Hispanic Radio Podcast: Lures In Spanish, And English

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Lotus Communications President Jim Kalmenson is widely known across the West Coast of the U.S. as the leader of a family-run business with a diverse portfolio of radio stations that includes Classic Rock and Active Rock FMs in Tucson, a Classic Rocker in Las Vegas, and a Farsi-language format targeting Persians across Southern California.


However, it is Lotus’ Spanish-language stations that stand out in many ways, from the rebirth of the legendary KFWB-AM 980 in Los Angeles as a “classic ranchera” music format to the establishment of clustermate KWKW-AM 1330 as America’s leading ESPN Deportes Radio affiliate.

Lotus Communications benefits from Hispanic listenership to both its English-language and Spanish-language stations in such markets as Tucson, Fresno, Las Vegas, and Reno, Nevada. But what makes Lotus’ Spanish-language stations such a vibrant part of the company’s holdings?

Kalmenson has a simple explanation: “We’re West Coast-centric. It’s not too complicated, looking at the demographics of that area, to see that our region is heavily Hispanic. We like having a diverse portfolio.”

There are multiple reasons, all positive, why Spanish-language radio is championed by Kalmenson, and he shares some of them in this Hispanic Radio Podcast hosted by RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson.

What continues to drive revenue for Lotus’ Hispanic radio stations?
Is there something that sticks out with an advertiser that says, “Wow … they get Hispanic radio?”

Click here for add to your intelligence on the power of Hispanic radio:

Note: This is an encore podcast recorded May 22, 2018. 


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