Plant Broadcasting to shut down Albany, GA area stations

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Plant Broadcasting’s Southern Georgia Stations Go Dark.

After the parent company of Plant Broadcasting was sold to telecommunications solutions provider TruVista Communications, the group’s Albany, GA area radio stations have gone silent. Assets of the radio stations,

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After the parent company of Plant Broadcasting was sold to telecommunications solutions provider TruVista Communications, the group’s Albany, GA area radio stations have gone silent.

PlantTel, a company that provides high-speed data, video, and voice communications services, operated classic rock WFFM Ashburn (105.7), country WTIF-FM Omega (107.5), and classic country WTIF (1340), which is simulcast on the Tifton-licensed translator W260AT at 99.9, under the Plant Broadcasting banner. With the November acquisition of PlanTel by TruVista, the station licenses were transferred to Sterling Southern Land, which is owned by PlanTel CEO Danny Sterling. Assets of the radio stations, including the broadcast towers, were part of the sale.

 

[Poledo]

Why couldn’t they work out a deal to stay on air?

 

[Voicetrack of Reason]

Sounds to me like someone didn't think this all the way through, or, there's some internal discord that's developed between the involved parties. As a buyer, I would not be happy. The whole point in owning towers is to attract paying tenants, and make money. Something here doesn't add up.