Alpha Media

Alpha Media LLC
Trading name	Alpha Media
Industry	Mass media
Genre	Radio broadcasting
Predecessor	stations owned by Triad Broadcasting, L&L Broadcasting LLC, Main Line Broadcasting, Alpha Broadcasting
Founded	Portland, Oregon (2014 (2014))
Founder	Lawrence R. "Larry" Wilson
Headquarters	Portland, Oregon, US
Number of locations	72
Key people	Larry Wilson (Chairman) Bob Proffitt (President/CEO) Donna Heffner (CFO)
Website	www.alphamediausa.com

Alpha Media LLC is a radio broadcasting company based in Portland, Oregon and led by Lawrence R. "Larry" Wilson. The group does business under the Alpha Media name.

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, combining radio properties from CBS Radio and 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

In August 2013, L&L arranged to buy, from YMF Media (Yucaipa Companies and Earvin "Magic" Johnson),^[3] the six stations formerly owned by Inner City Broadcasting in the Jackson, Mississippi radio market.^[4]

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

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.^[6]

On January 1, 2015 Alpha Media began an LMA on the Access.1 stations in Shreveport, Louisiana and Tyler/Longview, Texas. The sale is expected to be consumated around March 1, 2015.

Post-Merger Changes

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.

Theatres

Alpha Media owns the Skype Live Studio (formerly known as The Bing Lounge) in Portland and The Alamo Lounge in San Antonio, Texas.^[8]

Station list

Holdings

Callsign	Freq.	City	Market	Transferred	From	Notes
WIRL	1290 kHz	Illinois, Peoria !Peoria, IL	Illinois, Peoria !Peoria, IL	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WMBD (AM)	1470 kHz	Illinois, Peoria !Peoria, IL	Illinois, Peoria !Peoria, IL	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
W262BY	100.3 MHz	Illinois, Peoria !Peoria, IL	Illinois, Peoria !Peoria, IL	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
W274BM	102.7 MHz	Illinois, Peoria !Peoria, IL	Illinois, Peoria !Peoria, IL	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WPBG	93.3 MHz	Illinois, Peoria !Peoria, IL	Illinois, Peoria !Peoria, IL	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WSWT	106.9 MHz	Illinois, Peoria !Peoria, IL	Illinois, Peoria !Peoria, IL	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WNGY	102.3 MHz	Illinois, Morton !Morton, IL	Illinois, Peoria !Peoria, IL	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WXCL	104.9 MHz	Illinois, Pekin !Pekin, IL	Illinois, Peoria !Peoria, IL	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WKOY-FM	100.9 MHz	West Virginia, Princeton !Princeton, WV	West Virginia, Bluefield !Bluefield, WV	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WKEZ (AM)	1240 kHz	West Virginia, Bluefield !Bluefield, WV	West Virginia, Bluefield !Bluefield, WV	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WHAJ	104.5 MHz	West Virginia, Bluefield !Bluefield, WV	West Virginia, Bluefield !Bluefield, WV	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WHIS	1440 kHz	West Virginia, Bluefield !Bluefield, WV	West Virginia, Bluefield !Bluefield, WV	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WHKX	106.3 MHz	Virginia, Bluefield !Bluefield, VA	West Virginia, Bluefield !Bluefield, WV	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WHQX	107.7 MHz	West Virginia, Gary !Gary, WV	West Virginia, Bluefield !Bluefield, WV	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WCPR-FM	97.9 MHz	Mississippi, Wiggins !Wiggins, MS	Mississippi, Biloxi !Biloxi, MS	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WGBL	96.7 MHz	Mississippi, Gulfport !Gulfport, MS	Mississippi, Biloxi !Biloxi, MS	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WXBD	1490 kHz	Mississippi, Biloxi !Biloxi, MS	Mississippi, Biloxi !Biloxi, MS	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WTNI	1640 kHz	Mississippi, Biloxi !Biloxi, MS	Mississippi, Biloxi !Biloxi, MS	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WQBB	105.9 MHz	Pascagoula, Biloxi !Pascagoula, MS	Mississippi, Biloxi !Biloxi, MS	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WXYK	107.1 MHz	Mississippi, Gulfport !Gulfport, MS	Mississippi, Biloxi !Biloxi, MS	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WRWN	107.9 MHz	South Carolina, Port Royal !Port Royal, SC	Georgia, Savannah !Savannah, GA	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WGCO	98.3 MHz	Georgia, Midway !Midway, GA	Georgia, Savannah !Savannah, GA	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WFXH-FM	106.1 MHz	South Carolina, Hilton Head Island !Hilton Head I., SC	Georgia, Savannah !Savannah, GA	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WUBB	106.9 MHz	South Carolina, Bluffton !Bluffton, SC	Georgia, Savannah !Savannah, GA	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WHHW	1130 kHz	South Carolina, Hilton Head Island !Hilton Head I., SC	Georgia, Savannah !Savannah, GA	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
W228CI	93.5 MHz	South Carolina, Hilton Head Island !Hilton Head I., SC	Georgia, Savannah !Savannah, GA	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad
WXYY	100.1 MHz	Georgia, Rincon !Rincon, GA	Georgia, Savannah !Savannah, GA	02014-03-03-0000March 3, 2014	Tama Broadcasting	^[9]
WWDM-FM	101.3 MHz	South Carolina, Sumter !Sumter, SC	South Carolina, Columbia !Columbia, SC	02013-11-27-0000November 27, 2013	YMF	^[5]
WHXT-FM	103.9 MHz	South Carolina, Orangeburg !Orangeburg, SC	South Carolina, Columbia !Columbia, SC	02013-11-27-0000November 27, 2013	YMF	^[5]
WMFX-FM	102.3 MHz	South Carolina, Saint Andrews !Saint Andrews, SC	South Carolina, Columbia !Columbia, SC	02013-11-27-0000November 27, 2013	YMF	^[5]
WARQ	93.5 MHz	South Carolina, Columbia !Columbia, SC	South Carolina, Columbia !Columbia, SC	02013-11-27-0000November 27, 2013	YMF	^[5]
WOIC	1230 kHz	South Carolina, Columbia !Columbia, SC	South Carolina, Columbia !Columbia, SC	02013-11-27-0000November 27, 2013	YMF	^[5]
WJNT	1180 kHz	Mississippi, Pearl !Pearl, MS	Mississippi, Jackson !Jackson, MS	02013-09-24-0000September 24, 2013	YMF	^[10] Also has booster FM station at 103.3 MHz
WOAD (AM)	1300 kHz	Mississippi, Jackson !Jackson, MS	Mississippi, Jackson !Jackson, MS	02013-09-24-0000September 24, 2013	YMF	^[10]
WJQS	1400 kHz	Mississippi, Jackson !Jackson, MS	Mississippi, Jackson !Jackson, MS	02013-09-24-0000September 24, 2013	YMF	^[10]
WJMI	99.7 MHz	Mississippi, Jackson !Jackson, MS	Mississippi, Jackson !Jackson, MS	02013-09-24-0000September 24, 2013	YMF	^[10]
WRKS	105.9 MHz	Mississippi, Pickens !Pickens, MS	Mississippi, Jackson !Jackson, MS	02013-09-24-0000September 24, 2013	YMF	^[10]
WKXI-FM	107.5 MHz	Mississippi, Magee !Magee, MS	Mississippi, Jackson !Jackson, MS	02013-09-24-0000September 24, 2013	YMF	^[10]
KJXK	102.7 MHz	Texas, San Antonio !San Antonio, TX	Texas, San Antonio !San Antonio, TX	02014-01-01-0000January 2014	BMP Radio
KTSA	550 kHz	Texas, San Antonio !San Antonio, TX	Texas, San Antonio !San Antonio, TX	02014-01-01-0000January 2014	BMP Radio
KZDC	1250 kHz	Texas, San Antonio !San Antonio, TX	Texas, San Antonio !San Antonio, TX	02014-01-01-0000January 2014	BMP Radio
KSAH (AM)	720 kHz	Texas, Universal City !Universal City, TX	Texas, San Antonio !San Antonio, TX	02014-01-01-0000January 2014	BMP Radio
KHHL	103.1 MHz	Texas, Karnes City !Karnes City, TX	Texas, San Antonio !San Antonio, TX	02014-01-01-0000January 2014	BMP Radio
KSAH-FM	104.1 MHz	Texas, Pearsall !Pearsall, TX	Texas, San Antonio !San Antonio, TX	02014-01-01-0000January 2014	BMP Radio
KLEY-FM	95.7 MHz	Texas, Jourdanton !Jourdanton, TX	Texas, San Antonio !San Antonio, TX	02014-01-01-0000January 2014	BMP Radio
KTFM	94.1 MHz	Texas, Floresville !Floresville, TX	Texas, San Antonio !San Antonio, TX	02014-01-01-0000January 2014	BMP Radio
WGZB-FM	96.5 MHz	Indiana, Lanesville !Lanesville, IN	Kentucky, Louisville !Louisville, KY	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Main Line	^[11]
WDJX	99.7 MHz	Kentucky, Louisville !Louisville, KY	Kentucky, Louisville !Louisville, KY	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Main Line	^[11]
WMJM	101.3 MHz	Kentucky, Jeffersontown !Jeffersontown, KY	Kentucky, Louisville !Louisville, KY	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Main Line	^[11]
WXMA	102.3 MHz	Kentucky, Louisville !Louisville, KY	Kentucky, Louisville !Louisville, KY	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Main Line	^[11]
WGHL	105.1 MHz	Kentucky, Shepherdsville !Shepherdsville, KY	Kentucky, Louisville !Louisville, KY	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Main Line	^[11]
WWLB	93.1 MHz	Virginia, Ettrick !Ettrick, VA	Virginia, Richmond-Petersburg !Richmond-Petersburg, VA	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Main Line
WLFV	98.9 MHz	Virginia, Midlothian !Midlothian, VA	Virginia, Richmond-Petersburg !Richmond-Petersburg, VA	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Main Line
WARV-FM	100.3 MHz	Virginia, Petersburg !Petersburg, VA	Virginia, Richmond-Petersburg !Richmond-Petersburg, VA	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Main Line
WBBT-FM	107.3 MHz	Virginia, Powhatan !Powhatan, VA	Virginia, Richmond-Petersburg !Richmond-Petersburg, VA	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Main Line
WROU-FM	92.1 MHz	Ohio, West Carrollton !West Carrollton, OH	Ohio, Dayton !Dayton, OH	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Main Line
WGTZ	92.9 MHz	Ohio, Eaton !Eaton, OH	Ohio, Dayton !Dayton, OH	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Main Line
WCLI-FM	101.5 MHz	Ohio, Enon !Enon, OH	Ohio, Dayton !Dayton, OH	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Main Line
WDHT	102.9 MHz	Ohio, Urbana !Urbana, OH	Ohio, Dayton !Dayton, OH	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Main Line
WING	1410 kHz	Ohio, Dayton !Dayton, OH	Ohio, Dayton !Dayton, OH	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Main Line
WQCM	94.3 MHz	Pennsylvania, Greencastle !Greencastle, PA	Maryland, Hagerstown !Hagerstown, MD-Chambersburg, PA	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Main Line
WIKZ	95.1 MHz	Pennsylvania, Chambersburg !Chambersburg, PA	Maryland, Hagerstown !Hagerstown, MD-Chambersburg, PA	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Main Line
WDLD	96.7 MHz	Maryland, Halfway !Halfway, MD	Maryland, Hagerstown !Hagerstown, MD-Chambersburg, PA	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Main Line
WCHA-AM	800 kHz	Pennsylvania, Chambersburg !Chambersburg, PA	Maryland, Hagerstown !Hagerstown, MD-Chambersburg, PA	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Main Line
WHAG-AM	1410 kHz	Maryland, Halfway !Halfway, MD	Maryland, Hagerstown !Hagerstown, MD-Chambersburg, PA	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Main Line
W242BY	96.3 MHz	Pennsylvania, Chambersburg !Chambersburg, PA	Maryland, Hagerstown !Hagerstown, MD-Chambersburg, PA	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Main Line
KUPL	98.7 MHz	Oregon, Portland !Portland, OR	Oregon, Portland !Portland, OR	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Alpha	^[12]
KBFF	95.5 MHz	Oregon, Portland !Portland, OR	Oregon, Portland !Portland, OR	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Alpha	^[12]
KXL-FM	101.1 MHz	Oregon, Portland !Portland, OR	Oregon, Portland !Portland, OR	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Alpha	^[12]
KINK	101.9 MHz	Oregon, Portland !Portland, OR	Oregon, Portland !Portland, OR	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Alpha	^[12]
KXTG	750 kHz	Oregon, Portland !Portland, OR	Oregon, Portland !Portland, OR	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Alpha	^[12]
KUFO	970 MHz	Oregon, Portland !Portland, OR	Oregon, Portland !Portland, OR	02014-07-01-0000July 1, 2014	Alpha	^[12]
KLLY	95.3 MHz	California, Oildale !Oildale, CA	California, Bakersfield !Bakersfield, CA	02014-12-31-0000December 31, 2014	Buckley
KKBB	99.3 MHz	California, Bakersfield !Bakersfield, CA	California, Bakersfield !Bakersfield, CA	02014-12-31-0000December 31, 2014	Buckley
KNZR	1560 kHz	California, Bakersfield !Bakersfield, CA	California, Bakersfield !Bakersfield, CA	02014-12-31-0000December 31, 2014	Buckley
KNZR-FM	97.7 MHz	California, Shafter !Shafter, CA	California, Bakersfield !Bakersfield, CA	02014-12-31-0000December 31, 2014	Buckley
KUBB	96.3 MHz	California, Mariposa !Mariposa, CA	California, Merced !Merced, CA	02014-12-31-0000December 31, 2014	Buckley
KHTN	104.7 MHz	California, Planada !Planada, CA	California, Merced !Merced, CA	02014-12-31-0000December 31, 2014	Buckley
KONE	101.1 MHz	Texas, Lubbock !Lubbock, TX	Texas, Lubbock !Lubbock, TX	Pending	Wilks Broadcast Group
KLLL	96.3 MHz	Texas, Lubbock !Lubbock, TX	Texas, Lubbock !Lubbock, TX	Pending	Wilks Broadcast Group
KBTE	104.9 MHz	Texas, Tulia !Tulia, TX	Texas, Lubbock !Lubbock, TX	Pending	Wilks Broadcast Group
KMMX	100.3 MHz	Texas, Tahoka !Tahoka, TX	Texas, Lubbock !Lubbock, TX	Pending	Wilks Broadcast Group

Divestments

Callsign	Freq.	City	Market	Transferred	From	To
KLTA	98.7 MHz	Minnesota, Moorhead !Moorhead, MN	North Dakota, Fargo !Fargo, ND	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad	, IngstadIngstad
KPFX	107.9 MHz	North Dakota, Fargo !Fargo, ND	North Dakota, Fargo !Fargo, ND	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad	, IngstadIngstad
KQWB (AM)	1660 kHz	North Dakota, West Fargo !West Fargo, ND	North Dakota, Fargo !Fargo, ND	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad	, IngstadIngstad
KQWB-FM	105.1 MHz	Minnesota, Breckenridge !Breckenridge, MN	North Dakota, Fargo !Fargo, ND	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad	, IngstadIngstad
KVOX-FM	99.9 MHz	Minnesota, Moorhead !Moorhead, MN	North Dakota, Fargo !Fargo, ND	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad	, IngstadIngstad
KBMW	1450 kHz	Minnesota, Breckenridge !Breckenridge, MN	North Dakota, Fargo !Fargo, ND	02013-06-26-0000June 26, 2013	Triad	, IngstadIngstad
WGZO	103.1 MHz	South Carolina, Parris Island !Parris I., SC	Georgia, Savannah !Savannah, GA	02013-11-11-0000November 11, 2013	Triad	Apex

References

↑ "L&L Broadcasting and Alpha Broadcasting Agree To Merge and Become Alpha Media". 17 April 2014.
↑ "Thursday, May 2, 2013". Radio Info (Longmeadow, Massachusetts: Radio Info, Inc.). 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
↑ "A look inside YMF Media". Radio & Television Business Report. Woodbridge, Virginia: Streamline RBR, Inc. May 2, 2012. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
↑ "L&L Broadcasting adds to its map.". Inside Radio (Littleton, New Hampshire: M Street Corporation). August 18, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "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.
↑ "L&L Broadcasting and Alpha Broadcasting Agree To Merge and Become Alpha Media". 17 April 2014.
↑ "Alpha Media to Purchase Buckley California Outlets". 10 October 2014.
↑ http://alphamediausa.com/
↑ Venta, Lance (August 2, 2013). "L&L Acquires WSSJ Savannah". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 "Tuesday, July 16, 2013". Radio Info (Longmeadow, Massachusetts: Radio Info, Inc.). 2013-07-16. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Heffner, Donna L. (2014-07-01). "Consummation Notice". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2014-07-02. Lead station file number BALH-20140423ACB.
↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Heffner, Donna L. (2014-07-01). "Consummation Notice". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2014-07-02. Lead station file number BALH-20140418AAB.