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Oklahoma City Duo Sold To Separate Buyers

Stanton Nelson’s WPA Radio is selling its two stations in Oklahoma City. Mark Whitten’s KKNG Radio LLC will acquire 97.3 KKNG-FM Blanchard for $1 million. The station, which rimshots Oklahoma City from the south, currently operates as part of the statewide Catholic “Oklahoma Catholic Radio” network. The station will be the first broadcast asset for […] […]

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Evergreen Coast Capital Corporation & Brookfield Business Partners To Acquire Nielsen For $16 Billion

Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE: NLSN) (“Nielsen”) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by a private equity consortium (“Consortium”) led by Evergreen Coast Capital Corporation (“Evergreen”), an affiliate of Elliott Investment Management L.P. (“Elliott”), and Brookfield Business Partners L.P. together with institutional partners (collectively “Brookfield“) for $28 per share […] […]

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Rocking M Media Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Rocking M Media and its associated companies that own 21 stations in central and western Kansas has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In the petition Rocking M claims $1,307,696.75 in assets and $22,365,886.40 in liabilities owed between its four holding companies. Bankruptcy attorney Sharon Stolte of Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard, who is representing […] […]

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Charlie Brennan To Retire From KMOX

Charlie Brennan announced on Monday that he will retire from his 830-11am “The Charlie Brennan Show with Amy Marxkors” show on Audacy News/Talk 1120 KMOX/98.7 K254CR St. Louis on May 12. Brennan joined KMOX as a weekend and evening host in September 1988 from 1550 WNTN Newton MA and has hosted in his current timeslot […] […]