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Centennial Broadcasting

January 01, 1970

Centennial Broadcasting is a small market radio broadcasting company based in Clemmons, North Carolina.[1] The company is led by President and CEO Allen B. Shaw.[4] Shaw began his career in 1959, at the age of 15, at radio station WRWB in Kissimmee, Florida.[5]

Centennial Broadcasting
Company typePrivately owned
IndustryRadio
GenreRadio broadcasting company
Headquarters
Clemmons, North Carolina
,
United States[1]
Area served
Winchester, Virginia[2]
Fredericksburg, Virginia[3]
Key people
Allen B. Shaw (President/CEO)[4]
Total assets1 FM station
2 AM stations[2][3]
WebsiteOfficial website

History edit

1997-2000 edit

Centennial purchased Las Vegas-based KQOL from American General Media for an undisclosed sum on May 13, 1997.[6] Two months later, on July 22, 1997, the company bought another Las Vegas station, KJUL, also for an undisclosed amount.[7] In March 1998, Sinclair Broadcast Group sold three New Orleans-based stations to the company for $16 million.[8] The stations included two FMs, WRNO-FM and KMEZ, and one AM, WBYU.[8] In April of the same year, Centennial purchased Las Vegas station KKLZ from Apogee Companies for $21 million.[9] The company sold all six of its stations to Beasley Broadcast Group in late 2000 for $113.5 Million.[10][11]

2004-Present edit

The company would re-enter the radio business, this time in Virginia, with the purchase of Lynchburg, Virginia-area stations WZZI (then at 101.5) and WZZU from Travis Media LLC on August 31, 2004 for $4.146 million.[12] In 2005, the company purchased WLNI from 3 Daughters Media for $4.4 million.[13] Centennial filed suit on 3 Daughters Media and owner Gary Burns in 2006 for violating a five-year non-compete agreement.[13] The case was heard in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.[14] U.S. District Judge Norman Moon ruled 3 Daughters Media "could not operate a station with a Talk format until the five-year non-compete" had ended on August 4, 2006.[13][14] Burns appealed to United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which upheld the previous court's ruling.[13][15] In March 2005, Cumulus Media sold WBWR and translator W247AD-FM to Centennial for $1.9 million.[16][17] The deal closed in April of the same year.[18]

On May 17, 2007, Centennial announced it was buying WINC, WINC-FM, WWRT, and WWRE in Winchester and WBQB and WFVA in Fredericksburg from Mid-Atlantic Network Inc. for $36 million.[19] Later reports had the price of the sale at $35.972 million.[20] Shaw, commenting in a Winchester Star interview on the sale, said he had been considering buying the stations for several months.[19] The sale closed in August 2007.[19]

In April 2008, the company agreed to purchase four stations from Univision Radio in Albuquerque, New Mexico for $24 million.[21] The sale included stations KIOT, KJFA, KKRG, and KKSS.[21] For unknown reasons, the sale was never completed and the stations remain owned by Univision.[22]

On February 1, 2011, WVMP was sold to CityWorks Community Broadcasting LLC for $500,000.[12] Centennial sold WZZU and WZZI (now on 106.9 MHz), then airing an Active Rock format, to WVJT, LLC. for $523,000 on August 27, 2012.[23][24] Mel Wheeler Inc. purchased W247AD-FM from Centennial for $75,000 on April 4, 2012.[25] A year later, Centennial sold WLNI to Mel Wheeler Inc. on January 12, 2013 for $1.025 million.[26] That sale was delayed due to a "petition to deny" filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).[27] Gary Burns, owner of 3 Daughters Media, contented the sale would give Mel Wheeler Inc. control of too many stations in one market.[27][28] The FCC disagreed and denied the "petition to deny" in August 2013.[27][29]

On October 6, 2020, Centennial sold WINC-FM operating on 92.5 MHz from Winchester, Virginia, to Educational Media Foundation (EMF) for $1.75 million.[30] WINC-FM's existing music programming moved to the co-owned WXBN (105.5 FM) and WZFC (104.9 FM) ahead of the sale;, and Centennial retained the rights to the WINC callsign and branding.[31] On December 29, 2020, after the sale of the 92.5 FM channel closed, Centennial transferred the WINC-FM callsign to 105.5 MHz.[32] WZFC continued to simulcast WINC-FM's programming.

Stations edit

Centennial Broadcasting currently owns and operates two stations in Fredericksburg, Virginia:[2][3]

Fredericksburg edit

Call sign Frequency Format Website Source
WBQB 101.5 FM Adult contemporary www.b1015.com [33]
WFVA 1230 AM News/talk/sports www.wfvaradio.com [34]

Formerly owned stations edit

Call sign Frequency City of license Years owned Current status
KSTJ 102.7 FM Las Vegas, Nevada 1997–2000 KVGS, owned by Beasley Broadcast Group
KJUL 104.3 FM Las Vegas, Nevada 1997–2000 KFRH, owned by VCY America
WRNO-FM 99.5 FM New Orleans, Louisiana 1998–2000 Owned by iHeartMedia
KMEZ 106.7 FM New Orleans, Louisiana 1998–2000 Owned by Cumulus Media
WBYU 1450 AM New Orleans, Louisiana 1998–2000 Defunct, license cancelled in 2012
WZZI 101.5 FM Roanoke, Virginia 2004–2011 WVMP, owned by WVJT, LLC
WZZU 97.9 FM Lynchburg, Virginia 2004–2012 Owned by WVJT, LLC
WLNI 105.9 FM Lynchburg, Virginia 2005–2012 Owned by James River Media, LLC
WBWR 106.9 FM Bedford, Virginia 2005–2012 WLGX, owned by WVJT, LLC
WINC 1400 AM Winchester, Virginia 2007–2021 Owned by Colonial Radio Group[35]
WINC-FM 92.5 FM Winchester, Virginia 2007–2020 WAIW, owned by Educational Media Foundation
WXBN 105.5 FM Winchester, Virginia 2007–2021 WINC-FM, owned by Euclid Avenue Properties
WZFC 104.9 FM Winchester, Virginia 2007–2021 WVRX, owned by Point FM Ministries

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Centennial Broadcasting". Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Virginia Association of Broadcasters - Member Details". Virginia Association of Broadcasters. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Virginia Association of Broadcasters - Member Details". Virginia Association of Broadcasters. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Allen B. Shaw". MarketWatch. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  5. ^ "RadioYears.com - Allen B. Shaw". RadioYears.com. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  6. ^ (PDF). Federal Communications Commission, audio division. May 13, 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 14, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  7. ^ (PDF). Federal Communications Commission, audio division. July 22, 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 14, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Sinclair to divest certain New Orleans radio stations to Centennial Broadcasting". Baltimore Business Journal. Baltimore, Maryland. March 19, 1998. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  9. ^ "Apogee sells radio station". Portland Business Journal. Portland, Oregon. April 13, 1998. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  10. ^ "Beasley renegotiates deal". Las Vegas Sun. Las Vegas, Nevada. December 18, 2000. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  11. ^ "Beasley Broadcast Group Renegotiates Acquisition of Six Radio Stations From Centennial Broadcasting; Revised Purchase Consideration Totals $113.5 Million". Business Wire. San Francisco, California. December 13, 2000. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  12. ^ a b "New owner coming to Roanoke alternative outlet". Streamline RBR, Inc. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  13. ^ a b c d "Court Rules Against [WBLT] Flip To Talk". All Access Music Group. November 19, 2007. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  14. ^ a b Centennial Broadcasting, LLC v. Gary E. Burns and 3 Daughters Media, Inc. (United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia November 16, 2007), Text.
  15. ^ Centennial Broadcasting, LLC v. Gary E. Burns; 3 Daughters Media, Incorporated (United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit August 4, 2006), Text.
  16. ^ "Deals - Broadcasting & Cable". NewBay Media, LLC. April 17, 2005. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  17. ^ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. April 4, 2005. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  18. ^ "Asset Purchase Agreement". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. March 31, 2005. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  19. ^ a b c Mangino, Stephanie M. (May 17, 2007). "SOLD! $26M for WINC's corporate parent". Winchester Star. Winchester, Virginia. pp. A1, A8. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  20. ^ Carnegie, Jim (May 31, 2007). "RBR's Daily Morning Epaper – Transactions". Radio Business Report. Lake Ridge, Virginia. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  21. ^ a b Kamerick, Megan (March 16, 2008). "Radio veteran with NM ties buys local Univision stations". Albuquerque Business First. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  22. ^ . Univision Radio. May 31, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  23. ^ "Centennial Sells Virginia FM Simulcast". All Access Music Group. August 27, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  24. ^ "Robinson expands in Roanoke-Lynchburg market". Streamline RBR, Inc. August 27, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  25. ^ Venta, Lance (April 4, 2012). "Translator Report 4/4". RadioBB Networks. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  26. ^ "Wheeler applies to expand western Virginia radio cluster". Streamline RBR, Inc. January 12, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  27. ^ a b c "FCC Rejects 3 Daughters Media Challenge To WLNI Deal". All Access Music Group. August 22, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  28. ^ "ESPNinVA". Three Daughters Media. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  29. ^ "Media Bureau Grants WLNI (FM), Lynchburg, VA Assignment Application". Federal Communications Commission, media division. August 22, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  30. ^ Venta, Lance (October 8, 2020). "Educational Media Foundation Acquires WINC-FM". RadioInsight/RadioBB Networks. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  31. ^ Venta, Lance (November 17, 2020). "WINC-FM Begins Frequency Move Ahead Of EMF Sale". RadioInsight/RadioBB Networks. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  32. ^ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  33. ^ "FCC public file (WBQB)". Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  34. ^ "FCC public file (WFVA)". Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  35. ^ "FCC public file (WINC)". Retrieved April 13, 2021.

External links edit

  • Centennial Broadcasting Online

January 01, 1970
centennial, broadcasting, small, market, radio, broadcasting, company, based, clemmons, north, carolina, company, president, allen, shaw, shaw, began, career, 1959, radio, station, wrwb, kissimmee, florida, company, typeprivately, ownedindustryradiogenreradio,. Centennial Broadcasting is a small market radio broadcasting company based in Clemmons North Carolina 1 The company is led by President and CEO Allen B Shaw 4 Shaw began his career in 1959 at the age of 15 at radio station WRWB in Kissimmee Florida 5 Centennial BroadcastingCompany typePrivately ownedIndustryRadioGenreRadio broadcasting companyHeadquartersClemmons North Carolina United States 1 Area servedWinchester Virginia 2 Fredericksburg Virginia 3 Key peopleAllen B Shaw President CEO 4 Total assets1 FM station2 AM stations 2 3 WebsiteOfficial website Contents 1 History 1 1 1997 2000 1 2 2004 Present 2 Stations 2 1 Fredericksburg 2 2 Formerly owned stations 3 References 4 External linksHistory edit1997 2000 edit Centennial purchased Las Vegas based KQOL from American General Media for an undisclosed sum on May 13 1997 6 Two months later on July 22 1997 the company bought another Las Vegas station KJUL also for an undisclosed amount 7 In March 1998 Sinclair Broadcast Group sold three New Orleans based stations to the company for 16 million 8 The stations included two FMs WRNO FM and KMEZ and one AM WBYU 8 In April of the same year Centennial purchased Las Vegas station KKLZ from Apogee Companies for 21 million 9 The company sold all six of its stations to Beasley Broadcast Group in late 2000 for 113 5 Million 10 11 2004 Present edit The company would re enter the radio business this time in Virginia with the purchase of Lynchburg Virginia area stations WZZI then at 101 5 and WZZU from Travis Media LLC on August 31 2004 for 4 146 million 12 In 2005 the company purchased WLNI from 3 Daughters Media for 4 4 million 13 Centennial filed suit on 3 Daughters Media and owner Gary Burns in 2006 for violating a five year non compete agreement 13 The case was heard in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia 14 U S District Judge Norman Moon ruled 3 Daughters Media could not operate a station with a Talk format until the five year non compete had ended on August 4 2006 13 14 Burns appealed to United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit which upheld the previous court s ruling 13 15 In March 2005 Cumulus Media sold WBWR and translator W247AD FM to Centennial for 1 9 million 16 17 The deal closed in April of the same year 18 On May 17 2007 Centennial announced it was buying WINC WINC FM WWRT and WWRE in Winchester and WBQB and WFVA in Fredericksburg from Mid Atlantic Network Inc for 36 million 19 Later reports had the price of the sale at 35 972 million 20 Shaw commenting in a Winchester Star interview on the sale said he had been considering buying the stations for several months 19 The sale closed in August 2007 19 In April 2008 the company agreed to purchase four stations from Univision Radio in Albuquerque New Mexico for 24 million 21 The sale included stations KIOT KJFA KKRG and KKSS 21 For unknown reasons the sale was never completed and the stations remain owned by Univision 22 On February 1 2011 WVMP was sold to CityWorks Community Broadcasting LLC for 500 000 12 Centennial sold WZZU and WZZI now on 106 9 MHz then airing an Active Rock format to WVJT LLC for 523 000 on August 27 2012 23 24 Mel Wheeler Inc purchased W247AD FM from Centennial for 75 000 on April 4 2012 25 A year later Centennial sold WLNI to Mel Wheeler Inc on January 12 2013 for 1 025 million 26 That sale was delayed due to a petition to deny filed with the Federal Communications Commission FCC 27 Gary Burns owner of 3 Daughters Media contented the sale would give Mel Wheeler Inc control of too many stations in one market 27 28 The FCC disagreed and denied the petition to deny in August 2013 27 29 On October 6 2020 Centennial sold WINC FM operating on 92 5 MHz from Winchester Virginia to Educational Media Foundation EMF for 1 75 million 30 WINC FM s existing music programming moved to the co owned WXBN 105 5 FM and WZFC 104 9 FM ahead of the sale and Centennial retained the rights to the WINC callsign and branding 31 On December 29 2020 after the sale of the 92 5 FM channel closed Centennial transferred the WINC FM callsign to 105 5 MHz 32 WZFC continued to simulcast WINC FM s programming Stations editCentennial Broadcasting currently owns and operates two stations in Fredericksburg Virginia 2 3 Fredericksburg edit Call sign Frequency Format Website Source WBQB 101 5 FM Adult contemporary www wbr b1015 wbr com 33 WFVA 1230 AM News talk sports www wbr wfvaradio wbr com 34 Formerly owned stations edit Call sign Frequency City of license Years owned Current status KSTJ 102 7 FM Las Vegas Nevada 1997 2000 KVGS owned by Beasley Broadcast Group KJUL 104 3 FM Las Vegas Nevada 1997 2000 KFRH owned by VCY America WRNO FM 99 5 FM New Orleans Louisiana 1998 2000 Owned by iHeartMedia KMEZ 106 7 FM New Orleans Louisiana 1998 2000 Owned by Cumulus Media WBYU 1450 AM New Orleans Louisiana 1998 2000 Defunct license cancelled in 2012 WZZI 101 5 FM Roanoke Virginia 2004 2011 WVMP owned by WVJT LLC WZZU 97 9 FM Lynchburg Virginia 2004 2012 Owned by WVJT LLC WLNI 105 9 FM Lynchburg Virginia 2005 2012 Owned by James River Media LLC WBWR 106 9 FM Bedford Virginia 2005 2012 WLGX owned by WVJT LLC WINC 1400 AM Winchester Virginia 2007 2021 Owned by Colonial Radio Group 35 WINC FM 92 5 FM Winchester Virginia 2007 2020 WAIW owned by Educational Media Foundation WXBN 105 5 FM Winchester Virginia 2007 2021 WINC FM owned by Euclid Avenue Properties WZFC 104 9 FM Winchester Virginia 2007 2021 WVRX owned by Point FM MinistriesReferences edit a b Centennial Broadcasting Retrieved April 10 2014 a b c Virginia Association of Broadcasters Member Details Virginia Association of Broadcasters Retrieved April 10 2014 a b c Virginia Association of Broadcasters Member Details Virginia Association of Broadcasters Retrieved April 10 2014 a b Allen B Shaw MarketWatch Retrieved April 10 2014 RadioYears com Allen B Shaw RadioYears com Retrieved April 10 2014 Assignment of License PDF Federal Communications Commission audio division May 13 1997 Archived from the original PDF on April 14 2014 Retrieved April 10 2014 Assignment of License PDF Federal Communications Commission audio division July 22 1997 Archived from the original PDF on April 14 2014 Retrieved April 10 2014 a b Sinclair to divest certain New Orleans radio stations to Centennial Broadcasting Baltimore Business Journal Baltimore Maryland March 19 1998 Retrieved April 10 2014 Apogee sells radio station Portland Business Journal Portland Oregon April 13 1998 Retrieved April 10 2014 Beasley renegotiates deal Las Vegas Sun Las Vegas Nevada December 18 2000 Retrieved April 10 2014 Beasley Broadcast Group Renegotiates Acquisition of Six Radio Stations From Centennial Broadcasting Revised Purchase Consideration Totals 113 5 Million Business Wire San Francisco California December 13 2000 Retrieved April 10 2014 a b New owner coming to Roanoke alternative outlet Streamline RBR Inc February 12 2011 Retrieved April 10 2014 a b c d Court Rules Against WBLT Flip To Talk All Access Music Group November 19 2007 Retrieved April 10 2014 a b Centennial Broadcasting LLC v Gary E Burns and 3 Daughters Media Inc United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia November 16 2007 Text Centennial Broadcasting LLC v Gary E Burns 3 Daughters Media Incorporated United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit August 4 2006 Text Deals Broadcasting amp Cable NewBay Media LLC April 17 2005 Retrieved April 10 2014 Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License Federal Communications Commission audio division April 4 2005 Retrieved April 10 2014 Asset Purchase Agreement Federal Communications Commission audio division March 31 2005 Retrieved April 10 2014 a b c Mangino Stephanie M May 17 2007 SOLD 26M for WINC s corporate parent Winchester Star Winchester Virginia pp A1 A8 Retrieved December 3 2013 Carnegie Jim May 31 2007 RBR s Daily Morning Epaper Transactions Radio Business Report Lake Ridge Virginia Retrieved December 3 2013 a b Kamerick Megan March 16 2008 Radio veteran with NM ties buys local Univision stations Albuquerque Business First Albuquerque New Mexico Retrieved April 10 2014 Annual EEO Public File Report Univision Radio May 31 2013 Archived from the original on 2013 07 02 Retrieved April 10 2014 Centennial Sells Virginia FM Simulcast All Access Music Group August 27 2012 Retrieved April 10 2014 Robinson expands in Roanoke Lynchburg market Streamline RBR Inc August 27 2012 Retrieved April 10 2014 Venta Lance April 4 2012 Translator Report 4 4 RadioBB Networks Retrieved April 10 2014 Wheeler applies to expand western Virginia radio cluster Streamline RBR Inc January 12 2013 Retrieved April 10 2014 a b c FCC Rejects 3 Daughters Media Challenge To WLNI Deal All Access Music Group August 22 2013 Retrieved April 10 2014 ESPNinVA Three Daughters Media Retrieved April 10 2014 Media Bureau Grants WLNI FM Lynchburg VA Assignment Application Federal Communications Commission media division August 22 2013 Retrieved April 10 2014 Venta Lance October 8 2020 Educational Media Foundation Acquires WINC FM RadioInsight RadioBB Networks Retrieved January 12 2021 Venta Lance November 17 2020 WINC FM Begins Frequency Move Ahead Of EMF Sale RadioInsight RadioBB Networks Retrieved January 12 2021 Call Sign History Federal Communications Commission audio division Retrieved June 2 2014 FCC public file WBQB Retrieved April 13 2021 FCC public file WFVA Retrieved April 13 2021 FCC public file WINC Retrieved April 13 2021 External links editCentennial Broadcasting Online Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Centennial Broadcasting amp oldid 1224680012, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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