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Townsquare Media is repurchasing and retiring 1.5 million shares held by MSG National Properties LLC at $9.76 per share for a total of $14.6 million The purchase represents an 11% discount over the last closing share price and just under 10% of the company’s outstanding shares. Townsquare previously repurchased 1.5 million shares from MSG in […] […]

Nielsen Audio is dropping measurement of three markets, while Eastlan Ratings are adding two and increasing measurement of a third. Nielsen will drop the continuously measured Greenville/New Bern/Jacksonville NC (market #99), and twice yearly measured Visalia/Tulare/Hanford CA (market #109) and Sunbury/Selinsgrove/Lewisburg PA (market #215) starting with the beginning of the Spring 2024 survey yesterday. Each […] […]

Longtime Charlottesville VA programmer and Conservative Talk host Joe Thomas and wife Elaine Thomas’ Thomas Media LLC is acquiring 1240 WTON Staunton VA and translators 98.9 W255DS Harrisonburg and 101.1 W266BQ Crozet from Stu-comm Inc. for $275,000. Joe Thomas has served as Program Director and morning host at Monticello Media’s “C-Ville 107.5” WCHV-FM Charlottesville since […] […]

Donald and Denise Sherman’s Intrepid Companies has sold Hip Hop/R&B “96.9 The Beat” KQRB Effingham/Topeka KS to Justin Fluke’s KNZA Inc. for $670,000. As part of the deal, the groups agree to coordinate on a call letter change ahead of closing. Intrepid had acquired then 96.9 KDVB Hoyt KS from Cumulus Media in March 2021 […] […]

Following their $3,050,000 acquisition of Country/Sports 104.5 WQKT Wooster OH earlier this year, River Radio Ministries has set a May 1 date for the station’s flip to its Christian AC brand. WQKT will become “104.5 The River” mostly simulcasting the brand heard on commercially operated 104.9 WCVO Gahana/Columbus and three non-commercial stations in Central Ohio. […] […]

Another Cumulus Media Country station has made the move away from the “Nash-FM” brand. “97.9 Nash-FM” WXTA Edinboro/Erie PA dropped the ill-fated brand and relaunched as “Erie Country 97.9” at noon on Thursday. WXTA’s on-air lineup remains the same with Westwood One’s “Kincaid & Dallas” in mornings, Brittney Rose in middays, OM/PD Mike Sheffield in […] […]