Company type | Private |
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Industry | Mass media |
Founded | 1956 |
Defunct | 2016 |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | United States |
Key people | Peter H. Smyth (Chairman & Chief executive officer) |
Products | Radio stations |
Divisions | Radio Broadcasting Newspaper |
Website | Greater-Media.com |
Greater Media, Inc., known as Greater Media, was an American media company that specialized in radio stations. The markets where they owned radio stations included Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia, Charlotte, and the state of New Jersey. The company was formed in 1956 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, and its headquarters were located in Braintree, Massachusetts.
Greater Media also published several weekly newspapers in Central New Jersey. The newspaper group won 12 Suburban Newspapers of America awards for 2006. [1]
On November 12, 2007, Greater Media announced it was buying three stations in Charlotte, North Carolina from Lincoln Financial Media--WBT, WBT-FM, and WLNK. [2] The deal was finalized on January 31, 2008.
On July 19, 2016, Beasley Broadcast Group announced that it would acquire Greater Media's radio stations for $240 million. [3] The FCC approved the sale on October 6, and the sale closed on October 29. [4] The Greater Media newspapers were sold to the Newspaper Media Group. [5]
Names in parentheses are the markets they serve, all of which are in New Jersey.
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