| Grupo América | |
| Type: | Private |
| Foundation: | 1983 |
| Location: | Mendoza, Argentina |
| Industry: | Mass media |
| Key People: | Luis María Casero. CEO Daniel Vila, President Eduardo Vila, chief executive José Luis Manzano, Shareholder Agustín Vila, Shareholder |
| Services: | Newspapers Newsprint Cable television Radio broadcasting Internet service |
| Subsid: | EDELCOS |
Grupo América,[1] formerly known as Grupo UNO Medios, and also known as the Vila-Manzano Group, is a multimedia company in Argentina created by the Mendoza entrepreneurs Daniel Vila and the ex-politician and businessman José Luis Manzano. Is one of the owners of América TV (along with businessman Claudio Belocopitt), as well as many other TV channels, newspapers, radios and digital businesses (telephony and broadband) throughout the country.
In addition to América TV, other of the most well-known media in its portfolio are Channel 6 of San Rafael, Channel 7 of Mendoza and Channel 8 of San Juan, Radio Nihuil, Diario Uno Mendoza and La Capital multimedia, of Rosario.[2] In April 2017 they re-launched the A24 signal with a new and renewed programming.
Previously, the cable television operator Supercanal belonged to the group, which was sold in the month of July 2018 to the CVI Austral LLP group with an approximate amount of US$180 million.
The media owned are the following:[3]
| Name | Location | AM/FM signal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LR5 Radio La Red | Argentina Provinces | AM 910 (Buenos Aires) | |
| AM 630 (Buenos Aires) | |||
| FM Blue | FM 100.7 | ||
| Radio UNO | FM 103.1 | ||
| LV6 Radio Nihuil | Mendoza, San Juan (South) and San Luis (West) | AM 680 - FM 98.9 | |
| Brava | FM 94.9 | ||
| Ayer | FM 98.1 | ||
| Montecristo | FM 93.7 | ||
| UNA | FM 96.1 | ||
| Latinos | FM 88.3 | ||
| LRJ 201 Radio Calingasta | San Juan (West) and Mendoza (Northwest) | AM 990 | |
| La OCHO | AM 830 | ||
| Del Siglo | FM 99.5 | ||
| LT15 Radio Concordia | AM 560 | ||
| LT39 Radio Victoria | AM 980 | ||
| FM Nuestra | FM 103.5 | ||
| Nuestra Radio | FM 90.3 |
| Indicative | Channel | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LS 86 TV | Gran La Plata / Gran Buenos Aires | ||
| LRH 450 TV | Junín, Buenos Aires | ||
| LV 89 TV | Mendoza | ||
| LV 82 TV | San Juan | ||
| None | América Tucumán | Tucumán |
| Name | Location | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | General | ||
| Latin America and Europe | General | ||
| América 24 | Argentina | News |
| Name | Genre | |
|---|---|---|
| Diario UNO Santa Fe | News | |
| América TV | Variety | |
| Diario UNO Mendoza | News | |
| Diario UNO Entre Ríos | News | |
| La Capital (Rosario) | News | |
| Sanjuan8.com | News | |
| A24.com | News | |
| Primicias YA | News | |
| UNO.com.ar | Entertainments | |
| Ovación.com.ar | Sports | |
| Primera Fila | Fashion |
The media group, like their owners and the businesses they share among them, he has been repeatedly denounced for fraud and money laundering, as well as unfair dismissals.[4] [5] [6] [7]