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Greater Media will acquire Nassau’s 97.5FM frequency licensed to Burlington,NJ
ISN'T THIS THE STATION WHERE FORMER WJRZ/WMID AM/WXTU JOCK, MIKE BROPHEY IS PD? I THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS!!
WKLB/Boston Will Move From 99.5 To 102.5
Greater Media and Nassau Broadcasting Partners announced today that they have signed an exchange agreement by which Greater Media will acquire Nassau’s 97.5FM frequency licensed to Burlington, New Jersey; and Nassau will acquire Greater Media’s 99.5FM frequency licensed to Lowell, Massachusetts. Nassau will also receive cash and classical music assets including the format of WCRB/Boston, now heard on the 102.5FM frequency. Greater Media plans to move its WKLB Country Music format to the 102.5 frequency.
In a separate transaction, Greater Media and Charles River Broadcasting Company have signed a definitive agreement for Greater Media to acquire Boston’s 102.5 WCRB-FM. All of the transactions are subject to approval by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Greater Media will incorporate 97.5 FM into its Philadelphia cluster, which currently includes 93.3 WMMR-FM, 95.7 BEN FM, 102.9 WMGK-FM and Sports Talk 950/WPEN-AM. The call letters and format of the new station have not yet been determined. In Boston, Nassau Broadcasting will incorporate 99.5 FM into its existing New England holdings including its other Massachusetts radio stations “Pixy 103” WPXC-FM in Hyannis and “Frank FM” WFQR/WFRQ-FM in Harwich Port/Mashpee. Nassau plans to continue to broadcast the WCRB classical music format in Boston on the 99.5 FM frequency with the heritage WCRB call letters. WCRB 99.5 FM will also add to Nassau’s existing classical music network of radio stations, the WBACH network that broadcasts in coastal Maine.
"We worked very hard to identify a company that would protect the classical music format in Boston,” said Peter Smyth, Greater Media's President and CEO. I am both happy and proud that classical music will continue to have a home on the Boston airwaves. This is a great deal for all three companies, and for Boston's radio listeners and advertisers."
“Nassau has spent the last three years building a network of 37 radio stations in New England and we are extremely pleased to be able to add WCRB in Boston on its new home at 99.5 FM to our growing family of stations,” said Lou Mercatanti, Nassau’s Chairman and President. “WCRB has a heritage of broadcasting one of the premiere classical radio formats in the US and we welcome WCRB as the new flagship of our classical network of stations throughout New England.”
ISN'T THIS THE STATION WHERE FORMER WJRZ/WMID AM/WXTU JOCK, MIKE BROPHEY IS PD? I THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS!!
WKLB/Boston Will Move From 99.5 To 102.5
Greater Media and Nassau Broadcasting Partners announced today that they have signed an exchange agreement by which Greater Media will acquire Nassau’s 97.5FM frequency licensed to Burlington, New Jersey; and Nassau will acquire Greater Media’s 99.5FM frequency licensed to Lowell, Massachusetts. Nassau will also receive cash and classical music assets including the format of WCRB/Boston, now heard on the 102.5FM frequency. Greater Media plans to move its WKLB Country Music format to the 102.5 frequency.
In a separate transaction, Greater Media and Charles River Broadcasting Company have signed a definitive agreement for Greater Media to acquire Boston’s 102.5 WCRB-FM. All of the transactions are subject to approval by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Greater Media will incorporate 97.5 FM into its Philadelphia cluster, which currently includes 93.3 WMMR-FM, 95.7 BEN FM, 102.9 WMGK-FM and Sports Talk 950/WPEN-AM. The call letters and format of the new station have not yet been determined. In Boston, Nassau Broadcasting will incorporate 99.5 FM into its existing New England holdings including its other Massachusetts radio stations “Pixy 103” WPXC-FM in Hyannis and “Frank FM” WFQR/WFRQ-FM in Harwich Port/Mashpee. Nassau plans to continue to broadcast the WCRB classical music format in Boston on the 99.5 FM frequency with the heritage WCRB call letters. WCRB 99.5 FM will also add to Nassau’s existing classical music network of radio stations, the WBACH network that broadcasts in coastal Maine.
"We worked very hard to identify a company that would protect the classical music format in Boston,” said Peter Smyth, Greater Media's President and CEO. I am both happy and proud that classical music will continue to have a home on the Boston airwaves. This is a great deal for all three companies, and for Boston's radio listeners and advertisers."
“Nassau has spent the last three years building a network of 37 radio stations in New England and we are extremely pleased to be able to add WCRB in Boston on its new home at 99.5 FM to our growing family of stations,” said Lou Mercatanti, Nassau’s Chairman and President. “WCRB has a heritage of broadcasting one of the premiere classical radio formats in the US and we welcome WCRB as the new flagship of our classical network of stations throughout New England.”