A press release issued today by The Mighty 1090, says that the Viejas Band of Kummeyaay Indians bought a 50% stake in Broadcast Company of the Americas (BCA).

BCA owns the programming and sales rights for Mexican radio stations XEKTT, XEPRS, and XHBCE. The significant piece of this is station XEPRS, the station commonly known as "The Mighty 1090", broadcasting San Diego's largest and most popular sports-station. The Mighty 1090 has the exclusive broadcasting rights for the San Diego Padres, Anaheim Mighty Ducks, and the San Diego State Aztecs. They are currently in negotiations to get the San Diego Chargers.

Because the transmitter is located just on the other side of the Mexican border, they can broadcast an extremely powerful transmission reaching out to Arizona, and as far north as Los Angeles.

The point of me blogging this is that Native American tribes are using their casino revenues to buy control of American media.

The Viejas Band of Kummeyaay Indians is an aggressive business-oriented tribe. They are part of a group called the "Four Fires", a partnership of four different tribes that buy up businesses across the country. They own hotels in Washington D.C. and Sacramento, CA (two of the most important cities for Indians), as well as a bank in Borrego Springs, CA.

Keep in mind these tribes continue to claim themselves as "sovereign nations", that are not subject to state and federal laws.