Following the recently announced sale of their Pampa TX properties, Grant Merrill and Ben Buckland’s Southwest Media Group is selling Oldies 800 KDDD and Classic Country “Big Country 95.3” KDDD-FM Dumas TX to Corey and Bailey Naugle’s Driven Media LLC for $280,000. The buyers own a local Chevy dealership. The sellers had purchased the duo in March 2022 for $300,000.
In a statement Merrill said, “This was a difficult decision to sell the radio station. Dumas is the best community that we have ever operated in, and I will miss the listeners and our clients tremendously and I want to thank them for their business. It has been the honor of my career to own KDDD. When we made the decision to sell, we wanted to keep the stations with people who we knew would continue to be good partners to the community. Our new owners are native to the Texas Panhandle and have a heart for this community and the people and businesses that make it so special, and we are confident that they will take great care of these legendary radio stations.”
Coloff Media acquires Full Service AC 95.1 KMAQ-FM Maquoketa and Full Service Country 1320 KMAQ Maquoketa/92.5 K223DA Bellevue IA from Dennis Voy’s Maquoketa Broadcasting Company for $400,000. KMCH Manchester Station Manager Sarah Meyer will add duties as Interim Station Manager for the newly acquired duo, while James Shaman, most recently with Grey Ghost Broadcasting’s KQKD Redfield IA joins as Operations Manager. Voy had operated KMAQ/KMAQ-FM since launching the AM in 1958.
Marion Williams doubles up in northwest Indiana with the purchase of Talk/R&B 1370 WLTH/92.7 W224EA Gary from Pluria Marshall’s WLTH Radio Inc. for $25,000. Williams, who owns Oldies 1500 WAKE/97.5 W248AP Valparaiso, began operating WLTH via Time Brokerage Agreement in June.