A California company has completed the purchase of KINY AM radio in Juneau, as well as TAKU 105 FM, as part of a purchase of over two dozen radio stations around the west.
Six commercial radio stations in Juneau were previously owned by Frontier Media, whose principals, Richard and Sharon Burns, were Australians who were the first foreigners to own U.S. broadcast licenses.
BTC USA Holdings Management Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif. is the new owner of KINY, KSUP, KXXJ, and KTKU. The $1.3 million deal includes a group of stations in Texarkana, Texas.
The new company is led by KUZZ Bakersfield morning host Cliff Dumas.
“Dumas will own 80 percent of the new company through his Broadcast 2 Podcast Inc. with the Bryan Woodruff-led Local First Media Group holding the other 20 percent. In addition to hosting mornings at KUZZ, Dumas has also hosted mornings at KRST Albuquerque and spent a decade at KSON San Diego. Dumas is a member of the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame for hosting mornings at KHAM Hamilton and CISS-FM Toronto, was the voice of CMT Canada and the Canadian Country Music Awards, and produced and hosted many Canadian Country music specials,” reported RadioInsight.com, in October.
“I’m thrilled to now be part of the ownership group of 23 radio stations in 5 states,” Dumas wrote on Facebook this week.
