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Bustos Media To Acquire KXXP; Launches Urbana 104.5 Portland

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 12:30 PM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2...04-5-portland/



Bustos Media will be paying $700,000 to acquire KXXP. The deal includes a
$3500 per month Time Brokerage Agreement that took effect on Monday running
until closing with the first payment due on May 1.

Original Report 4/5: Bustos Media has announced it will be acquiring Soft
Oldies 104.5 MeTV-FM KXXP White Salmon WA/Portland OR from Jackman Holding
Company.

No terms have been announced yet, but Bustos has immediately begun
operating KXXP via LMA flipping the station to Spanish Rhythmic Urbana
104.5 simulcasting on 1010 KOOR Milwaukie OR. The launch duplicates the
Urbana brand the company debuted last year in Tucson on 92.5
K223CI/KZLZ-HD2.

KXXP had been operated via LMA by Marc Paskin’s Marco Broadcasting since
November 2019.

In response to the growing Hispanic buying power in Oregon and Southern
Washington, Bustos Media has acquired KXXP, from Jackman Holding Company,
LLC and today launched its newest Latin Mix Reggaeton format URBANA
104.5FM.

Urbana’s powerful upbeat music promises to wage battle with the predominant
Regional Mexican and English Pop/Rap formats. The younger LatinX
population is increasingly gravitating to Urban music featuring Latin
artists like: Bad Bunny, Ozuna, Maluma, Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Camilo,
Farruko, Darlene, Carol G and Rosalia.

“I am pleased to expand our URBANA NETWORK. KXXP has a huge foot-print
over the Portland metro where our company is headquartered. Its signal
reaches from the Dalles on the eastern Columbia River basin to Forrest
Grove on the west; from Longview on the north to Salem on the south.
URBANA’s music is breaking-down language barriers by the power of its
rhythm and its growing global popularity,� said Amador Bustos, President
and CEO of Bustos Media.

Younger Latino listeners are increasingly becoming more influential with
their growing financial purchasing power. They are more acculturated and
more engaged in digital and social media. This unique market segment will
fuel greater opportunity for local businesses to target new consumers in a
rapidly changing post pandemic economy.




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KKGQ Sale To Lead To Legal Settlement In Wichita

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 11:25 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2...nt-in-wichita/



The legal battle between Envision Broadcast Network and Rocking M Media
will be settled following the sale of 92.3 KKGQ Newton/Wichita KS to Chad
Boegers Pinnacle Media.

Boeger, who heads Union Broadcasting and its Sports stations in Kansas City
and Louisville, will pay Rocking M $623,000 for KKGQ. As part of the deal
Union Broadcasting and Envision will conduct a one day camp for blind and
visually impaired youths that includes access and engagement to produce and
air radio broadcast shows, Envision will be a founding partner of the
station for three years, Envision will have a bi-weekly hourlong show
espousing the Envision mission and all that Envision does., and review and
consider resumes of blind and visually impaired applicants from the
Envision Group when applicable. Union Broadcasting will enter into an
Advertising Agreement with Pinnacle to manage the station.

At closing the civil lawsuit between Envision and Rocking M Media will be
jointly dismissed. The legal battles between the groups dates to the merger
of KKGQ into Rocking Ms Wichita cluster in April 2017. Rocking M agreed to
sell its entire cluster in 2019 to Allied Media Partners, however liens
placed on the stations by Envision were unable to be cleared and Envision
locked Rocking M Media out of their studios located at Envisions
headquarters leading to the sale collapsing. KKGQ most recently had been
operating as Country The Brand using 24/7 programming from SuiteRadio.

Rocking M continues to own its five other stations in the Wichita market,
which have been on and off the air regularly since the sale to Allied
collapsed. Those stations are the former Rhythmic Hot AC “92.7 The Blast�
KWME Wellington, Variety Hits “97.1 Bob-FM� KIBB Haven, AAA “Flight 100.5�
KVWF Augusta, AC “100.3 The Wave� 1130 KLEY/100.3 K262CQ Wellington, and
Talk 1550 KKLE Winfield. Only KIBB has kept its prior format operating.



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Ricki Sanchez Joins WRVW's Woody & Jim Show

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 07:21 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2...oody-jim-show/



iHeartMedia CHR 107.5 The River WRVW Lebanon/Nashville TN has announced the
addition of Ricki Sanchez to their Woody Jim Show.

Sanchez most recently served as producer and co-host on Westwood Ones Zach
Sang Show. She has also interned for The Elvis Duran Show and co-hosts the
“20-Somethings Doing Nothing podcast. Sanchez takes the slot on the Woody
Jim Show alongside Woody Wood, Jim Chandler and Zac Woodward that had been
held by Savannah Grimm. Grimm departed the show earlier this year to attend
grad school.

107.5 The River, Nashville’s #1 Hit Music Station, announced today that
Ricki Sanchez will join the “Woody Jim Show,� effective April 26. The
“Woody Jim Show� is a top-rated morning show in the Nashville community
and broadcasts weekdays from 5 – 10 a.m. CST.

The Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame-nominated show has been waking up
Nashville for more than 20 years. Hosted by Woody Wood, Jim Chandler and
Zac Woodward, Sanchez will bring her lively energy to the show that has
been a staple not only on the air but also in the community.

“We got hundreds of submissions from talented candidates across the
country, and Ricki immediately stood out from the beginning as someone with
a vibrant personality and unique perspective that fits in with the ‘Woody
Jim Show’ perfectly,� said Jonathan Shuford, Program Director for 107.5 The
River. “We’re ecstatic to welcome her to join the show and help us wake up
Nashville for years to come.�

“I cant wait to join the ‘Woody and Jim Show’,� said Sanchez. “Its been my
dream to be part of a morning show and Im so glad its going to happen with
such an amazing team in such a vibrant city like Nashville.�

Sanchez joins 107.5 The River from the “Zach Sang Show� where she most
recently served as the co-host and producer. She also served as an intern
for “The Elvis Duran Show� and hosts a successful podcast called
“20-Somethings Doing Nothing.�