Florida conservatives are in an uproar about a proposed media deal that would result in one of the state’s most rabidly conservative talk radio stations being sold to a group headed by prominent Democratic activists and partially funded by businessman George Soros, seen by some as a progressive bogeyman.

Under the proposed $60 million deal, the new Latino Media Network would take control of 18 radio stations in 10 of the cities with highest concentration of Spanish-speaking voters, among them New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, and Houston. If the acquisition is approved by federal regulators, Latino Media Network’s AM and FM stations would reach 33 percent of Latinos in the United States, or about 20 million people.