La Mega Media
| Industry | Radio Broadcasting and Publishing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 (originally as The Spanish Journal) |
| Headquarters | Columbus, Ohio, USA |
Key people | Roland Medrano (CEO)[1] |
| Products | La Mega Nota, LaMega1, La Mega Radio |
| Revenue | $3 million (2019)[1] |
Number of employees | 24 (2019)[1] |
| Website | [1] |
'La Mega Media, Inc also known as La Mega Nota is a chain of bilingual weekly newspapers, monthly magazines, and Spanish-language radio stations based in Columbus, Ohio, that serves Hispanic communities in several metropolitan areas of the United States such as Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Pittsburgh and North Kentucky.
History
The media company was founded in 1999 as the monthly broadsheet newspaper The Spanish Journal (Spanish: La Jornada Latina), which was published in Cincinnati. In 2006, TSJ News was bought by Blue Ash, Ohio–based Gate West Coast Ventures, LLC, which also owns the translation company Strategic Spanish. As a division of Gate West Coast, TSJ expanded to several other markets in the Midwestern United States. In 2019 TSJ Media, TSJ News and TSJ Radio was bought by Columbus, Ohio-based La Mega Media, Inc., creating the largest Hispanic media platform in the Midwest. La Mega Media’s new service model offers unique content, exclusive promotions and entertainment by integrating the 3 radio stations – La Mega 103.1 FM in Columbus, La Mega 97.7 FM in Cincinnati, La Mega 87.7 FM in Cleveland, Newspaper La Mega Nota and the La Mega1 App [2][3]
Publications
La Mega Media's print publications La Mega Nota are centrally produced in Cincinnati Ohio, while ads are sold by local staff through out Ohio and Pittsburgh, PA.[1] For the most part, the La Mega Nota publications are written in Spanish, although some sections may be written in English for ESL students.
| Markets | Title | Format | Circulation[4] | Founded | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati/Dayton/Hamilton, Ohio/Northern Kentucky/Columbus, Ohio | [2] | Biweekly tabloid newspaper | 18,000[5] | 1999 | - | Columbus, Ohio | La Mega Nota (formerly Impacto Latino) | Bi-weekly tabloid newspaper | 10,000–12,000 | |
| Latinos Magazine | Monthly magazine | 10,000 | ||||||||
| Cleveland | Latinos Magazine | Monthly magazine | 10,000 | |||||||
| Vocero Latino | Monthly magazine | 5,000 | ||||||||
| Detroit | Latino Detroit | Weekly tabloid newspaper | 19,000 | |||||||
| Latinos Magazine | Monthly magazine | 8,000 | ||||||||
| Pittsburgh | La Mega Nota | Monthly tabloid newspaper | 6,000–8,000 | |||||||
| Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky | Latinos Magazine | Monthly magazine | 12,000 | |||||||
| Al Día en América (affiliate) | Bi-weekly tabloid newspaper | 10,000–12,000 | ||||||||
| Nashville, Tennessee | La Campana (affiliate) | Weekly broadsheet newspaper | 7,000–10,000 | |||||||
| Milwaukee | The Spanish Journal | Weekly broadsheet newspaper | ||||||||
| Minneapolis | Vida y Sabor | Weekly magazine | 15,000 | |||||||
| La Prensa de Minnesota | Weekly tabloid newspaper | 15,000 | ||||||||
| Latinos Magazine | Monthly magazine | 10,000 |
The Spanish Journal Network also once published La Jornada Atlanta Empleos, which was distributed for free in Atlanta.
Broadcasting
In September 2001, the Spanish Journal Network had a talk show on Christian radio station WTSJ 1050 AM (now WGRI; the calls standing for its initials were coincidental), called Noticiero Latino–Radio en Español. It ended on December 26, 2005 due to the end of their time brokerage agreement on that station.
After launching an information-by-telephone service (iNFO-TELEFONO) and converting the newspaper from a monthly publication to a weekly one, the Spanish Journal Network resumed broadcasts of Radio en Español in Spring 2005 on WDBZ 1230 AM, airing each Sunday with six hours of programming.[6]
TSJ Media operates three Spanish-language radio stations, two of which it took over under Gate West Coast ownership, the third under Murray Hill Broadcasting:
- WOXY "La Mega 97.7 FM" in Mason, Ohio (Cincinnati)
- WVKO-FM "Mega 103.1" in Columbus, Ohio[2]
- WLFM-LP "La Mega 87.7" in Cleveland, Ohio[7]
In addition to its Spanish-language radio stations, TSJ Media also operates WVKO, an English-language soul-gospel station in Columbus, Ohio.
As of 2011, TSJ also sells advertising for Davidson Media–owned affiliates:[4]
- WTUV and WHBE-FM "La Poderosa 105.7 FM & 620 AM" in Eminence, Kentucky (Louisville)
- KMNV and KMNQ "La Invasora 1400 AM – 1470 AM" in Minneapolis–Saint Paul
References
- ^ a b c d Kemper, Kevin (2008-11-24). "Publisher of Spanish-language news buys Columbus biweekly paper". Columbus Business First. American City Business Journals. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
- ^ a b Monk, Dan (2009-06-22). "Spanish-language TSJ News hopes adding radio boosts profitability". Cincinnati Business Courier. American City Business Journals. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
- ^ Kemper, Kevin (2009-06-22). "Spanish-language publisher takes over business operations at WVKO". Columbus Business First. American City Business Journals.
- ^ a b "Multi-Market Media Kit" (PDF). TSJ Media. 2011-05-26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
- ^ Reaching the Latino Consumer in the Greater Cincinnati/Dayton Area. TSJ Media. August 25, 2014. p. 6. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
- ^ "No se vayan, que esto se pone bueno..!" The Spanish Journal. June 10, 2005. Accessed July 10, 2005. In Spanish.
- ^ http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/86918/87-7-the-sound-cleveland-sold-will-flip-to-spanish/
