Community Broadcasters, LLC purchases four radio stations from Glory Communications, Inc.
December 16, 2015
Alex Snipe, President and owner of Glory Communications, Inc., has sold four of his radio stations in the Florence, Sumter and Orangeburg, South Carolina markets to Community Broadcasters, LLC, headquartered in New York and co-owned and operated by Jim Leven and Bruce Mittman in partnership with Northwood Ventures in Long Island, NY.
“I’ve spent nearly three decades building my career in broadcasting and am so proud of what we achieved with Glory Communications. Knowing that Jim and Bruce are focused on being the voice of the community, I’m very confident with the decision to sell these four signals to Community Broadcasting.” says Alex Snipe.
“We’re thrilled to support our current holdings in South Carolina with this acquisition. In September, we doubled the size of Community Broadcasters with the purchase of Miller Communications in South Carolina, adding 12 radio stations, 7 translators and 3 TV construction permits in Orangeburg, Sumter and Florence, South Carolina. These four new signals will continue to fill in these fast-growing markets.” says Jim Leven.
“We established Community Broadcasters in 2006 with the vision to focus on local news, sports and area events, not just syndicated programming. Both Jim and I feel strongly about giving back to the communities we serve through public service and charitable contributions”, says Bruce Mittman. “Our local stations are considered great places to work and we intend to extend that corporate culture to our new South Carolina stations,” adds Leven.
Bruce Mittman also owns and operates Boston-based Mittcom, a full-service advertising agency representing brands such as Subaru of New England, The Paper Store, Empire Loan, Laer Realty, Pure Hockey, Boch Enterprises and Patch Products, a leading manufacturer of toys and specialty line products.
Community Broadcasters has filed all transfer applications with the FCC and are awaiting final approval. They will begin operating the four signals purchased from Glory Communications’ on today and plan to continue the current format at each of these stations. Community Broadcasters current stations include:
The 4 stations in South Carolina purchased from Glory Communications, Inc.:
WLJI 98.3 FM – Summerton, SC WSPX 94.5 FM – Bowman, SC
WTQS 1490 AM – Cameron, SC WPDT 105.1 FM – Coward, SC
The 12 stations in South Carolina purchased from Miller Communications:
WGFG FM 105.1Branchville, SC
WQKI FM 102.9 Orangeburg, SC
WIBZ FM 95.5 Wedgefield, SC
WWBD FM 94.7 Sumter, SC
WSIM FM 93.7 Lamar, SC
WWKT FM 99.3 Kingstree, SC
WDXY AM 1240 AM Sumter, SC
WDKD AM 1310 Kingstree, SC
WWHM AM 1290 Sumter, SC
WOLH AM 1230 Florence, SC
WHYM AM 1260 Lake City, SC
WFRK FM 95.3 Quinby, SC
The 16 Upstate New York stations currently owned by Community Broadcasters LLC include:
Watertown
WBDR FM 106.7
WOTT FM 94.1 94
WATN FM 104.1/AM 1240
WTOJ FM 103.1
WEFX FM 100.7
Ogdensburg
WLFK FM 95.3
WQTK FM 92.7
WSLB AM 1400 ESPN
Olean
WPIG FM 95.7
WHDL AM 1450 ESPN
Elmira
WNKI FM 106.1
WNGZ FM 104.9
WPGI FM 100.9
WWLZ AM 820
WRCE AM 1490
