Armada Media Corporation is a Wisconsin-based media corporation founded in 2006 that owns radio stations in the

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. Armada Media operates in small unrated markets. Armada Media is based in Fond du Lac and operates 28 radio stations and 2 translators in South Dakota, Wisconsin, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota and Colorado. Armada Media's Board of Directors includes former Wisconsin Governor

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, Terry Shockley, Chris Bernier, John Lynch, and Bob Bourke. Bernier also serves as the company's CEO. Investment banker Bob Bourke is the CFO. Jim Coursolle is the founder and former CEO of Armada, but resigned and left the company in March 2008. Armada Media was sued by Wells Fargo Foothill Inc. in 2010 for defaulting on a $16.2 million loan.

Radio stations

Armada Media is the sole shareholder of radio station clusters based in McCook, Nebraska, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Armada Media – McCook

Armada Media acquired High Plains Radio of

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in 2007.

Armada Media – Escanaba

Armada Media acquired four stations from

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on March 27, 2020.

Armada Media – Scottsbluff

Armada Media acquired Bluffs Broadcasting of

Scottsbluff, Nebraska Scottsbluff is a city in Scotts Bluff County, in the western part of the state of Nebraska, in the Great Plains region of the United States. The population was 14,436 at the 2020 census. Scottsbluff is the largest city in the Nebraska Panhandl ...

on May 1, 2013. The four stations were all subsequently sold to

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effective January 17, 2020.

Armada Media – Watertown

Armada Media purchased four radio stations from Big Stone and Pheasant Country Broadcasting in 2007. The stations were all subsequently sold to Prairie Winds Broadcasting, Inc. effective August 30, 2019.

Previously-owned stations

KBWS-FM KBWS-FM (102.9 FM, "Superstar Country B103") is a radio station licensed to serve Sisseton, South Dakota. The station is owned by Prairie Winds Broadcasting. It airs a country music format. The station was assigned the KBWS-FM call letters by th ...

(102.9 FM, Sisseton, SD) *

KDIO KDIO (1350 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Ortonville, Minnesota Ortonville is a city in Big Stone County in the U.S. state of Minnesota at the southern tip of Big Stone Lake, along the border with Sout ...

(1350 AM, Ortonville, MN) *

KETT KETT (99.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Catholic format. Licensed to Mitchell, Nebraska, United States, it is currently owned by VSS Catholic Communications, Inc. Format change On November 28, 2013, KETT switched from an Active Rock fo ...

(99.3 FM, Mitchell, NE) *

KHYY KHYY (107.3 FM, "The Trail 107.3") is a radio station broadcasting a classic country music format. Licensed to Minatare, Nebraska, in the United States, the station is currently owned by Nebraska Rural Radio Association. Ownership In May 2013, A ...

(106.9 FM, Scottsbluff, NE) *

KJKQ KJKQ (99.5 FM, "Jack FM") is a radio station licensed to serve Sisseton, South Dakota Sisseton is a city in Roberts County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,479 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Roberts County. S ...

(99.5 FM, Sisseton, SD) * KMOR (93.3 FM, Gering, NE) *

KMSD KMSD (95.1 FM & 1510 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Milbank, South Dakota. The station is owned by Prairie Winds Broadcasting. It airs a classic hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music ...

(1510 AM, Milbank, SD) * KOAQ (1320 AM, Scottsbluff, NE) *

KOLT Kolt or kolty was a part of a female headgear, hanging on a ryasna at both temples as a sign of family's wealth, common in 11th-13th centuries in Old Rus'. It comprised a pair of metal pieces, joined to form a hollow medallion or star that ...

(690 AM, Terrytown, NE) *

KPHR KPHR (106.3 FM, "Power 106.3") is a radio station licensed to Ortonville, Minnesota serving the Watertown, South Dakota area. The station airs a classic rock format and is owned by Prairie Winds Broadcasting, Inc. The station broadcasts using HD ...

(106.3 FM, Ortonville, MN) * K252FB (98.3 FM, Milbank, SD)

References

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External links

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