Max Media is a company that owns radio stations throughout the United States. It is based in
Virginia Beach, Virginia.
History
Max Media was founded in 2001. Prior to this, some of the company's management had run the
TVX Broadcast Group from 1979 until its sale in 1991 to
Paramount Communications (which renamed Mata mare
it the
Paramount Stations Group), and had also run Max Media Properties (similarly named to the current company) from then until its sale in 1998 to the
Sinclair Broadcast Group (which owned some former TVX stations).
On September 30, 2013, the
Cowles Publishing Company
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acquired Max Media's Montana television station cluster for $18 million.
On October 31, 2013, Sinclair acquired the non-license assets of
WPFO(TV), Waterville, Maine, for $13.6 million; the deal made it a sister station to
WGME-TV, Portland, Maine, which already produced a newscast for the station.
On November 20, 2013, it was announced that
Cunningham Broadcasting
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was to acquire the license assets for $3.4 million. The sale of the license assets was approved on June 23, 2017.
On January 9, 2014, Max Media sold its six Arkansas-based radio stations to Bobby Caldwell's East Arkansas Broadcasters for $3 million.
Effective November 5, 2015, Max Media sold its four Pennsylvania-based radio stations to Kristin Cantrell's Southern Belle, LLC for $3.8 million.
On April 5, 2017, Max Media announced that it was selling
NBC affiliate
WNKY(TV) in
Bowling Green, Kentucky to
Marquee Broadcasting
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History
Marquee began in 2013 when its owners, Brian and Patricia Lane, announced its intent to acquire WMDT and its repeater, ...
for $5.6 million. The sale was completed on June 30, 2017.
Marquee Closes Buy, Names Gray COO.
''TVNewsCheck'', 29 June, 2017, Retrieved 3 July, 2017.
All television stations either directly or indirectly owned by Max Media were sold off by 2019, leaving the company with a portfolio consisting solely of radio stations.
Current stations
Radio
Former stations
Television
Radio
Notes
References
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Mass media companies established in 2001
Radio broadcasting companies of the United States
Companies based in Virginia Beach, Virginia
Max Media radio stations