Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (SBS) is an American media company specializing in Spanish-speaking audiences. It 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 products.
SBS owns the internet portal LaMusica.com. It also acquired WSBS-TV in Miami, Florida, and WTCV in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the group of owned and operated TV stations for its Mega TV network.
SBS targets the U.S. Hispanic audience in nine geographic regions: Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco, Puerto Rico, Orlando, Tampa, and Houston.
History
Spanish Broadcasting System was founded by Pablo Raúl Alarcón Sr., who started in Spanish-language radio broadcasting in the early 1950s when he started his first radio station in Camagüey, Cuba, and his son, Raúl Alarcón Jr.[1]