Perry Publishing and Broadcasting

{{Short description|American print media and radio broadcasting company}}

{{Infobox company

| logo = Perry Publishing and Broadcasting.jpeg

| logo_size = 175px

| industry = {{ubl|Print media|Radio broadcasting}}

| founded = {{start date and age|1979|4}}

| hq_location_city = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

| hq_location_country = United States

| key_people = {{ubl|Russell M. Perry (founder and former president)|Kevin S. Perry (president/CEO)}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.perrybroadcasting.net/}}

}}

Perry Publishing and Broadcasting is an American print media and radio broadcasting company based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, targeting the local African American community.

On the 7th of April 2025 the Oklahoma Senate passed Senate Resolution 13, honoring Russell M. Perry for his remarkable contributions to the state as a businessman,https://trackbill.com/bill/oklahoma-senate-resolution-13-resolution-recognizing-businessman-banker-and-accomplished-journalist-russell-m-perry-and-praising-his-significant-contributions-to-the-state/2713193/ banker, and journalist. Authored and presented by Senator Shane Jett,https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SR13&Session=2500 state of Oklahoma, who is the state senator from Senate District 17, which includes northern Pottawatomie County and eastern Oklahoma County. The resolution commended Perry for founding The Black Chronicle and establishing Perry Publishing & Broadcasting, now Oklahoma’s largest independent radio group. https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26%20ENR/SRES/SR13%20ENR.PDFhttps://www.okhouse.gov/posts/news-20250408_1

Company history

Perry Publishing and Broadcasting was founded in April 1979 by Russell M. Perry and began publishing the Black Chronicle, Oklahoma's oldest African-American community newspaper, that same month.https://oksenate.gov/press-releases/senate-adopts-resolution-honoring-russell-m-perry?back=/node

In 1993, Perry Publishing acquired its first radio station with the purchase of AM 1140 (now known as KRMP) in Oklahoma City.{{Cite web |title=Russell Perry – Perry Publishing and Broadcasting |url=https://okcrotary.club/russell-perry-perry-publishing-and-broadcasting/ |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=Rotary Club}} Then acquired KVSP and became the first urban contemporary station in the Oklahoma City market since the early-1990s. With the success of KVSP, Perry soon acquired KJMM in Tulsa in 1994.

In 1996, Perry Publishing acquired its first duopoly with KJMZ and KKRX, serving the Lawton area.

In 1999, Perry Publishing purchased KGTO in Tulsa from Cox Radio, providing the company a duopoly in Tulsa along with KJMM.

In 2001, Perry Publishing acquired five more stations serving the Lawton area: KKEN, KDDQ, KRPT, KPNS, and KXCA.

In 2005, Perry then acquired KACO, which also serving the Lawton area.

In August 2007, Perry Publishing acquired Radio One's cluster of stations in Augusta, Georgia: WFXA-FM, WAKB, WTHB, and WAEG.{{Cite web |title=Perry Publishing & Broadcasting Co. Partners with Media Exec Sheila Eldridge to Radio One Augusta Stations |url=https://www.alignable.com/tulsa-ok/perry-publishing-broadcasting/perry-broadcasting |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719022745/http://www.blacknews.com/pr/perry_publishing_and_broadcasting101.html |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |access-date=September 6, 2007 |website=BlackNews.com}}

In November 2015, it was announced that Perry Publishing purchased KFMD in Bethel Heights, Arkansas from Hog Radio for $400,000.{{Cite web |last=Gatling |first=Paul |date=November 9, 2015 |title=Local AM/FM Radio Station Sold to Oklahoma Company |url=https://talkbusiness.net/2015/11/local-amfm-radio-station-sold-to-oklahoma-company/ |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=Talk Business & Politics}}{{Cite web |date=October 30, 2015 |title=KFMD, Translator Sold in Arkansas |url=https://rbr.com/kfmd-translator-sold-in-arkansas/ |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=Radio & Television Business Report}}

In December 2018, Perry Publishing announced that it would sell all 8 of his station in the Lawton area to Mollman Media for $3 million.{{Cite web |last=Jacobson |first=Adam |date=December 21, 2018 |title=Sooner Scooper: Mollman Plucks 7 Perry Signals |url=https://rbr.com/perry-mollman-okla-deal/ |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=Radio & Television Business Report}} The sale was completed in April 2019.{{Cite web |date=April 18, 2019 |title=Deal Digest: Cumulus Swaps And Sells. |url=https://www.insideradio.com/free/deal-digest-cumulus-swaps-and-sells/article_66f73842-61ad-11e9-9929-e39d0eda8275.html |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=InsideRadio}}