Rushmore Media Company
Rushmore Media Company, Inc. is a small radio broadcasting company, which owns and operates four radio stations and one television station in the Black Hills region of western South Dakota. Its parent is Schurz Communications, a radio, television, cable television and newspaper media group.
The main offices and stations' studios are located at 660 Flormann St., Rapid City, South Dakota 57701.
Rushmore Media Company's group consists of:
- KRCS FM 93.1 "Today's Hottest Music"
- KKMK FM 93.9 "93.9 The Mix, The Black Hills Best Mix."
- KOUT FM 98.7 "The Black Hills' Favorite Country"
- KFXS FM 100.3 "Classic Rock 100.3 The Fox"
- KOTA-TV channel 3 (ABC) "KOTA Territory"
- KDUH-TV channel 4 Scottsbluff, Nebraska (satellite of KOTA-TV)
- KHSD-TV channel 11 Lead, South Dakota (satellite of KOTA-TV)
- KSGW-TV channel 12 Sheridan, Wyoming (satellite of KOTA-TV)
Schurz Communications announced on September 14, 2015 that it would exit broadcasting and sell its television and radio stations, including the Rushmore Media Company stations, to Gray Television for $442.5 million.[1][2] Gray subsequently announced on October 1 that it would sell the KOTA-TV license to Legacy Broadcasting for $1, a deal that also includes the license for satellite station KHSD-TV and the station's subchannel affiliations with Me-TV and This TV;[3][4] a month later, on November 2, Gray announced that HomeSlice Media Group would acquire the Rushmore Media Company radio stations for $2.2 million, reuniting them with KBHB and KKLS, which Schurz had sold to HomeSlice in 2014 as part of its acquisition of KOTA-TV.[5][6][7] Following the completion of these sales, Gray will retain KOTA-TV's ABC affiliation and transfer it to its existing television station in Rapid City, KEVN-TV;[3] it will also retain KOTA-TV satellite stations KDUH-TV and KSGW-TV and convert them to satellites of KNOP-TV in North Platte, Nebraska and KCWY-DT in Casper, Wyoming (both NBC affiliates), respectively.[8]
References
- ↑ "Schurz Communications to sell WSBT and other TV, radio stations". South Bend Tribune. September 14, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
- ↑ Kuperberg, Jonathan (September 14, 2015). "Gray Acquiring TV, Radio Stations from Schurz for $442.5 Million". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
- 1 2 "Gray Television Sells Some, Buys Some". TVNewsCheck. October 1, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
- ↑ "Summary of Interrelated Transactions" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. October 8, 2015.
- ↑ "Gray Sells Radio Stations From Schurz Deal". TVNewsCheck. November 2, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ↑ Venta, Lance (November 2, 2015). "Gray Television Divests Schurz Clusters To Three Buyers". RadioInsight. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ↑ "HomeSlice Group purchases four Rapid City radio stations". Meade County Times-Tribune. November 2, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Comprehensive Exhibit" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. October 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
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