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Liberty Media Sells Its Stake In iHeartMedia

After becoming the largest single shareholder of iHeartMedia following its 2018 bankruptcy restructuring, Liberty Media has sold its stake in the company. In an SEC filing dated October 5, Liberty revealed it has sold its remaining stake of 5,941,248 shares at an average price of $25.25 per share netting the company $150,016,512. Liberty had previously […] […]

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Final Listen: KITS (Alt 105.3) San Francisco

Even when Top 40 was beginning its rebound in the mid-‘90s, ending the 1993-95 period when the format looked like it could truly become extinct, there were stations still changing format to something else, and group heads saying that the traditional “all-the-hits” model of Top 40 would never exist again. Musically, I feel cautiously optimistic […] […]

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Jodesha Makes Multiple Format Shifts In Aberdeen/Grays Harbor

As Jodesha Broadcasting prepares to move 105.7 KJET Raymond WA to Union WA where it may rimshot the Seattle market, the company has completed a realignment of its brands in Aberdeen/Grays Harbor. Jodesha moved Country “Bigfoot 107.3” KANY Cosmopolis to 104.1 K281DE Aberdeen/102.1 KSWW-HD2 Ocean Shores replacing Classic Rock “104.1 The Quake” last month. This […] […]

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FCC Designates WQZS Owner To Character Hearing

After owner Roger Wahl pled guilty in July 2020 to felony charges of trying to solicit male strangers to rape his female friend facilitated through his Oldies “QZ 93” 93.3 WQZS Meyersdale PA, the FCC has designated the station for a hearing on whether he possesses the requisite character qualifications to remain a Commission licensee.. […] […]