Miqayel Janpoladyan

Miqayel Janpoladyan owns 100% of Radio Aurora LLC, which operates Radio Aurora radio station and the auroranews.am news platform. He co-founded the company in 2004 with Ruzanna Shahinyan and serves as its director.

According to social media profiles, Janpoladyan also serves as Creative Director of Kiss FM radio station and Aurora Media. He works closely with co-founder Shahinyan, who owns Kiss FM where he holds the creative director position.

His daughter, Anastasia Janpoladyan, owns 100% of Aurora Media LLC according to the 2025 State Register of Legal Entities. She works at Radio Aurora according to her social media profile.

The interconnected ownership structure shows Janpoladyan (Radio Aurora), Shahinyan (Kiss FM), Anastasia Janpoladyan (Aurora Media), and Lyudmila Shahinyan (Egalite LLC, operating Jazz FM) all registered at the same address, suggesting coordinated media operations.

Financial records show Radio Aurora LLC reported revenues of 96,996,410 AMD (246,980 USD) and operating profit of 39,530,794 AMD (100,656 USD) for 2024.

Janpoladyan did not respond to information requests from researchers regarding the media outlet's operations and ownership structure.

Media Companies / Groups

Radio Aurora LLC
100%

Media Outlets

Radio Aurora
100%RADIO

Facts

Other Media Outlets	Online radioaurora.am (Armenia) auroranews.am (Armenia)

Other Media Outlets

Online

radioaurora.am (Armenia)
auroranews.am (Armenia)

Affiliated Interests Family & Friends	Anastasia Janpoladyan Anastasia Janpoladyan is the daughter of Miqayel Janpoladyan and owns 100% of Aurora Media LLC according to the 2025 State Register of Legal Entities. She works at Radio Aurora according to her social media profile.

Data Publicly Available	ownership data is easily available from other sources, e. g. public registries etc.
Headlines	(Armenian) Radio Aurora has been given a written warning. The Commission on Television and Radio of the Republic of Armenia has imposed administrative fines on a number of companies., https://armtimes.com, 2024, Accessed on 26.09.2025 (Armenian)) The video about the movement of 'Iranian military equipment' is old, https://fip.am, 2022, Accessed on 26.09.2025
Meta Data	Ownership information obtained from State Register of Legal Entities. Biographical and professional details sourced from social media profiles. The owner did not respond to MOM research team's information request. Financial data conversion: Central Bank of Armenia 2024 annual average exchange rate (1 USD = 392.73 AMD). Limited public information available about the owner's background and activities beyond media holdings. Cross-ownership connections identified through address matching in state registry records.
Sources	Agency for State Register of Legal Entities, Government of Republic of Armenia, Accessed on 24.01.2025 Radio Aurora’s Website, Accessed on 30.01.2025 Republic of Armenia Voters' Register, Accessed on 24 July 2025 Radio Aurora profile on Media Initiative Center’s website, Accessed on 23.09.2025 Owner and CEO Miqayel Janpoladyan’’s Facebook page, Accessed on 23.09.2025
Documents (PDF)	Radio Aurora Charter(Armenian) Link File Aurora Media LLC Beneficial ownership declaration (Armenian) Link File Radio Aurora LLC Beneficial ownership declaration (Armenian) Link File