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Listening to Western North Carolina

The first thing I heard when I turned on iHeart’s WKSF (99.9 Kiss Country) Asheville, N.C., on Wednesday morning concerned the goats. The caller raised goats for petting zoos and to take to nursing homes. The goats were unhappy about being inside, especially because she hadn’t bought enough diapers before Hurricane Helene. Another caller agreed to house the goats for a while, but only after it was established that they wouldn’t need an electric fence.  […]

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Station Sales Week Of 10/4

In Chicago’s northern suburbs, Newsweb’s WKIE LLC sells 92.7 WCPY Arlington Heights IL to the Mina Georgalas led Rhythm Enterprises LLC for $3 million. WCPY currently is split under two LMA’s with Polish “Polski FM” running in the daytime and Dance “Dance Factory Radio” at night. The members of the buyer include a couple of business owners along with “Polski FM” Program Director Janusz Bosowski, Station Manager Maciek Baran, and host Zygmunt Rygiel. Newsweb transferred Liberal Talk 820 WCPT Willow Springs/Chicago and Brokered Ethnic 1240 WSBC Chicago to Heartland Signal earlier this year for $1 and retains Brokered 750 WNDZ Portage IN. […]