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Alpha Media

Alpha Media

American radio broadcasting company


Alpha Media LLC is a radio broadcasting company based in Portland, Oregon, and led by Bob Proffitt. The group does business under the Alpha Media name.

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It was formed from the merger of Alpha Broadcasting, L&L Broadcasting, and Main Line Broadcasting on July 1, 2014.

It owns its radio stations through Alpha Media Licensee, LLC. At its formation, it owned 68 radio stations in 12 markets, along with two theatres (in Portland and San Antonio) and a digital marketing firm in Peoria, Illinois.

Alpha Broadcasting

Alpha Broadcasting was founded in 2009 in Portland, Oregon by Larry Wilson, arising from the sale of stations formerly a part of the CBS Radio Portland cluster with those of Rose City Radio.

On April 17, 2014, L&L Broadcasting announced that it has agreed to merge with Alpha, while purchasing the stations of Main Line Broadcasting. The combined entity became known as Alpha Media.[2]

L&L Broadcasting

The broadcasting group was sometimes referred to as Live and Local.

L&L was formed in 2012 to buy all but two of the radio stations of Triad Broadcasting for $21 million; the deal, involving 32 stations in 5 radio markets, closed in May 2013, and transfer was finalized in June 2013. L&L immediately arranged for the 6 stations in the Fargo, North Dakota market to be sold to Jim Ingstad.[3]

In August 2013, L&L arranged to buy, from YMF Media (Yucaipa Companies and Earvin "Magic" Johnson),[4] the six stations formerly owned by Inner City Broadcasting in the Jackson, Mississippi radio market.[5]

In September, 2013, L&L definitively agreed to purchase an additional 5 stations in Columbia, South Carolina from YMF Media.[6]

On April 17, 2014, L&L Broadcasting announced that it has agreed to merge with Alpha Broadcasting, while purchasing the stations of Main Line Broadcasting.[2]

Post-merger changes

The Gurnee Mills studios of Alpha Media's stations serving Kenosha, Wisconsin and the North Shore suburbs of Chicago.

On October 10, 2014, Alpha Media announced that it will be purchasing the remaining stations owned by Buckley Broadcasting in Bakersfield and Merced, California. These were the last stations remaining to be divested by Buckley, which had begun to sell off its radio assets in 2008.[7] The purchase of the Buckley stations was consummated on December 31, 2014, at a price of $5.8 million.

On January 1, 2015, Alpha Media began an LMA on the Access.1 stations in Shreveport, Louisiana and Tyler/Longview, Texas. The purchase was consummated on April 14, 2015, at a price of $13.75 million. Effective February 1, 2017 Alpha transferred control of KFRO to a new owner, and returned operation of KCUL-FM, and KSYR to Access.1.

Effective May 1, 2015, Alpha Media acquired four stations and a translator in the Fredericksburg, Virginia market from The Free Lance-Star, at a price of $8.1 million.

On August 17, 2015, Alpha Media announced it was purchasing Palm Springs, California radio stations KDES-FM and KPSI-FM ("Mix 100.5"). While the purchase price was not originally announced,[8] the transaction was consummated on December 29, 2015 at a price of $3 million.

On February 25, 2016, Alpha Media acquired Digity, LLC for $264 million, adding 116 stations in 26 markets to its portfolio for a total of 251.[9][10]

In September 2017, Alpha Media announced that it would sell its clusters in Savannah, Kinston/New Bern/Jacksonville, and Myrtle Beach, to Dick Broadcasting Corporation for $19.5 million. Dick assumed control of the stations under local marketing agreements shortly afterward. However, the sale of the Savannah, Georgia stations will not be filed with the FCC until August 2019, with Dick operating them under an LMA for the time being.[11] The sale, at a price of $5,000,000, was consummated on December 1, 2022.

Theatres

Alpha Media owns the Skype Live Studio (formerly known as The Bing Lounge) in Portland and The Alamo Lounge in San Antonio, Texas.[12]

Station list

Holdings

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Divestments

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References

  1. "Morris Communications sells radio stations to Alpha Media | Morris Communications". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  2. "Thursday, May 2, 2013". Radio Info. Longmeadow, Massachusetts: Radio Info, Inc. 2013-05-02. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  3. "A look inside YMF Media". Radio & Television Business Report. Woodbridge, Virginia: Streamline RBR, Inc. May 2, 2012. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  4. "L&L Broadcasting adds to its map". Inside Radio. Littleton, New Hampshire: M Street Corporation. August 18, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-08-19. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  5. "L & L Broadcasting To Purchase YMF Media In Columbia, SC". All Access. Los Angeles, California: All Access Music Group. 2013-09-16. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
  6. "Alpha Media/Digity Sale Price & Details". RadioInsight. 2015-08-12. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  7. "Alpha Closes Digity Deal". RadioInk. 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  8. Venta, Lance (2017-09-05). "Dick Broadcasting Acquires Three Markets From Alpha Media". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  9. "Alpha Media | On-Air. On-Site. On-Demand". Alpha Media | On-Air. On-Site. On-Demand. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
  10. "Tuesday, July 16, 2013". Radio Info. Longmeadow, Massachusetts: Radio Info, Inc. 2013-07-16. Archived from the original on 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  11. Heffner, Donna L. (2014-07-01). "Consummation Notice". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2014-07-02. Lead station file number BALH-20140423ACB.
  12. Heffner, Donna L. (2014-07-01). "Consummation Notice". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2014-07-02. Lead station file number BALH-20140418AAB.
  13. "Deal To Transfer WYSO/Dayton From Antioch College To Independent Ownership Filed With FCC", All Access Music Group. April 9, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  14. Venta, Lance (August 2, 2013). "L&L Acquires WSSJ Savannah". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2013-12-31.

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