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Civic Media Signs Asset Purchase Agreement In Expansion Effort

“With this acquisition, Civic Media will have a total of 17 stations, providing news, talk, sports, and music programming with a community-driven objective to inform and entertain listeners across almost the entire state of Wisconsin.”

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Civic Media announced a major milestone in its year-long endeavor to establish Wisconsin’s premier statewide hometown radio network. Civic Media has signed an Asset Purchase Agreement with Magnum Media, which has been filed with the FCC, to purchase radio stations in four Wisconsin media markets. 

With this acquisition, Civic Media will have a total of 17 stations, providing news, talk, sports, and music programming with a community-driven objective to inform and entertain listeners across almost the entire state of Wisconsin.

The assets that Civic Media will acquire include two FM signals in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls, WI, which are the WCFW 105.7 FM station (now broadcasting in HD under the callsign WEZY) and the recently built 93.5 FM translator that will simulcast the HD2 subchannel. Civic Media will also acquire WRJN 1400 AM and 99.9 FM, broadcasting from Racine, the 98.1 FM translator rebroadcasting from Kenosha, and the Victory Avenue broadcast studios and tower site in Racine.

In La Crosse, WI, Civic Media will obtain 1490 AM “The Eagle” and the associated AM land and tower facility. Finally, W239CV-FM, built at a frequency of 102.5 FM in Oshkosh, will be acquired by Civic Media, and will rebroadcast its existing WVXN 1520 AM station in New Holstein and 96.5 FM in Appleton.

“Dave Magnum and I have been actively negotiating this deal since we first met last Summer in La Crosse,” Mike Crute, Civic Media President said in a statement. “I just wanted to buy one radio station in my college town. Since that day, Dave and I have had a dozen clandestine meetings.  We’ve spent 40 hours in the most complex negotiations I have ever been a part of. I literally married my wife after fewer dates, and I had to ask less often.”

“My family, co-workers, and I will always consider it an honor to have augmented historic WRJN by adding the 98.1 Kenosha and 99.9 Racine translators and being recruited by the Green Bay Packers to become an affiliate,” said Dave Magnum, President of Magnum Media.

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Keith Olbermann: Funny How Newsmax CEO Changed His Tune About DirecTV After New Agreement

“Newsmax gave the channel for free to DirecTV and then one day Newsmax said to DirecTV ‘Look, instead of free, we’d like you to give us $13 million a year’. DirecTV said ‘Are you kidding? For that crap?'”

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Earlier this week, conservative cable news channel Newsmax struck a deal with DirecTV to return the network to the satellite provider after a monthslong back and forth that see each company take shots at the other. Keith Olbermann couldn’t help but notice those shots have ceased.

“Greta Van Susteren called for a Congressional investigation. Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Mike Lee (R-UT) wrote a letter threatening dire consequences and insisted this was liberal censorship,” The Countdown with Keith Olbermann host said. “DirecTV dropped Newsmax and the whiny butthurt snowflake fascists like Cruz demanded, I don’t know? Firing squads?”

The former cable news host then said it was clear during the dispute that the problem was about business, not politics.

“We all told them no, it’s not censorship, Newsmax gave its channel for free to DirecTV and then one day Newsmax said to DirecTV ‘Look, instead of free, we’d like you to give us $13 million a year’. DirecTV said ‘Are you kidding? For that crap?’ Direct TV and Newsmax have now made a deal. Terms were not disclosed, but Newsmax will be back on the satellite provider.”

Olbermann then turned his attention to Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy’s change in messaging. Previously, Ruddy — like others Olbermann had mentioned — was adamant that the network was removed due to conservative censorship.

However, now that a deal between the two parties has been struck, he believes that DirecTV “clearly supports diverse voices, including conservative ones”.

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Sean Hannity: Not Surprising Media Backtracking on Donald Trump Indictment Date Predictions

“The media is now kind of trying to hint that Donald Trump’s arrest announcement was a hoax.”

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Late last week, former President Donald Trump claimed he would be arrested on Tuesday. That date came and went without any indication of when — or if — Trump would be indicted. Sean Hannity wasn’t surprised by the media coverage surrounding the story.

During The Sean Hannity Show Thursday, the host claimed the media has backtracked on its reporting, but added that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is more to blame than the media is.

“This is the funniest news aspect of the day regarding this is that you know, the media is now kind of trying to hint that Donald Trump’s arrest announcement was a hoax,” Hannity said. “Now we find out that Alvin Bragg is openly blaming Donald Trump for creating the false expectation that he would be indicted. Bragg’s direct accusation is a lot stronger than any media hinting about a Trump indictment.”

Hannity then took credit for what he viewed as a drop in the likelihood that Trump is indicted due to information released on his Fox News program.

“Now a lot of it is due to new information we got this week, some of which was broken on my television show, with my interview with Bob Costello. I think it’s devastating. A direct contradiction to a convict by the name of Michael Cohen. Admitted liar. Serial liar, you can even say, and you have this guy, Bob Costello, contradicting everything that Cohen is saying.

“Cohen is supposed to be the star witness in this case. You have a convicted felon admitted liar as your star witness. Good luck with that. Juries don’t like liars.”

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101.7 The Truth Adding 2 New Shows To Weekday Lineup

“Both shows debut on April 3.”

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Two new shows are coming to 101.7 The Truth. The Milwaukee talk station announced that Denise Thomas, Telly Hughes, and Melanie Ricks will be joining its weekday lineup.

Hughes and Thomas will partner for Truth Be Told. It will air weekday mornings from 7 until 9. The duo brings some serious influence to the airwaves. The Milwaukee Business Journal calls Thomas a “top 50 power broker” in the city while Hughes has two Emmy Awards to his name.

Ricks will be at the center of a one hour show called Nothing But the Truth. The show will air at noon. Ricks serves as the in-game host for the Milwaukee Bucks, who call WTMJ, a sister station of 101.7 The Truth, their radio flagship.

Both shows debut on April 3. Starting that day, the station’s daytime lineup will be as follows:

7 – 9 a.m.                     Truth Be Told with Denise Thomas & Telly Hughes

9 – Noon                      The Truth with Sherwin Hughes

Noon – 1 p.m.                Nothin’ But the Truth with Melanie Ricks

1 p.m. – 4 p.m.              The Tory Lowe Show

4 – 6 p.m.                     The Truth in the Afternoon with Ken Harris

“We’re excited to bring a new lineup of voices to our listeners,” Cherie Harris, the general manager of Good Karma Brands’ Milwaukee cluster, said in a press release. “Our new hosts are passionate and knowledgeable about the issues that matter most to the black community. We aim to provide a platform for authentic and unfiltered discussion, and we’re confident that our new lineup will deliver for our partners and fans.”

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