Radio News 24
Radio News 24 is a local radio station and is part of the Focus Media Group of Irfan Hysenbelliu. Radio News 24 broadcasts on the frequency 97 MhZ and covers the regions of Tirana and Durrës. It started broadcasting on January 3, 2001 under the name Radio Shqiptare - RASH, as part of the media company Edisud Radio-TV sh.p.k. With the latest musical hits and frequent informative editions, RASH created her profile in the Albanian radio market. Radio RASH changed ownership in 2011 and is now part of the Focus Media Group, which also owns TV News 24, the online news portal Balkanweb and the daily Gazeta Shqiptare. Recently, the radio changed its name from RASH to News 24. Focus Group responded to the MOM team's request for information on July 27, 2023, saying that it does not have data on Radio News 24's listenership.
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Ownership Type
Private
Geographic Coverage
Local (Tirana, Dürres)
Content Type
free content
Media Companies / Groups
Focus Group
Ownership Structure
Radio News 24 is an Albanian radio station owned by the company “Focus Media News”. The sole shareholder of “Focus Media News” is “Focus Group” LLC.
Voting Rights
The sole shareholder has decision-making authority
Individual Owner
General Information
Founding Year
2001
Affiliated Interests Founder
an Italian media company headquartered in the southern port city of Bari, which in 2002 was represented by President Giuseppe Lobuono. On March 26, 2002 the Italian company founded in Albania Edisud Radio TV, with a capital of 25 million lek and active in radio and television. The legal representative of the company was Carlo Bollino, at the time a correspondent for the Italian news agency ANSA and executive manager of the Albanian daily newspaper Gazeta Shqiptare. On May 20, 2011, EDISUD sold its media holdings in Tirana, including his trademarks News 24, Gazeta Shqiptare, Milosao, Nderkombetare, Telegazeta, Bluetooth and Shqiptare, to Focus Media Group, which was owned by the late banker Artan Santo and the businessman Irfan Hysenbelliu.
Affiliated Interests Ceo
studied engineering and telecommunications at the University of Tirana. He has previously held the post of secretary for public affairs of the Socialist Movement for Integration and also has served as the CEO of Albania’s postal service. Cela has been a member of the Tirana city council and in the parliamentary elections of 2021 ran as an MP for the Socialist Movement for Integration. He holds the position of CEO of the Focus Media News September 2022.
Affiliated Interests other important people
the Director of Information and Programming at News 24. He has a long career as a journalist, editor and political analyst in Albanian media and previously worked as editor in chief of the daily “Panorama” and “Shekulli”.
the editor in chief of TV News 24. She started her career in journalism in the mid-90s at Radio Korca and continued her work as a journalist and news anchor at TV Koha, News 24 and Top Channel. Jole previously worked as editor in chief at Radio RASH and Balkanweb.
Contact
Rruga Ali Demi,
ish-Kombinati i Autotraktorëve, Zyrat e Administratës, Tiranë
Email: info@news24.al
Tel: +3554359104
Financial Information
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Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
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Advertising (in % of total funding)
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Market Share
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Further Information
Meta Data
The ownership structure and financial statements are publicly available on the Albanian National Business Registry. Although financial data is available for the group there is no specific data on radio News 24. Focus Group replied to the MOM information request on 27 July 2023. See sources for more.
