Spanish Broadcasting System

Infobox_Company
company_name = Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.
company_
company_type = Public (nasdaq2|SBSA)
foundation = Newark, New Jersey, USA (1983)
location_city = Coconut Grove, Florida
location_country = United States
key_people = Raúl Alarcón, Jr., Chairman, CEO and President
Pablo Raúl Alarcón, Sr., Chairman Emeritus and Director
Joseph A. Garcia, CFO, Executive Vice President and Secretary
Marko Radlovic, COO and Executive Vice President
Cynthia Hudson-Fernandez, CCO
industry = Radio
Television Internet
revenue = profit US $177 million (2006)
operating_income = profit US $84 million (2006)
net_income = profit US $40 million (2006)
num_employees =
slogan =
homepage =

Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (NASDAQ: [http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/SummaryQuote.asp?symbol=SBSA SBSA] ) is one of the largest owners and operators of radio stations in the United States. SBS is also invested in television and internet properties, deriving the majority of its income from advertising through its media.

SBS owns the internet portal "LaMusica.com". Recently SBS acquired WSBS-TV in Miami, Florida, known as "MEGA TV".

SBS targets the U.S. Hispanic audience in six geographic regions: Los Angeles, New York, Puerto Rico, Chicago, Miami, and San Francisco.

Radio

SBS radio stations use one of six programming formats:
*Spanish Tropical: salsa, merengue, bachata, reggaeton dance music
*Regional Mexican: ranchera, nortena, banda, cumbia music typically originating from regions of Mexico
*Spanish Adult Contemporary: soft romantic ballads, Spanish pop music
*Spanish Oldies: Latin/English music classics from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
*American Top 40: current pop music hits
*Hurban: ("Hispanic Urban") reggaeton dance music

Los Angeles

*KLAX-FM (Regional Mexican)
*KXOL-FM (Hurban)

New York

*WSKQ-FM (Spanish Tropical)
*WPAT-FM (Spanish Adult Contemporary)

Puerto Rico

*WMEG (CHR - Latin Top 40)
*WEGM (CHR - Latin Top 40)
*WCMA-FM (News)
*WIOA (Spanish Adult Contemporary)
*WIOB (Spanish Adult Contemporary)
*WIOC (Spanish Adult Contemporary)
*WZNT (Spanish Tropical)
*WZMT (Spanish Tropical)
*WZET (Spanish Tropical)
*WODA (Urban)
*WNOD (Urban)

Chicago

*WLEY-FM (Regional Mexican)

Miami

*WXDJ-FM (Spanish Tropical)
*WCMQ-FM (Spanish Oldies)
*WRMA (Spanish Adult Contemporary)

an Francisco

*KRZZ (Regional Mexican

El grupo radial Spanish Broadcasting System Puerto Rico (SBS-PR) confirmó ayer el despido de 36 empleados por razones económicas.

Entre las personalidades radiales que quedan fuera como parte de esta cesantía figuran los animadores Herbert Cruz y Gricel Mamery, conductores del matutino “Se vale” de Estereotempo, una de las emisoras del grupo SBS-PR.

La salida de Herbert Cruz y Gricel Mamery iría de la mano con la cancelación del referido espacio mañanero. En su lugar se escucharía un bloque con más música de lo usual y con la posible intervención del locutor Nelson Bermejo.

Este diario también supo que el licenciado Benny Frankie Cerezo también quedaría fuera de la emisora noticiosa en FM, Red 96, otra de las estaciones de SBS-PR. Igual es el caso de “El Vaquero de la Mañana” de Z-93.

Otros empleados que se afectan con este movimiento provienen de departamentos como tráfico, promociones, ventas, producción, mercadeo y programación.

Carlos “Topy” Mamery -vicepresidente “senior” y gerente general de SBS-PR- explicó que estos despidos son parte de una reorganización de este grupo radial a nivel nacional que conllevaría a su vez el despedido de más de 200 empleados en total.

Estos despidos en masa se dan en un momento en el que presuntamente SBS-PR ha logrado ventas en un 20 por ciento por encima de otros competidores dentro del mercado radial.

Mientras SBS-PR confirma la reducción de su personal, la compañía UnoRadio Group (URG) anuncia la contratación de Linnette Chico y “Candy Man” para la animación del espacio “SalSoul en la noche” tras la renuncia de Edith del Mar.

La estación Magic presentará ahora en su bloque mañanero a Nashalí Enchautegui con Abidel “The Lover Boy”, proveniente de Nueva York.

Internet

In addition to individual radio station websites, SBS operates " [http://www.lamusica.com www.lamusica.com] " and " [http://www.mega.tv www.mega.tv] ", all providing bilingual Spanish-English content about Latin music, entertainment and news.

Television

MEGA TV was launched on March 1, 2006 and operates as a Spanish-language entertainment station in South Florida. The station's programming targets a young, U.S. Hispanic audience through televised radio-branded shows and general entertainment programs (music, celebrity, debate, interviews, personality based shows). Seventy percent of MEGA TV's programming is in-house created. MEGA TV is also available nationwide on DirecTV.

References

*Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. 2006 Annual Report

External links

* [http://www.spanishbroadcasting.com/ Spanish Broadcasting System] (official site)
* [http://www.mega.tv MEGA TV]
* [http://www.lamusica.com Lamusica.com] News York Radio Station Websites
* [http://www.lamega.com Mega 97.9]
* [http://www.931amor.com Amor 93.1] Miami Radio Station Websites
* [http://www.elzol.com El Zol 95]
* [http://www.clasica92fm.com Clásica 92]
* [http://www.romance106fm.com Romance 106.7] Los Angeles Radio Station Websites
* [http://www.latino963.com Latino 96.3]
* [http://www.979laraza.com La Raza 97.9] San Francisco Radio Station Website
* [http://www.yosoyraza.com La Raza 93.3] Chicago Radio Station Website
* [http://www.laley1079.com La Ley 107.9] Puerto Rico Radio Station Websites
* [http://www.lamega.fm La Mega]
* [http://www.estereotempo.fm Estereotempo]
* [http://www.reggaeton947.com Reggaeton 94]
* [http://www.zeta93.fm La Zeta]