57-635: Uforia Audio Network ( / juː ˈ f ɔːr i ə / ) is the radio broadcasting and music events division of TelevisaUnivision USA . Formerly known as Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation and Univision Radio , it is the eighth-largest radio broadcaster in the United States, and the largest specifically catering to Hispanic and Latino Americans . The company is headquartered in Los Angeles . Univision, previously known as Hispanic Broadcasting Corp. (between 2000 and September 22, 2003) and Heftel Broadcasting Corp,
114-565: A news channel operated as a joint venture with Disney–ABC Television Group . On January 7, 2013, TeleFutura rebranded as UniMás . In May 2013, Univision announced an investment in Robert Rodriguez 's new English-language cable channel El Rey Network . In 2014, UCI launched Univision Mobile, La Fabrica and TheFlama.com and also continued to increase the reach of Univision Deportes, Fusion, and El Rey. Also in 2014, UCI expanded its partnership with Hulu , building on its launch as
171-503: A Spanish-language sports network, which launched on April 19, 2017 and was renamed TUDN Radio on July 20, 2019. KFLC also signed up to air Texas Rangers baseball games until at least 2019. (KESS had previously broadcast Rangers games from 1999 to 2010.) KFLC continued to carry Dallas Mavericks games as well as adding FC Dallas soccer games. This move filled the Spanish Sports hole after KZMP 1540 AM swapped from ESPN Deportes Radio to
228-503: A Univision/Pivot co-production. The Radio & Television News Association of Southern California (RTNA) also recognized Univision Noticias with eight Golden Mikes including the top honor, Broadcast Legend Award to Univision News anchor María Elena Salinas . Univision News anchor Jorge Ramos , described as "one of the most aggressive and influential newsmen in America" by Michael Scherer in his profile of Ramos published November 20, 2014,
285-417: A minority interest. Heftel set up Rodriguez-Heftel Texas broadcasting along with Marcos A. Rodriguez (owner of KESS and other Dallas area stations and son of Marcos Rodriguez, Sr.). Stations were purchased outright in Los Angeles , Chicago , Las Vegas , and New York . When HBC went public, Clear Channel Communications invested, taking in several steps up to a 20% interest. In 1996 Clear Channel tendered
342-446: A mixture of Televisa programming and regional programming from all four Mexico-based terrestrial networks. Foro is the only network that only has one full-time affiliate, XHTV , but some of Foro's programming can be found on most Televisa Regional television stations. TelevisaUnivision also operates a subsidiary called Televisa Networks (often recognized within the entertainment industry by its previous moniker, Visat). This subsidiary
399-440: A new company known as Latino Media Network (LMN); Univision proposed to handle operations for a year under agreement before turning over operational control to LMN in the fourth quarter of 2023. The sale was consummated on December 30, 2022. LMN took over operations of KFLC and sister station KFZO by the end of October 2023. Since March 2, 2022, KFLC--prior to its sale to Latino Media Network--aired Dallas Stars hockey games vs.
456-414: A new entity, HBCI, Inc which was its interactive online presence. HBCi created a network of bilingual radio station web sites and a network of bilingual local city guide sites focused on the local Hispanic consumer in each of the markets the radio stations operated. HBCI achieved the rare milestone of reaching profitability in the dotcom industry just prior to the merger with Univision. The company traded on
513-409: A new site that will allow a 10 fold increase in its population covered. This app was started nearly a decade ago and was granted based on tweaks in the application done in 2006. Former CFO Jeff Hinson observed once that the station upgrade activity had increased the company's enterprise value by "almost $ 1 billion" (at a point when the company was selling to UVN for 3.5B). In 1999, the company created
570-636: A new streaming platform featuring the Univision Radio stations and other exclusive content relating to Latino music. On March 5, 2019, Univision announced that it would re-launch the Uforia brand (with the new tagline "The Home of Latin Music"), and that the Univision Radio group had been officially renamed Uforia Audio Network. There are also plans to use the Uforia brand more extensively across platforms, including live events, as well as television programming. Some of
627-511: A rebuild, new towers, and a power increase to 50,000 watts. Matt Folkert at duTreil, Lundin and Rackley designed the new digital capable phasing and distribution system. Even before switching to the current all-sports format, KFLC was the first station to broadcast Dallas Mavericks basketball games in Spanish. By the early 2000s, KFLC began eliminating music programming most of the day to air local Spanish-language talk shows. Starting on July 4, 2012,
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#1732852178005684-486: A simulcast of an FM Regional Mexican station. KZMP later returned to ESPN Deportes, until that network shut down on September 8, 2019, leaving KFLC once again as the metroplex's lone Spanish sports station. On June 3, 2022, Univision announced it would sell a package of 18 radio stations across 10 of its markets, primarily AM outlets in large cities (including KFLC) and entire clusters in smaller markets such as McAllen, Texas , and Fresno, California , for $ 60 million to
741-521: A variety of awards, including Cynopsis Social Good Awards for its 2016 Vote For Your America campaign and its ongoing early childhood development initiative, Pequeños y Valiosos. Univision's sports network, Univision Deportes (TUDN) is recipient of two Sports Emmy Awards for Outstanding Live Sports Coverage in Spanish: 2014 FIFA World Cup and Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish: Fútbol Central by
798-456: A year, Heftel and Scott Ginsburg (Statewide Communications) merged their holdings into H & G Communications. In the early 90s, Heftel began to expand into more Spanish stations, and took steps to go public (new executive Carl Parmer). Heftel had a knack for making coalitions work, at least for a time, as in the H & G attempt. Heftel set up shop in Miami with local stations WAQI and WRTO, taking
855-496: Is a Class B regional station, that uses a directional antenna at all times from its transmitter site off East Lancaster Avenue (Route e xdzf e5fr180) in Fort Worth. During the day it operates with 50,000 watts , the maximum power permitted for U.S. AM radio stations. At night, when AM band signals travel much greater distances, it reduces power to 5,000 watts to limit interference to other stations broadcasting on 1270 AM . KFLC
912-530: Is a Mexican-American media company headquartered in Miami and Mexico City that owns American Spanish language broadcast network Univision and free-to-air channels in Mexico such as Las Estrellas , Canal 5 , Foro , and NU9VE alongside a collection of specialty television channels and production studios. 45% of the company is held by the Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company Grupo Televisa , which
969-677: Is licensed by iBiquity to broadcast a digital signal using the HD system. However, the HD signal shuts off at night. KFLC was also rebroadcasting on KDXX 's HD Radio subchannel 107.9 HD3 until Latino Media Network's full acquisition. KFLC's first license, with the sequentially issued callsign KFQB, was granted on May 12, 1924, to the Searchlight Publishing Company in Fort Worth, operating on 1180 kHz with 100 watts. (Some station accounts trace its history to an earlier station, WPA, operated by
1026-816: Is responsible for the distribution of TelevisaUnivision Mexico programs by satellite. It is Televisa Networks that distributes the Las Estrellas signal through satellite to Europe , Australia , and New Zealand . As of 2019, the subsidiary is currently known as Televisa Internacional with Televisa Networks being folded into the company's international division. Other channels under the Televisa Networks umbrella include: Aside from Televisa Networks, TelevisaUnivision also operates US-based cable channels: Notes: Footnotes: Univision and its executives have been recognized for their news, entertainment, humanitarian efforts and sports. Univision News has been recognized with
1083-658: The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex . The station is owned and operated by Latino Media Network, with studios located in the Univision 23 studios in the Arts District in Downtown Dallas . KFLC airs a Spanish language sports radio format , primarily airing programming from Univision's TUDN Radio Network, and also carries Spanish language play by play featuring Texas Rangers , Dallas Mavericks , and FC Dallas . KFLC
1140-537: The Fort Worth Record , which was first licensed on March 16, 1922, and deleted on May 24, 1923.) During the 1920s, the station's frequency assignment was changed multiple times, including, in 1927 alone, 590, 1150, 920, and 900 kHz. On November 11, 1928, as part of the implementation of the Federal Radio Commission 's General Order 40 , KFQB was assigned to 1240 kHz. KFQB was initially under
1197-602: The Peabody , Walter Cronkite and Gracies awards for its special "Entre el abandono y el rechazo"; the King of Spain International (Digital) Journalism Award for "Niños de la Frontera" part of Univision Noticia's La Huella Digital; and GLAAD Media Awards in the categories Outstanding Local TV Journalism for "Cobertura de Spirit Day" by Noticias 34 (KMEX-Univision 34) and Outstanding Documentary for "Identidad sin fronteras" part of Panorámica,
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#17328521780051254-735: The Hispanic community when network executives decided to air an exclusive hourlong interview with former President Donald Trump on Univision in Spanish and UNIMAS and ViX in English with Spanish subtitles, despite Trump's vulgar comments towards the Hispanic community. Many Latino celebrities, politicians, and activists have called for a boycott and branding the network as "MAGAvision". TelevisaUnivision's portfolio of properties consists of broadcast, cable, and digital networks, as well as consumer products and brand licensing. TelevisaUnivision provides programming throughout Mexico through four networks, and in
1311-573: The NASDAQ exchange under the symbol HBCCA. It moved to the New York Stock Exchange in May 2000. Stock traded as HSP. In mid-2002, Univision and HBC voted to merge. The approval process was long and controversial. The deal was approved and closed on September 22, 2003. After the merger of HBC and Univision, the division was renamed Univision Radio and Denver Colorado. In 2013, Univision launched Uforia,
1368-601: The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS); additionally, UDNs' President Juan Carlos Rodriguez has been bestowed the Sports Network Executive of the Year Navigator Award by Cynopsis, while UDN accepted awards in the categories 'Tech Innovation' and 'Best Spot Over:30.' KFLC KFLC (1270 AM ) is a commercial radio station licensed to Benbrook, Texas , and broadcasting to
1425-568: The Texas State Network. At this point, the network's General Manager, Elliott Roosevelt , arranged to purchase KTAT, which was operating with higher power than KFJZ. As part of the sales agreement, the license for the original KFJZ was surrendered and that station deleted. The staff from the original KFJZ was then transferred to the KTAT studios in the Hotel Texas, and on August 17, KTAT's call sign
1482-456: The United States via Univision and UniMás through local affiliates. 253 Mexican local television stations (54.8% of the total commercial stations), and 59 U.S. local television stations air programming from all six terrestrial networks. The six terrestrial networks are: TelevisaUnivision beams its terrestrial brands to affiliates. Some of its Mexico-based affiliates are owned by its parent Televisa through Televisa Regional network, airing
1539-528: The broadcast of Venevision telenovelas from Venezuela, & eventually, to the co-production partnership of Venevision International and Univision Communications of telenovelas. The consortium ended up selling Univision Communications for $ 13.7 billion in 2007. From September 1996 to April 2007, Univision Communications Inc. traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol UVN . In 2001, Univision Communications Inc. acquired USA Broadcasting,
1596-529: The call sign was changed to KTAT. A year later, the call sign was changed to KSAT, although a few months after that it was changed back to KTAT. In 1935, the station was briefly shifted to 570 kHz, before returning to 1240 kHz. The original KFJZ was first licensed in September 1923 to the 112th Cavalry of the Texas National Guard. By 1939, it was operating on 1370 kHz as the key outlet of
1653-989: The company (then known as Harbenito radio) added KCOR (AM) and KQXT (FM) in San Antonio. In 1981, the grandson of the founder, McHenry T. Tichenor, Jr., was named president of the company. He began focusing on its Spanish Language stations; Waco, Hollywood, and Phoenix were sold to their local managers. In 1987 Tichenor bought WOJO , a Spanish-language FM station serving Chicago . In 1984, the company sold KQXT in San Antonio to Westinghouse's Group W Broadcasting and purchased KLAT (AM) in Houston, Texas from Marcos Rodriguez, Sr. and Marcos A. Rodriguez . The KLAT purchase gave Tichenor access to top Spanish Radio talents Chuck Brooks, Ricardo del Castillo (who later became COO, retired and has since passed) and Gary Stone (former President of Univision Radio-retired). In 1985, WIND , Chicago and KYSR AM-FM El Paso were purchased. More stations were purchased in
1710-450: The company held by its investment group ownership, while minority owner Televisa would continue to hold its 36% stake. As a result, the company would be led by Davis as CEO, eventually replacing outgoing Vincent Sandusky. The sale was completed on December 29, 2020. On April 13, 2021, Televisa announced they would sell their media, content, and production assets to Univision. The new company would be known as TelevisaUnivision . As part of
1767-651: The deal was structured to give Perenchio a controlling 75% interest in Univision's station group and 50% ownership of the network itself; Azcárraga and the Cisneroses held a 25% stake in the network and a 12.5% stake in the station group. The deal placed Univision under common ownership with competing cable channel Galavisión , which the Azcárraga-run Grupo Televisa owned at the time. The Cisneroses' ownership of stake in Univision Communications led to
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1824-464: The first Spanish-language offering on Hulu in 2012. On August 16, 2016, Univision Communications purchased Gawker Media for $ 135 million. The sale included six Gawker blogs – Kotaku , Jalopnik , Lifehacker , Gizmodo (and its sub-site io9 ), Deadspin , and Jezebel – but not the flagship Gawker site, which shut down in late August. On September 21, 2016, the Gawker Media assets acquisition
1881-476: The following years, and the home office moved from Harlingen to Dallas, Texas. Mac Tichenor, Jr.'s brother, Warren (who would later serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations ), became general manager of the San Antonio stations in 1991. Heftel Broadcasting was founded by Cecil Heftel , whose family and in-laws all had been in the broadcasting business. His Heftel Broadcasting in the 1950s and early 1960s
1938-621: The next year until 2004, when it adopted KFLC. The station has operated from transmitter tower sites in Birdville (north east Fort Worth), 4801 West Vickery (now site of a school) in south west Fort Worth, and the present site on the Arlington /Fort Worth line. From 1976 to 2006, the station operated at 5,000 watts on six towers (nominal power while actual input was 5,400 watts by day and 4,600 by night). A refit spearheaded by station engineering manager Patrick Parks and VP/Engineering David Stewart led to
1995-510: The operations of some independent Latino stations into a network. In 1987, Nicolas sold his part of the company to Hallmark Cards , and the name was changed to Univision Holdings. By 1992, Hallmark re-incorporated the company to Univision Communications. On April 8, 1992, Hallmark sold Univision Communications to a group that included Los Angeles-based investor A. Jerrold Perenchio (a former partner in Norman Lear 's Embassy Communications , who
2052-627: The oversight of Reverend J. Frank Norris of the First Baptist Church. In early 1927, ownership was transferred to the Lone Star Broadcast Company, however, as part of this sale, which carried over to future owners, Norris retained the right to broadcast over the station on Sundays without charge. In late 1928, A. P. Barrett purchased the station after forming the Texas Air Transport Broadcast Company, and
2109-815: The rights to the Latin American Music Awards from Dick Clark Productions . On September 27, 2023, they partnered with the Republican National Committee , the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, FOX Business , and Rumble to host the second Republican presidential primary debate from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley , California . In November 2023, TelevisaUnivision faced serious backlash from Democrats and
2166-471: The shares owned by Heftel management. This got them about 62% of the company. They struck a deal to merge the new company with Tichenor Media, to be run by the Tichenor management. The deal closed in early 1997, and made for the first national Spanish Language broadcasting company. The new company was worth $ 1 billion at closing and owned 38 stations. Holding were expanded for the next several years. San Francisco
2223-565: The station became part of the Univision America Talk Radio network, and adopted the slogan "Univision America Dallas 1270". In 2015, KFLC ended the Univision America news/talk format in favor of Spanish-language Contemporary Christian music as "Amor Celestial 1270" (translated as "Heavenly Love 1270"). On December 20, 2016, Univision announced that KFLC would be a charter network affiliate of Univision Deportes Radio ,
2280-514: The station group of USA Networks, which included 13 full-power television stations. Most of these stations became part of a new network called TeleFutura, which it launched in 2002. Others joined Univision. In 2003, Univision completed the acquisition of Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation to form Univision Audio Network . Prior to 2007, its headquarters was in the Century City neighborhood of Los Angeles. In March 2007, Univision Communications
2337-752: The syndicated shows in the Uforia Audio Network include "El Show De Raul Brindis ", “El Bueno, La Mala y El Feo” (“The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”), "El Show de Omar y Argelia”, "El Free-Guey Show", "La Chula Y La Bestia' “El Hit Parade de América con Javier Romero”, "Todo Deportes con Broderick Zerpa", and “Intimo con Alberto Sardiñas ”. On June 3, 2022, Latino Media Network, a new media company founded by social entrepreneurs Stephanie Valencia and Jess Morales Rocketto and backed by several Latino luminaries including former Univision co-anchor Maria Elena Salinas announced it would acquire TelevisaUnivision’s radio properties in ten markets for $ 60 million. The purchase
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2394-615: The transaction completed on January 31 the same year. In February 2022, TelevisaUnivision announced the relaunch of ViX as a streaming platform featuring both an ad-supported and a subscription tier, with an intended rollout of the AVOD tier set for March 31, 2022. In September 2022, TelevisaUnivision completed the acquisition of American OTT streaming service Pantaya from Hemisphere Media Group in exchange for cash and select Puerto Rican radio assets, including San Juan-based WKAQ (AM) and WKAQ-FM . That same month, TelevisaUnivision acquired
2451-460: The transaction, Televisa kept the company's telecommunication and multichannel television service assets, as well as broadcast licenses for stations that air Televisa's four Mexican networks; the Mexican news operations were spun off into Tritón Comunicaciones. The merger was approved by Mexican Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) on September 15, 2021, and later by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on January 24, 2022, with
2508-523: Was a major programming partner for Univision until the company sold their content assets to Univision in 2022. Since its founding in the early 1960s as Spanish International Network (SIN), the United States' first Spanish language television network, the company has catered to Hispanic and Latino Americans . It is currently a multimedia conglomerate, with free-to-air and specialty, digital and audio networks, including 65 television stations, online and mobile apps and products. Univision Communications Inc.
2565-566: Was added in 1996. Phoenix was added in 1999, and Fresno in 2000. In May 2013, KAMA-FM has increased power to 10.5 kW. Other expanded and relocated stations include KFLC , KESS-FM and KDXX (FM) in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, KBBT and KGSX in the San Antonio area, KLQV San Diego , and WADO (AM) New York. KKMR in the Phoenix, AZ area was recently granted a CP to change from class A to class C3, at
2622-581: Was anchored by KIMN in Denver and KGMB AM and KGMB-TV in Honolulu . He added numerous large AM radio stations (KTNQ) and some promising FM stations (KLVE) before selling them in the seventies and eighties. Cecil Heftel was elected as a congressman representing Hawaii's first district in 1976; he would hold that office eleven years before resigning in 1987. During this time, his company was active, buying and selling stations in places like Indianapolis and Chicago. For about
2679-569: Was changed to KFJZ. On March 29, 1941, under the provisions of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement , most U.S. stations operating on 1240 kHz, including KFJZ, moved to 1270 kHz. During the 1960s and 1970s, KFJZ was a leading Top 40 station in Fort Worth. In 1980, it changed format to Music of Your Life adult standards , having moved the Top 40 format to KFJZ-FM 97.1. In 1984, KFJZ's call sign
2736-521: Was changed to KSSA. (The historic KFJZ call sign was then picked up by a Dallas station operating on AM 870.) Marcos A. Rodriguez purchased KSSA in November 1986 and moved a Regional Mexican music format from FM (see KLTY ) to the AM dial. AM 1270 has been a Spanish-language station since then under various call signs, becoming KESS from 1986 until 1990, when it briefly became KSBN, then returning to KESS starting
2793-496: Was completed and said assets were moved to Gizmodo Media Group . On May 30, 2018, Vincent Sadusky, formerly of Telemundo and the local station groups LIN Media and Media General , was appointed the new CEO of Univision, replacing outgoing Randy Falco. Under Sadusky, the company began to backpedal on its attempts to diversify into English-speaking markets, electing to focus more on its core Spanish-language properties targeting Hispanics. As part of this effort, Gizmodo Media Group
2850-686: Was consummated on December 30, 2022 Below is a list of radio stations that are currently owned by Univision. As of September 1, 2023, it owns 35 radio stations: 44 local stations in 14 different markets and the other 12 as national stations. Each section is in order by call sign. Phoenix Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco (including San Jose and Oakland) Miami Chicago New York City Austin Dallas/Fort Worth Houston San Antonio TelevisaUnivision (United States) TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as Univision Communications )
2907-484: Was divested to private-equity firm Great Hill Partners in April 2019. On July 20, 2019, Univision rebranded its Univision Deportes Network cable channel as TUDN, as part of a collaboration with its content partner Televisa. On February 25, 2020, private investment firms Searchlight Capital Partners and ForgeLight (launched by founder & CEO & ex- Viacom CFO Wade Davis) agreed to acquire 64% controlling stake in
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#17328521780052964-695: Was formed to house Univision.com, Univision Mobile, and an array of digital offerings. Univision On Demand also debuted in 2009, through distribution partners. That same year Univision also created Univision Studios, a new production arm focused on producing and co-producing content for the company's platforms. Randy Falco became Univision's CEO in 2011. Under Falco, the company began to expand its platforms, including launching new cable networks such as Univision Deportes Network and Univision Tlnovelas , as well as English-language properties targeting Hispanic audiences such as Flama (a YouTube channel featuring content aimed toward Hispanic young adults), and Fusion ,
3021-409: Was founded in 1962 ; 62 years ago ( 1962 ) , as Spanish International Communications Corporation (parent of Spanish International Network) by Rene Anselmo , an American-Mexican TV executive Emilio Nicolas Sr. , owner of KUAL-TV (now KWEX-DT ) in San Antonio , and Mexican radio-TV magnate Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta , head of Telesistema Mexicano (now Televisa ). They consolidated
3078-564: Was named to the 2015 TIME 100 , the magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Univision's former president and CEO, Randy Falco, has been recognized by National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) with Board of Trustees' Award and by Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), with a Champion Award. Univision is also the recipient of ReadyNation's 2015 Business Champion for Children Award. The company's social impact initiative Univision Contigo has been recognized with
3135-508: Was outbid by the Hallmark-led consortium for the network in 1987), Emilio Azcárraga Milmo, and brothers Ricardo and Gustavo Cisneros (co-owners of Venezuelan broadcaster Venevision ) for $ 550 million, in order to refocus its television operation efforts on cable provider Cencom Cable Associates, which it acquired the previous year for about $ 500 million. In order to comply with FCC rules on foreign ownership of television stations,
3192-470: Was sold to Broadcasting Media Partners, a group led by Haim Saban that included Madison Dearborn Partners, Providence Equity Partners ., TPG Capital, L.P. , Thomas H. Lee Partners , and Saban Capital Group . In May 2008, Univision Music Group was sold to Universal Music Group and combined with its Latin label to become Universal Music Latin Entertainment . In 2009, Univision Interactive Media
3249-842: Was the result of a February 14, 1997 merger of Tichenor Media System, Inc., a private company based in Dallas , Texas , and Heftel Broadcasting , a public company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tichenor had been in broadcasting since the 1940s. McHenry Tichenor operated a station (KGBS on 1240, later KGBT on 1530) in Harlingen, Texas. In 1950, they added KUNO Corpus Christi, Texas. Later station purchases were KIFN in Phoenix, Arizona; WGMA in Hollywood, Florida; & WACO-AM-FM and TV (construction permit) in Waco, Texas. In 1975,
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