SummitMedia

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SummitMedia, LLC
Company type Private
IndustryMedia
Founded2013;11 years ago (2013)
Headquarters Birmingham, Alabama
ProductsRadio stations
Website summitmediacorp.com

SummitMedia, LLC is an American radio broadcasting company based in Birmingham, Alabama. The company formed to purchase mid-market radio stations being divested by Cox Radio in 2013.

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On November 1, 2018, SummitMedia acquired 19 stations in four markets from the E. W. Scripps Company. [1] [2]

Stations

CallsignFreq. City MarketNotes
WAGG 610 kHz Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham, Alabama
WBHJ 95.7 MHz Midfield, Alabama Birmingham, Alabama
WBHK 98.7 MHz Warrior, Alabama Birmingham, Alabama
WBPT 106.9 MHz Homewood, Alabama Birmingham, Alabama HD2 translator on 100.1 MHz
WENN 1320 kHz Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham, Alabama
WPYA 97.3 MHz Gardendale, Alabama Birmingham, Alabama Today's Hits 97.3
WZZK-FM 104.7 MHz Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham, Alabama
W297BF 107.3 MHz Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham, Alabama Fed by WPYA-HD2
Tuscaloosa Translator on 97.5 MHz fed by WALJ-HD2
KFDI-FM 101.3 MHz Wichita, Kansas Wichita, Kansas
KFTI 1070 kHz Wichita, Kansas Wichita, Kansas
KFXJ 104.5 MHz Augusta, Kansas Wichita, Kansas
KICT-FM 95.1 MHz Wichita, Kansas Wichita, Kansas .
KYQQ 106.5 MHz Arkansas City, Kansas Wichita, Kansas
WRKA 103.9 MHz Louisville, Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky
WSFR 107.7 MHz Corydon, Indiana Louisville, Kentucky
WQNU 103.1 MHz Lyndon, Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky
WVEZ 106.9 MHz St. Matthews, Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky
KRVI 106.7 MHz Mount Vernon, Missouri Springfield, Missouri
KSGF 1260 kHz Springfield, Missouri Springfield, Missouri
KSGF-FM 104.1 MHz Ash Grove, Missouri Springfield, Missouri
KSPW 96.5 MHz Sparta, Missouri Springfield, Missouri
KTTS-FM 94.7 MHz Springfield, Missouri Springfield, Missouri
KEZO-FM 92.3 MHz Omaha, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska
KKCD 105.9 MHz Omaha, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska
KQCH 94.1 MHz Omaha, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska
KSRZ 104.5 MHz Omaha, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska
KXSP 590 kHz Omaha, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska
W258CB 99.5 MHz Greenville, South Carolina Greenville, South Carolina Fed by WJMZ-HD3
W253BG 98.5 MHz Greenville, South Carolina Greenville, South Carolina Fed by WJMZ-HD2
WHZT 98.1 MHz Williamston, South Carolina Greenville, South Carolina Translator on 94.1 MHz
WJMZ-FM 107.3 MHz Anderson, South Carolina Greenville, South Carolina
WCYQ 100.3 MHz Oak Ridge, Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee
WKHT 104.5 MHz Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee
WNOX 93.1 MHz Karns, Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee
WWST 102.1 MHz Sevierville, Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee
W291CL 106.1 MHz Richmond, Virginia Richmond, Virginia Owned by Edgewater Broadcasting, operated under LMA
Fed by WURV-HD2
WJSR 100.9 MHz Lakeside, Virginia Richmond, Virginia
WKHK 95.3 MHz Colonial Heights, Virginia Richmond, Virginia
WKLR 96.5 MHz Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia Richmond, Virginia
WURV 103.7 MHz Richmond, Virginia Richmond, Virginia
KCCN-FM 100.3 MHz Honolulu, Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii
KINE-FM 105.1 MHz Honolulu, Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii
KKNE 940 kHz Waipahu, Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii
KRTR-FM 96.3 MHz Kailua, Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii
KPHW 104.3 MHz Kaneohe, Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii
KPRP 650 kHz Honolulu, Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii

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References

  1. "Scripps Completes Two More Pieces Of Radio Division Sale". Inside Radio. November 2, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  2. van der Bijl, Hanno (August 16, 2018). "Birmingham media firm purchasing radio stations for $47M". Birmingham Business Journal. Retrieved April 23, 2024.