVNewsCheck.com. May 2, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  3. [ The Country Network returns onair & online]
  4. rabbitears.info ZUUS Latino