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Depot Radio (all three stations) were bought by Three Eagle Comm. of Nebraska. According to what Three Eagle said in the article it could mean more sports coverage, which could be good news for the Jacks.
http://www.brookingsregister.com/mai...505b596467597f
Brookings radio stations to have one owner
BY JOHN KUBAL
* Depot Radio bought by Three Eagles Communications
A multi-million-dollar deal by a Nebraska media group will bring all of Brookings’ commercial radio stations under one owner. And one of two buildings housing the city’s stations will be vacated.
In a $9.45 million deal with Omaha-based Waitt Radio, Three Eagles Communications, based in Lincoln, Neb., bought Depot Radio, which includes KJJQ-AM, KKQQ-FM and KDBX-FM in Brookings, four stations in Watertown and two in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
The company already owns Brookings-based KBRK-AM and KBRK-FM; and all the stations will broadcast out of a soon-to-be-expanded KBRK building. . . .
Three Eagles will add 45 employees, bringing its total in Brookings and Watertown to 80. And Rolland Johnson, Three Eagles CEO, said he doesn’t anticipate any format or staff changes.
‘‘We usually end up adding employees,’’ Johnson said. ‘‘We usually have more sports, more news and more public affairs.’’ . . .
He said that when the merger was complete, the old passenger railroad station that houses Depot Radio would be vacated and put up for sale.
Three Eagles, which began in 1996 with the purchase of 10 stations, now owns 50 in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota.
Johnson said his company tends to purchase mom-and-pop outfits and stations that focus on locals rather than relying on syndicated programming.
‘‘We have very little satellite and we do very little syndicated programming,’’ he said. ‘‘We tend to focus on local people providing information for their markets.’’ . . .
http://www.brookingsregister.com/mai...505b596467597f
Brookings radio stations to have one owner
BY JOHN KUBAL
* Depot Radio bought by Three Eagles Communications
A multi-million-dollar deal by a Nebraska media group will bring all of Brookings’ commercial radio stations under one owner. And one of two buildings housing the city’s stations will be vacated.
In a $9.45 million deal with Omaha-based Waitt Radio, Three Eagles Communications, based in Lincoln, Neb., bought Depot Radio, which includes KJJQ-AM, KKQQ-FM and KDBX-FM in Brookings, four stations in Watertown and two in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
The company already owns Brookings-based KBRK-AM and KBRK-FM; and all the stations will broadcast out of a soon-to-be-expanded KBRK building. . . .
Three Eagles will add 45 employees, bringing its total in Brookings and Watertown to 80. And Rolland Johnson, Three Eagles CEO, said he doesn’t anticipate any format or staff changes.
‘‘We usually end up adding employees,’’ Johnson said. ‘‘We usually have more sports, more news and more public affairs.’’ . . .
He said that when the merger was complete, the old passenger railroad station that houses Depot Radio would be vacated and put up for sale.
Three Eagles, which began in 1996 with the purchase of 10 stations, now owns 50 in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota.
Johnson said his company tends to purchase mom-and-pop outfits and stations that focus on locals rather than relying on syndicated programming.
‘‘We have very little satellite and we do very little syndicated programming,’’ he said. ‘‘We tend to focus on local people providing information for their markets.’’ . . .
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