Gap Broadcasting Group

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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]

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Operating companies

Stations

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

GapBand Call sign City of license St. FacID
WestFM KBBB Billings Montana35370
WestAM KBUL (AM) Billings Montana16772
WestFM KCTR-FM Billings Montana16773
WestFM KKBR Billings Montana16774
WestFM KMHK Worden Montana1315
WestFM K236AB Billings Montana1316
WestFM KZMY Bozeman Montana72722
WestFM KISN (FM) Belgrade Montana24172
WestFM KMMS-FM Bozeman Montana24171
WestAM KMMS (AM) Bozeman Montana24170
WestAM KPRK Livingston Montana37816
WestFM KXLB Livingston Montana30566
WestFM K254AL Livingston Montana11009
WestAM KKTL Casper Wyoming86873
WestFM KRVK Vista West Wyoming7360
WestFM KRNK Casper Wyoming88406
WestFM KTRS-FM Casper Wyoming26301
WestAM KTWO (AM) Casper Wyoming11924
WestFM KWYY Midwest Wyoming26300
WestFM KIGN Burns Wyoming56234
WestAM KGAB Orchard Valley Wyoming30224
WestFM KLEN Cheyenne Wyoming5991
WestFM KKCB Duluth Minnesota49686
WestFM KLDJ Duluth Minnesota53999
WestAM WEBC Duluth Minnesota49689
WestFM KBMX Proctor Minnesota4588
WestAM KID (AM) Idaho Falls Idaho22194
WestFM KID-FM Idaho Falls Idaho22195
WestFM KLLP Chubbuck Idaho8413
WestFM KPKY Pocatello Idaho30246
WestAM KWIK Pocatello Idaho35885
WestFM KEGE Pocatello Idaho87656
WestFM K221CE Lava Hot Springs Idaho30247
WestFM KCGY Laramie Wyoming14753
WestAM KOWB Laramie Wyoming24700
WestFM KYSS-FM Missoula Montana71759
WestAM KGVO Missoula Montana71751
WestAM KMPT East Missoula Montana71754
WestFM KBAZ Hamilton Montana4700
WestAM KLYQ Hamilton Montana4699
WestFM KVWE Frenchtown Montana166027
WestFM KENR Superior Montana88404
WestFM K252BM Seeley Lake Montana22911
WestFM KENR-FM1 Missoula Montana133545
WestAM KSEN Shelby Montana67655
WestFM KZIN-FM Shelby Montana68295
WestFM KEYW Pasco Washington68846
WestAM KFLD Pasco Washington16725
WestFM KOLW Basin City Washington51128
WestFM KORD-FM Richland Washington16726
WestFM KXRX Walla Walla Washington16727
WestFM KEZJ-FM Twin Falls Idaho3403
WestAM KLIX (AM) Twin Falls Idaho3404
WestFM KLIX-FM Twin Falls Idaho3407
WestFM KSNQ Twin Falls Idaho87843
WestFM KDBL Toppenish Washington64507
WestFM KATS Yakima Washington64397
WestFM KFFM Yakima Washington49723
WestAM KIT (AM) Yakima Washington64398
WestFM KQMY Naches Washington88006
WestAM KUTI Yakima Washington49722
WestFM K232CV Ellensburg Washington64360
CentralFM KEAN-FM Abilene Texas54904
CentralFM KEYJ-FM Abilene Texas17804
CentralFM KFGL Abilene Texas73681
CentralAM KSLI (AM) Abilene Texas54843
CentralFM KULL Abilene Texas22158
CentralAM KYYW Abilene Texas40997
CentralFM KATP Amarillo Texas41433
CentralAM KIXZ Amarillo Texas9308
CentralFM KXSS-FM Amarillo Texas9306
CentralFM KMXJ-FM Amarillo Texas31463
CentralFM KPRF Amarillo Texas9307
CentralFM KHLA Jennings Louisiana8169
CentralAM KLCL Lake Charles Louisiana53646
CentralFM KJMH Lake Arthur Louisiana22962
CentralFM KNGT Lake Charles Louisiana53643
CentralAM KJEF Jennings Louisiana8168
CentralFM KTSR DeQuincy Louisiana71555
CentralFM KLAW Lawton Oklahoma35045
CentralFM KVRW Lawton Oklahoma2894
CentralFM KZCD Lawton Oklahoma12791
CentralFM KFMX-FM Lubbock Texas60799
CentralAM KFYO (AM) Lubbock Texas61151
CentralAM KKAM Lubbock Texas60798
CentralFM KKCL Lorenzo Texas1721
CentralFM KQBR Lubbock Texas60800
CentralFM KZII-FM Lubbock Texas61150
CentralFM KVLL-FM Wells Texas68130
CentralFM KYKS Lufkin Texas25582
CentralFM KAFX-FM Diboll Texas18105
CentralAM KSFA Nacogdoches Texas11741
CentralFM KTBQ Nacogdoches Texas11740
CentralAM KEEL Shreveport Louisiana46983
CentralFM KXKS-FM Shreveport Louisiana46982
CentralFM KRUF Shreveport Louisiana60265
CentralFM KVKI-FM Shreveport Louisiana19560
CentralAM KWKH Shreveport Louisiana60266
CentralFM KTUX Carthage Texas35688
CentralFM KKYR-FM Texarkana Texas7066
CentralAM KOSY (AM) Texarkana Arkansas7072
CentralFM KPWW Hooks Texas65292
CentralFM KYGL Texarkana Arkansas12312
CentralFM KMJI Ashdown Arkansas7828
CentralFM KISX Whitehouse Texas72661
CentralFM KNUE Tyler Texas25585
CentralFM KTYL-FM Tyler Texas35711
CentralFM KKTX-FM Kilgore Texas48952
CentralAM KDOK Kilgore Texas48950
CentralFM KIXS Victoria Texas25584
CentralFM KLUB Bloomington Texas68301
CentralFM KQVT Victoria Texas19434
CentralFM KBZS Wichita Falls Texas52074
CentralFM KNIN-FM Wichita Falls Texas43754
CentralAM KWFS (AM) Wichita Falls Texas6639
CentralFM KWFS-FM Wichita Falls Texas1722

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]

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  2. "Townsquare Media Acquires GAP Radio Broadcasting" (Press release). Greenwich, Connecticut: Townsquare Media. 2010-08-13. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
  3. "Gap Broadcasting Expands with Gap East" (Press release). Dallas, Texas: Gap Broadcasting Group. 2009-06-03. Archived from the original on 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
  4. 1 2 Hellum, Erik (2010-05-10). "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 2010-08-17.