New ‘Spanish Fox News’ Network Just Got A Big FL Distribution Deal
Americano Media, which launched last year, “is embarking on an aggressive expansion plan to shape center-right Hispanic opinion” for the 2024 presidential race, Politico reported in January. CEO and founder Ivan Garcia-Hidalgo, a 2020 Trump-campaign surrogate was quoted as saying the network “intends to be” a “Fox News in Spanish.”
Now, there’s a big deal with iHeart Radio. It has “agreed to carry Americano’s content on AM stations in Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville, and stream it digitally on its app,” The Christian Science Monitor reported Wednesday. Americano also has a TV studio in Miami and plans for bureaus in Washington and Las Vegas.
Also like Fox, Americano pretends to be a legitimate news operation: “We are committed to empowering the U.S. Hispanic community through credible and accessible information, frank discussion and unwavering advocacy with focused and entertaining content that aligns with its traditional values,” its mission statement says.