Gap Broadcasting Group

Gap Broadcasting Group was a group of companies that owned around 116 broadcast stations (including 1 low-power television station and 5 low-power stations) in 23 radio markets in northwestern and central southern United States in the late 2000s. Managed by Oaktree Capital Management, the group acquired mainly stations from Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia as of late 2014) in the mid-sized radio markets that Clear Channel was exiting. ^[1] All Gap Broadcasting Group stations were acquired by Oaktree's Townsquare Media in August 2010. ^[2]

Operating companies

• Gap Broadcasting, which became Gap Central Broadcasting and was also known as Gap I, was based in Dallas, Texas and acquired stations in the south-central states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. It also owned Class A television station KJEF-CA at Jennings, Louisiana.
• GapWest Broadcasting, also known as Gap II, was based in Greenwood Village, Colorado and acquired stations in 13 markets in Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming.
• A third operating company, Gap Broadcasting III or GAP East, was founded in 2009 to acquire stations east of the Mississippi River, ^[3] but ended up without any acquisitions. ^[1]

Stations

As of May 2010, just before being acquired by Townsquare, Gap Broadcasting Group owned the following stations: ^[4]

City of license	State	Call sign	Band	Facility ID	Gap
Ashdown	Arkansas	KMJI	FM	7828	Central
Texarkana		KOSY	AM	7072	Central
		KYGL	FM	12312	Central
Chubbuck	Idaho	KLLP	FM	8413	West
Idaho Falls		KID	AM	22194	West
		KID-FM	FM	22195	West
Lava Hot Springs		K221CE	FM	30247	West
Pocatello		KEGE	FM	87656	West
		KPKY	FM	30246	West
		KWIK	AM	35885	West
Twin Falls		KEZJ-FM	FM	3403	West
		KLIX	AM	3404	West
		KLIX-FM	FM	3407	West
		KSNQ	FM	87843	West
DeQuincy	Louisiana	KTSR	FM	71555	Central
Jennings		KHLA	FM	8169	Central
		KJEF	AM	8168	Central
Lake Arthur		KJMH	FM	22962	Central
Lake Charles		KLCL	AM	53646	Central
		KNGT	FM	53643	Central
Shreveport		KEEL	AM	46983	Central
		KRUF	FM	60265	Central
		KVKI-FM	FM	19560	Central
		KWKH	AM	60266	Central
		KXKS-FM	FM	46982	Central
Duluth	Minnesota	KKCB	FM	49686	West
		KLDJ	FM	53999	West
		WEBC	AM	49689	West
Proctor		KBMX	FM	4588	West
Belgrade	Montana	KISN	FM	24172	West
Billings		K236AB	FM	1316	West
		KBBB	FM	35370	West
		KBUL	AM	16772	West
		KCTR-FM	FM	16773	West
		KKBR	FM	16774	West
Bozeman		KMMS	AM	24170	West
		KMMS-FM	FM	24171	West
		KZMY	FM	72722	West
East Missoula		KMPT	AM	71754	West
Frenchtown		KVWE	FM	166027	West
Hamilton		KBAZ	FM	4700	West
		KLYQ	AM	4699	West
Livingston		K254AL	FM	11009	West
		KPRK	AM	37816	West
		KXLB	FM	30566	West
Missoula		KENR-FM1	FM	133545	West
		KGVO	AM	71751	West
		KYSS-FM	FM	71759	West
Seeley Lake		K252BM	FM	22911	West
Shelby		KSEN	AM	67655	West
		KZIN-FM	FM	68295	West
Superior		KENR	FM	88404	West
Worden		KMHK	FM	1315	West
Lawton	Oklahoma	KLAW	FM	35045	Central
		KVRW	FM	2894	Central
		KZCD	FM	12791	Central
Abilene	Texas	KEAN-FM	FM	54904	Central
		KEYJ-FM	FM	17804	Central
		KFGL	FM	73681	Central
		KSLI	AM	54843	Central
		KULL	FM	22158	Central
		KYYW	AM	40997	Central
Amarillo		KATP	FM	41433	Central
		KIXZ	AM	9308	Central
		KMXJ-FM	FM	31463	Central
		KPRF	FM	9307	Central
		KXSS-FM	FM	9306	Central
Bloomington		KLUB	FM	68301	Central
Carthage		KTUX	FM	35688	Central
Diboll		KAFX-FM	FM	18105	Central
Hooks		KPWW	FM	65292	Central
Kilgore		KKTX-FM	FM	48952	Central
		KDOK	AM	48950	Central
Lorenzo		KKCL	FM	1721	Central
Lubbock		KFMX-FM	FM	60799	Central
		KFYO	AM	61151	Central
		KKAM	AM	60798	Central
		KQBR	FM	60800	Central
		KZII-FM	FM	61150	Central
Lufkin		KYKS	FM	25582	Central
Nacogdoches		KSFA	AM	11741	Central
		KTBQ	FM	11740	Central
Texarkana		KKYR-FM	FM	7066	Central
Tyler		KNUE	FM	25585	Central
		KTYL-FM	FM	35711	Central
Victoria		KIXS	FM	25584	Central
		KQVT	FM	19434	Central
Wells		KVLL-FM	FM	68130	Central
Whitehouse		KISX	FM	72661	Central
Wichita Falls		KBZS	FM	52074	Central
		KNIN-FM	FM	43754	Central
		KWFS	AM	6639	Central
		KWFS-FM	FM	1722	Central
Basin City	Washington	KOLW	FM	51128	West
Ellensburg		K232CV	FM	64360	West
Naches		KQMY	FM	88006	West
Pasco		KEYW	FM	68846	West
		KFLD	AM	16725	West
Richland		KORD-FM	FM	16726	West
Toppenish		KDBL	FM	64507	West
Walla Walla		KXRX	FM	16727	West
Yakima		KATS	FM	64397	West
		KFFM	FM	49723	West
		KIT	AM	64398	West
		KUTI	AM	49722	West
Burns	Wyoming	KIGN	FM	56234	West
Casper		KKTL	AM	86873	West
		KRNK	FM	88406	West
		KTRS-FM	FM	26301	West
		KTWO	AM	11924	West
Cheyenne		KLEN	FM	5991	West
Laramie		KCGY	FM	14753	West
		KOWB	AM	24700	West
Midwest		KWYY	FM	26300	West
Orchard Valley		KGAB	AM	30224	West
Vista West		KRVK	FM	7360	West

Gap Central also owned low-power television station KJEF-CA at Jennings, Louisiana (Facility ID 53643). It was also in the process of acquiring KTXN-FM at Victoria, Texas (Facility ID 13984), which it programmed under a local marketing agreement. GapWest programmed station KLMI at Rock River, Wyoming (Facility ID 164207) under a local marketing agreement. ^[4]

References

1. Stone, Art (June 25, 2010). "GAP East goes "poof"". Stop. Look. Listen. FindAnISP.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
2. "Townsquare Media Acquires GAP Radio Broadcasting" (Press release). Greenwich, Connecticut: Townsquare Media. August 13, 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
3. "Gap Broadcasting Expands with Gap East" (Press release). Dallas, Texas: Gap Broadcasting Group. June 3, 2009. Archived from the original on July 10, 2009. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
4. Hellum, Erik (May 10, 2010). "Attachment 12 - Other Authorizations". FCC 316: Application for Consent to Assign Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License or to Transfer Control of Entity Holding Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License (BTC-20100510AUO). Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved August 17, 2010.