Radio Klan
Radio Klan is a local radio station in Tirana, Albania, a part of TV Klan one of the biggest media groups in the country. Radio Klan airs music and as well, some of the shows of TV Klan. Radio Klan started broadcasting in May 1997 as part of the company Media 6, which also owned at the time the magazine Klan and Klan TV. Radio Klan broadcasts in the frequency 92.9 Mgh and in the digital platform DigitAlb. Media 6 was owned at the time by Aleksander Frangaj with 50% of shares, Julien Roche with 25 and Marsel Skendaj with 25%. In 2013, the name of the company was changed from Media 6 to TV Klan. Now Frangaj owns 60% of the shares in the company, while his wife Alba Gina owns 40%.
Audience Share
3.03%
Ownership Type
Private
Geographic Coverage
Local
Content Type
free content
Media Companies / Groups
Klan TV JSC
Ownership Structure
Frangaj Family owns 100% of the shares Klan TV company.
Voting Rights
Voting rights are the same as shareholders rights.
Individual Owner
General Information
Founding Year
1997
Affiliated Interests Founder
Aleksander Frangaj – is a former journalist and media entrepreneur with shares in TV Klan, ABC News and a company named Albania 2017 founded in 2017. He is a co-founder of the daily newspaper Koha Jone, the first independent newspapers published after the fall of communism in Albania. In 1997 Frangaj founded a company Media 6 with two other businessmen, Julian Roche and Marsel Skendo. Frangaj owned 50% of the company, while his two partners owned 25% each. The company published the weekly magazine Klan and launched the television station with the same name. In 2013, the name of the company was changed from Media 6 to TV Klan. To date, Frangaj owns 60%, while his wife Alba Gina owns 40% at TV Klan. He initiated a plan for satellite pay TV service called Satellite + in 2004 and in a similar platform focused on Sport called "Supersport" in 2006 through the shares owned by his wife Alba Gina. He is considered to be a pro-government media owner regardless of who holds the power and has managed successfully to switch allegiances and side with any party in power over the past 20 years.
Marsel Skendo – (25%) and Julian Roche (25%) are two business partners in ADA Holding, one of the oldest companies founded in Albania in October 1990, immediately after the Communist Regime allowed private enterprises. Since then, ADA Holding has activities in airline industry, communication, construction, trade and energy it included Adanet – the first Internet Service Provider in the country.
Julien Roche – is a French national and businessman currently the President of Franco-Albanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and founder and shareholder of Helicopters Albania. He was also the co-president of Ada Air, the country’s first Airline company. Until last year he was Board Member at the Société Generale Albania. However, Skendo and Roche are no longer active in the media market since 2007.
Affiliated Interests Ceo
Aleksander Frangaj – is a former journalist and media entrepreneur with shares in TV Klan, ABC News and a company named Albania 2017 founded in 2017. He initiated the plan for satellite pay TV service called Satellite + in 2004 and in a similar platform focusedon sport called "Supersport" in 2006 through the shares owned by his wife Alba Gina. He is considered to be a pro-government media owner regardless of who holds the power and has managed successfully to switch allegiances and side withany party in power over the past 20 years.
In 1996 Frangajran for office at the parliament but was not elected. Frangaj is often accused ofbeing the main beneficiary of various government advertisement campaigns, especially during 2008-2010 period.
In 2015, he was accused for starting a building in a green space in the complex called "Laguna Blu" near the coastal town of Durrës under unclear circumstances. Frangaj denied all allegations.
Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief
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Contact
National Television Klan, Rruga: “AleksanderMoisiu”, nr.97, PranëIsh – Kinostudio, 1007, Tirana, Albania.
Tel: +355 664007121;
Email: info@tvklan.al
Financial Information
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Further Information
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The ownership structure and financial statements of TV Klan are publicly available on the Albanian National Business Registry. However, it’s not possible to calculate the revenues or the operational profit for the outlet alone, as Radio Klan has not separate financial statements. See sources for more.
