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Colorado Media Newsroom
March 29th, 2024, 12:20 PM
From Radio Insight:

https://radioinsight.com/wp-content/images/2022/07/969thebeat-200x200.pngDonald and Denise Sherman?s Intrepid Companies has sold Hip Hop/R&B “96.9 The Beat (https://www.969thebeat.com)” KQRB Effingham/Topeka KS to Justin Fluke’s KNZA Inc. for $670,000.
As part of the deal, the groups agree to coordinate on a call letter change ahead of closing.
Intrepid had acquired then 96.9 KDVB Hoyt KS from Cumulus Media in March 2021 for $300,000 (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/206104/cumulus-divests-ne-kansas-station-for-topeka-move-in/) and constructed its move-in into the Topeka market. The company launched “The Beat” in July 2022 (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/232470/topeka-move-in-stunting-ahead-of-format-launch/). Sherman previously owned stations in Wichita KS and Wichita Falls TX.
Fluke acquired the 92% of KNZA Inc. he did not own in October 2021 (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/213507/station-sales-week-of-10-1/). The company is now operating under the name Many Signals Communications (https://www.mscnews.net/). The company owns Oldies 1230 KTNC (http://www.ktncradio.com)/107.1 K296HK and AC ?Sunny 101.3 (http://www.sunny1013.com)? KLZA Falls City NE, Full Service Country 92.1 KMZA (http://www.kmzafm.com) Seneca KS, Country 93.7 KAIR-FM (http://www.kairfm.com) Horton KS, and Full Service Country 103.9 KNZA (http://www.knzafm.com) Hiawatha KS.



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