Davidson Media Group

The Davidson Media Group (DMG)^[1] is a Charlotte-based broadcaster specializing in multi-cultural, community focused formats. The company runs stations in a number of markets in 10 states and also specializes in selling large blocks of time on some of its stations to brokers who broadcast Spanish and/or urban contemporary gospel programs. Despite the minority-focus of DMG's market, the company itself is not minority-owned and is controlled through two private equity groups, CapStreet II LP and Citigroup Venture Capital.^[1]

Felix Perez was at one time DMG's president and chief executive officer; by January 2012, Perez had been named as the general manager for Univision Radio.^[2]

On February 13, 2009, SS Broadcasting Holdings (SSH) announced that it was purchasing Davidson Media Group for $1,000 cash and assumption of debt.^[3] This transaction placed SSH in control of 43 stations previously licensed to DMG.^[1]

Organization

The structure of the Group was quite complicated and prone to change as properties are acquired and divested. For instance, an example from 2005 shows that Davidson Media Group has among subsidiaries Davidson Media Holding Corp. and Davidson Media Holding Sub Corp., which together own Davidson Media Carolinas Stations LLC, which in turn owns Davidson Media Station WOLI Licensee LLC, the former license holder of WOLI-FM of Easley, South Carolina.^[4]

Stations

As of mid-2007^[update], Davidson Media operated over 40 stations in 17 states.^[5]

• WCVG/1320 AM: Covington, Kentucky; acquired July 16, 2006 for $1.9 million and converted to a Spanish language station.^[6]

Former stations

Call sign	Frequency	Band	Broadcasting from	Acquired	Divested	Notes
KAKS	99.5	FM	Fayetteville, Arkansas			Had ownership as of 2009[7]
KLBB	1400	AM	Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota	2005[8]
KLBP	1470	AM	Brooklyn Park, Minnesota	2005[8]
WACM	1490	AM	West Springfield, Massachusetts		2015[9]
WEAC	1500	AM	Gaffney, South Carolina		2008[10]
WKKB	100.3	FM	Middletown, Rhode Island	2005[11]	2015[9]
WNVL	1240	AM	Nashville, Tennessee	2006[12]	2012[13]
WNSG-AM	880	AM	Nashville, Tennessee	2006[12]
WOLI-FM	103.9	FM	Easley, South Carolina	2005[4]	2015	Changed call sign from "WOLI" to "WOLI-FM" upon acquisition.
WSPR	1270	AM	Springfield, Massachusetts		2015[9]
WTMP	1150	AM	Tampa, Florida	2011[14]	2014[14]
WXCT	990	AM	Southington, Connecticut	2004[15]	2015[9]	Acquired for US$1.4 million.[15]

• KCZZ/1480: Mission (Kansas City market) (sold to TBLC Media in 2015)
• KDTD/1340: Kansas City (sold to TBLC Media in 2015)
• WAKX/102.7: Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island (sold to Rhode Island Public Radio in 2007; now WNPE)
• WFMO/860: Fairmont (sold to Truth Broadcasting Corporation in 2015)
• WNTS/1590: Beech Grove (Indianapolis market; sold to Continental Broadcast Group, L.L.C. in 2015)
• WOLT/103.3: Greer, South Carolina (sold to Earth Radio Broadcasting in 2014; now WLTS)
• WSTS/100.9: Fairmont (sold to Truth Broadcasting Corporation in 2015)
• WTOB/1380: Winston-Salem (sold to TLBC Media in 2015)
• WTUV-FM/105.7: Eminence (Louisville market; sold to UB Louisville in 2014; now WHBE-FM)
• WTUV/620: Louisville (sold to W & B Broadcasting Co., Inc. in 2014)
• WWBG/1470: Greensboro (sold to TBLC Media in 2015)
• WSGH/1040: Lewisville (Greensboro market) (sold to TBLC Media in 2015)
• WRJD/1410: Durham (sold to TBLC Media in 2015)
• WTIK/1310: Durham (sold to TBLC Media in 2015)
• WNOW/1030: Mint Hill (Charlotte market) (sold to TBLC Media in 2015)
• WOLI/910: Spartanburg "The Source 105.7FM/910AM" (sold to TBLC Media in 2015)
• WTOX/1480: Glen Allen (sold to TBLC Media in 2015)
• WVNZ/1320: Richmond "Selecta 1320" (sold to TBLC Media in 2015)
• WREJ/990: Richmond "Newstalk 990" (sold to Radio Richmond in 2016)
• WONA/1540: Richmond "Rejoice 1540" (donated to Delmarva Educational Association in 2016)
• WEMG/1310: Camden (Philadelphia market) "Mega 1310" (sold to M.S. Acquisitions & Holdings, LLC in 2016)

References

1. Sandoval, Catharine J. K. (2011). "Chapter 5. Minority Commercial Radio Ownership". In Napoli, Philip M.; Aslama, Minna (eds.). Communications Research in Action. Fordham University Press. p. 93. ISBN 9780823233465. OCLC 711860464.
2. Peters, Mitchell, ed. (28 January 2012). "Executive Turntable". Billboard: 65, column 1 – via Google Books (full view). Univision Radio in New York names Felix Perez GM. He was present/CEO at Davison Media Group.
3. "Davidson Media becomes SS Broadcasting Holdings". Radio Business Report. 13 February 2009. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
4. "0008 Legal Notices". Classified. The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina: Gannett. August 23, 2005. p. E1. Retrieved August 4, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Hilliard, Larry (June 18, 2007). "Plans to increase tower height thwarted". Local News. The Gaffney Ledger. Gaffney, South Carolina. p. 2A. Retrieved August 5, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Tenkotte, Paul A.; Claypool, James C., eds. (2015). "WCVG". The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. p. 941, Column 1. ISBN 9780813159966. OCLC 900344819.
7. Gagne, Louise, ed. (2009). Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media (144th ed.). Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research. p. 3. ISBN 9781414422770. OCLC 388032569 – via Google Books.
8. "203 Legal Notices". Classifieds. Star Tribune. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. June 17, 2005. p. K2. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
9. Venta, Lance (October 30, 2015). "Red Wolf Acquires 4 In New England". RadioInsight. RadioBB Networks. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
10. Powell, Scott (August 1, 2008). "Fowler reaches agreement to acquire WEAC 1500 AM radio station". The Gaffney Ledger. Gaffney, South Carolina. Retrieved August 5, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Cobo, Leila (12 November 2005). "Latin Radio Flips Boost Ratings". Billboard. 117 (46): 8 – via Google Books. Davidson Media Group flipped WKKB Providence, R.I., from English to Spanish tropical in February and ratings jumped from 1.1 for the winter book to 2.7 this summer.
12. Blackwood, Suzanne Normand (March 8, 2006). "Antioch's Cardenas tackles talk radio". Davidson A.M. The Tennessean (Supplement). Nashville, Tennessee: Gannett. p. 1,2. Retrieved August 4, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Article is split across two pages; second page located at https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22506750/cardenastacklestalkradiopart2/.
13. "Public Notice". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. May 11, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "WTMP returning to urban format". Business. The Tampa Tribune. Cloe Cabrera and Carl Lisciandrello contributed. Tampa, Florida: Tampa Media Group. April 30, 2014. pp. 3, 7. Retrieved August 4, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link) Article spans two webpages; the second is located at https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22506063/wtmpreturningtourbanformatpart2/ .
15. Pukalo, Mark (May 19, 2004). "Public Affairs Shows Sought On Local Radio Stations". Town News. The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. p. B3. Retrieved August 4, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• davidsonmediagroup.com
• Article saying that WXCT, WACM, WSPR, and WKKB were bought by Red Wolf Broadcasting