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Tanto el canal nuevo como el viejo transmiten para muchos oyentes.

Tanto el canal nuevo como el viejo transmiten para muchos oyentes.
Both the new channel and the old one broadcast for many listeners.
From Lesson 237:Correlative conjunctions (tanto... como...)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Tanto el canal nuevo como el viejo transmiten para muchos oyentes.

How does tanto... como... translate to "both... and..." here?
The phrase tanto... como... is a set pair used to emphasize addition, similar to "both... and..." in English. Literally, it translates closer to "as much... as...", so the sentence reads like "as much the new channel as the old one."
Why is the verb transmiten plural if it directly follows the singular phrase el viejo?
The verb must match the entire subject of the sentence. Because tanto... como... links two separate things together (the new channel AND the old channel), the subject is plural. Therefore, we use the "they" form, transmiten.
Why doesn't the sentence say el canal viejo?
Spanish often avoids repeating a noun by just using the definite article plus an adjective. Here, el viejo translates to "the old one." Since canal was already mentioned, dropping it the second time sounds much more natural and less repetitive.
Why do we use para instead of por before muchos oyentes?
You use para here because the listeners are the intended recipients or the target audience of the broadcast. Whenever an action is done for, or directed toward, a specific person or group, para is the correct choice.

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