Regional Media-Virden Broadcasting

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Regional Media-Virden Broadcasting headquartered in Davenport, Iowa is private owner of radio stations in the Midwest.

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The company traces it founding to Randal J. Miller who at the age of 16 in 1971 started a 100 milliwatt transmitter station with a 300-foot range from his parents house in rural Shelbyville, Illinois. In 1982 he launched 3,000 watt easy listening music station WRVI with a range of 25 miles in Virden, Illinois. [1] He sold the station in 1992 and acquired other small market stations in Illinois and sold the then Taylorville, Illinois based Virden Broadcasting to Fletcher M. Ford in 2013 who moved the headquarters to Davenport. [2] Ford of Blue Grass, Iowa at the time was sales manager of Virden's Kewanee radio stations. [3]

The Virden name frequently has been clipped to just Regional Media since Ford's acquisition. In 2022 the company expanded outside of Illinois radio station base with the acquisition of KVVL and KNIM in Maryville, Missouri. [4] The company's web reginonalmedia.info

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References

  1. ↑ "Virden FM Station Opens in 1982". Newspapers.com. 1981-11-09. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  2. ↑ "Regional Media Moving to Davenport". Newspapers.com. 2013-02-12. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  3. ↑ "Miller Media Group Company Profile | Management and Employees List". Datanyze.com. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  4. 1 2 3 October 18, 2021 (2021-10-18). "Nodaway Broadcasting, INC Announces Sale Of Radio Stations To Regional Media – Nodaway Broadcasting". Nodawaybroadcasting.com. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  5. ↑ "FM Station KQCJ - FCC Public Inspection File". publicfiles.fcc.gov.
  6. ↑ "AM Station WKEI - FCC Public Inspection File". publicfiles.fcc.gov.
  7. ↑ "FM Station WJRE - FCC Public Inspection File". publicfiles.fcc.gov.
  8. ↑ "FM Station WZOE-FM - FCC Public Inspection File". publicfiles.fcc.gov.
  9. ↑ "AM Station WZOE - FCC Public Inspection File". publicfiles.fcc.gov.
  10. ↑ "FM Station WRVY-FM - FCC Public Inspection File". publicfiles.fcc.gov.
  11. ↑ "FM Station WZZT - FCC Public Inspection File". publicfiles.fcc.gov.
  12. ↑ "FM Station WSSQ - FCC Public Inspection File". publicfiles.fcc.gov.
  13. ↑ "AM Station WSDR - FCC Public Inspection File". publicfiles.fcc.gov.
  14. ↑ "FM Station WLMD - FCC Public Inspection File". publicfiles.fcc.gov.
  15. ↑ "FM Station WJEQ - FCC Public Inspection File". publicfiles.fcc.gov.
  16. ↑ "FM Station WKAI - FCC Public Inspection File". publicfiles.fcc.gov.
  17. ↑ "FM Station WNLF - FCC Public Inspection File". publicfiles.fcc.gov.
  18. ↑ "FM Station WMQZ - FCC Public Inspection File". publicfiles.fcc.gov.
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