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Colorado Media Newsroom
November 26th, 2024, 12:33 PM
From Radio Insight:

https://i0.wp.com/radioinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/torchwv.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1John and Anita Fredericks’ Disruptor Radio LLC is acquiring LHTC Media’s six stations and three translators in Morgantown and Fairmont WV for $650,000.
The acquisition expands the deal originally agreed to in January where Fredericks began operating (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/264589/conservative-torch-launches-on-west-virginia-trio/) three of the station and three of the translators as Conservative Talk “The Torch (https://www.wvthetorch.com)“. A new LMA has taken effect giving the company operations of the entire cluster until closing.
The stations involved in the deal are: Classic Rock “94 Rock (https://943.rocks)” 94.3 WRLF Fairmont, Oldies “Buzz 98.3 (https://buzz983.com)” 1490 WBKE Fairmont/98.3 W252EF Morgantown, Variety Hits “100.9 Jack-FM (https://jackfm101.com)” WZST Westover, and the aforementioned “Torch” on 920 WMMN Fairmont/95.7 W239CM Morgantown, 102.7 WGYE Mannington/Fairmont/103.9 W280FF Morgantown, and 105.7 WHTI Salem/Clarksburg.
Fredericks also owns Conservative Talk stations heard in Richmond, Lynchburg, and Norfolk VA, Atlanta GA, Nashville TN, and Philadelphia and Latrobe PA. Fredericks hosts a syndicated morning show (https://www.johnfredericksradio.com) heard on all the Talk stations.
LHTC Media originally acquired four of the stations in 2016 for $700,000 (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/108822/lhtc-media-acquires-four-in-morgantown-wv/) and then added (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/252893/lhtc-expands-in-morgantown-fairmont-wv/) WGYE/WHTI/W280FF in 2023 for $190,000.



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