NRG Media
{{short description|American media company}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox company
| name = NRG Media, LLC
| logo = File:NRG Media logo - Edited.png
| type = Private
|
foundation = {{start date and age|2005}}
| industry = Entertainment
| location = Cedar Rapids, Iowa
| key_people = Mary Quass (CEO & president)
| num_employees = 450+/-
| products = Radio
| revenue = {{profit}}$125 million+USD
| homepage = {{URL|http://nrgmedia.com/}}
}}
NRG Media is a media company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and was founded in 2005.
History
File:NRGStudios WBCV WGLX WYTE WLJY.jpg
NRG Media was founded on March 1, 2005, as a result of a merger of NewRadio Group and the radio assets of Waitt Media. At its inception it was the seventh largest radio company in the USA. {{as of|May 2024}}, NRG owns and operates 32 radio stations and one translator in four Midwestern states. With the exception of their stations in Omaha, Grand Island/Kearney, and Lincoln, Nebraska, NRG owns properties in small or medium, unrated markets. NRG Media, through the studios of its Omaha sports property KOZN, produces radio coverage of the NCAA's College World Series from TD Ameritrade Park in conjunction with national syndicator Westwood One.
Mary Quass is NRG Media's President/CEO. Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio (MIW) Group named Mary Quass the 2017 MIW Trailblazer.{{cite news|title=Quass Wins MIW Trailblazer Award|url=http://radioink.com/2017/08/03/quass-wins-miw-trailblazer-award/|publisher=Radio Ink|date=3 August 2017}}
Former properties
- Waitt Radio Networks (purchased by Triton Media Group)
References
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External links
- [http://www.nrgmedia.com/ NRG Media]
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