Category Archives: Station Sales / Transfers

Another Radio Owner heads for the exit

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Fred Stiening

You may have bumped into this one from time to time. MCC (Morris Communications) is visible to me because they hold the honor of being the largest radio owner to ask not to be listed in the directory – not … Continue reading →

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Detroit gets The Word

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Last year, Radio Disney pulled the plug on their AM radio network and turned the stations over to brokers to sell. Most of the stations are high power AM radio stations in major markets. Disney is losing their shirt on … Continue reading →

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CBS/Beasley station swap is a “done deal”

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Tampa, Charlotte (NC) and Philadelphia are the cities affected. CBS gets stations in Philadelphia and Beasley gets these smaller market “Southern” radio stations. wHFS-FM in Florida has already switched from sports talk to “holiday” music in preperation for a new … Continue reading →

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America loves sports, but…

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Charlotte loves Jesus. The former home of PTL (Jim & Tammy Faye Bakker) and the Billy Graham freeway, and the Bible Broadcasting Network just can’t get enough Jesus. If you scan the map, most major streets have a Biblical connection … Continue reading →

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Meet the company that may soon run radio in your town

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Fred Stiening

George Beasley is quite a businessman in the best sense. http://streamingradioguide.com/blogradio/?page_id=1390 While working as a school system principal in rural North Carolina, he decided to start a radio station. He cut a deal with a local mobile home dealer to … Continue reading →

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Radio Disney pulls the plug

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Fred Stiening

the story Radio Disney has always been unorthodox. They run a significant network of potentially valuable AM stations in major markets. The stations are targeted specifically at children, up through early teenagers. I think they exclusively play music from artists … Continue reading →

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Making Money in Radio

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Back in 1990, Liberman Broadcasting paid $23 million for AM radio stations KHJ in Los Angeles. KHJ is only a class B station running 5,000 watts and only solidy covers the city of Los Angeles, and Catalina Island out in … Continue reading →

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Cumulus is a buyer in Chicago

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Fred Stiening

The huge mistake called Merlin Media – which talked a PE firm into buying radio stations to go head to head against CBS in the All News business – has turned over the keys to their last two stations. Merlin … Continue reading →

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WRWR-FM sold

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Fred Stiening

“The Patriot” has always been a radio station on my radar as struggling based on the constant changes and the lack of advertising – the WR in the call sign is a reference to [Warren] Robins Air Base. The owners … Continue reading →

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Who is Summit Media?

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Fred Stiening

It’s official. Cox Radio of Atlanta sold off a big swath of their stations to an entity called Summit Media in Las Vegas. Station list The two principals are Carl Parmer of Las Vegas and David Dubose of Alabama Radio … Continue reading →

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