Lotus Communications


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

, Lotus has a total of 36 stations in Arizona, California, Nevada, Idaho and Washington.
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.
In June 2021, Sinclair Broadcast Group agreed to sell KOMO, KOMO-FM, KVI and KPLZ to Lotus Communications for $18 million. Sinclair retained KOMO-TV, plus rights to the KOMO call letters.

Arizona

Tucson

Los Angeles

  • KWKW AM 1330 - La Primera
  • KTMZ AM 1220 - Simulcast Of KWKW For The Inland Empire
  • KIRN AM 670 - Radio Irán
  • KFWB AM 980 - La Mera Mera

    Bakersfield

  • KWAC AM 1490 - La Primera
  • K229CD FM 93.7 / KCHJ AM 1010 - El Gallito
  • KQKZ FM 92.1 - Retro
  • KIWI FM 102.9 - Radio Lobo
  • KPSL-FM 96.5 - Ritmo FM

    Fresno

  • KOKO-FM FM 94.3 - La Mera Mera
  • KSEQ FM 97.1 - Q
  • KLBN FM 101.9 - La Buena
  • KKBZ FM 105.1 - Caliente
  • KHIT-FM 107.1 - Exitos

    Sacramento

  • K284CM FM 104.7 / KSAC AM 890 - Fox Sports
  • KVMX-FM 92.1 - La Ranchera
  • KSAC-FM 105.5 - Simulcast Of KVMX-FM
San Diego

Boise

  • KRVB 94.9 - The River
  • KQXR 100.3 - The X
  • KJOT 105.1 - Jack FM
  • KTHI 107.1 - Hank FM

    Nevada

Las Vegas

  • KENO AM 1460 - Deportes Vegas
  • KRLV AM 920 - Raider Nation Radio
  • KOMP FM 92.3 - KOMP
  • KXPT FM 97.1 - The Point
  • KWID FM 101.9 - La Buena
  • K265EZ FM 100.9 / KWWN AM 1100 - ESPN Las Vegas
  • KLAV AM 1230 - VSIN Las Vegas The Game
  • K234BS FM 94.7 / KOMP-HD2 FM 92.3 /KKGK AM 1340 - Fox Sports
  • K255CT FM 98.9 / KXPT-HD2 FM 97.1 - Hank FM

    Reno

  • KPLY AM 630 - Fox Sports
  • KFOY AM 1060 - Radio For America
  • K231CS FM 94.1 / KHIT AM 1450 - ESPN Radio
  • K232EA FM 94.3 / KTHX-FM 94.5 - Qué Buena
  • KXZZ FM 100.1 - Hank FM
  • KDOT FM 104.5 - Rock
  • KOZZ-FM 105.7 - KOZZ FM

    Washington

Seattle

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. The sale was completed on August 18.
On March 11, 2022, Gray Television filed an application to acquire KPHE-LD for $1.75 million. The sale was completed on May 4. 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.