Main Line Broadcasting
{{Short description|American media company}}
Main Line Broadcasting was an American media company, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At its peak, Main Line Broadcasting owned 19 radio stations in four markets in the United States. The company was founded by Dan Savadove and was most recently run by CEO Marc Guralnick. Main Line was backed by the Arlington Capital Group, a private equity company.
Main Line's original operating strategy was to purchase and operate radio stations in mid-size Arbitron markets, generally those ranked between 50 and 150 in Arbitron's market size list.
History
Main Line's first acquisition was Dame Broadcasting's 5-station group in Hagerstown, Maryland in August 2005. In December 2005, Main Line purchased four stations from MainQuad Broadcasting in the Richmond, Virginia market.
In May 2007, Main Line doubled in size with the purchase of ten stations from Radio One in the Louisville, Kentucky and Dayton, Ohio markets. In October 2008, it downsized its Louisville, Kentucky cluster as part of company-wide budget cutting. In doing so, the entire WLRS airstaff was released. WLRS retained its rock format.
On April 17, 2014, L&L Broadcasting announced that it has agreed to purchase all of Main Line's stations as part of a merger with Alpha Broadcasting. The combined entity will be known as Alpha Media.{{cite web|url=http://www.alphabroadcasting.com/l-l-broadcasting-alpha-broadcasting-agree-to-merge-and-become-alpha-media/|title=L&L Broadcasting and Alpha Broadcasting Agree To Merge and Become Alpha Media|date=17 April 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418220717/http://www.alphabroadcasting.com/l-l-broadcasting-alpha-broadcasting-agree-to-merge-and-become-alpha-media/|archivedate=18 April 2014}} The sale closed on July 1, 2014.
Former Stations
All of these stations are owned by Alpha Media as of July 1, 2014.
| class=wikitable |
| DMA
!Market !Station !Frequency !Branding !Format |
|---|
| rowspan=5|53
|rowspan=5|Louisville, KY |96.5 |B96.5 |Urban |
| WDJX-FM
|99.7 |99.7 DJX |
| WMJM-FM
|101.3 |Magic 101.3 |Urban AC |
| WXMA-FM
|102.3 |102.3 The Max |Hot AC |
| WGHL
|105.1 |Greatest Hits Louisville |Classic Hits |
| rowspan=4|56
|rowspan=4|Richmond-Petersburg, VA |WLFV |93.1 |93.1 The Wolf |Southern Country |
| WWLB
|98.9 |98.9 Liberty |Variety Hits |
| WARV-FM
|100.3 |rowspan=2|Big Oldies 107.3 |rowspan=2|Oldies |
| WBBT-FM
|107.3 |
| rowspan=5|60
|rowspan=5|Dayton, OH |92.1 |92.1 WROU |Urban AC |
| WGTZ-FM
|92.9 |Fly 92.9 |Variety Hits |
| WCLI-FM
|101.5 |Click 101.5 |Modern Hit Music |
| WDHT-FM
|102.9 |Hot 102.9 |Rhythmic Contemporary |
| WING-AM
|1410 |ESPN 1410 |Sports |
| rowspan=6|166
|rowspan=6|Hagerstown, MD- |94.3 |94.3 WQCM |Rock |
| WIKZ-FM
|95.1 |Mix 95.1 |Adult Contemporary |
| WDLD-FM
|96.7 |Wild 96.7 |Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio |
| WCHA-AM
|800 |rowspan=3|True Oldies 96.3 |rowspan=3|Oldies |
| WHAG-AM
|1410 |
| W242BY
|96.3 |
References
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Category:Defunct radio broadcasting companies of the United States
Category:Companies based in Philadelphia
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