Beasley Broadcast Group


Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc., based in Naples, Florida, is an owner/operator of radio stations in the United States. , the company owns 54 stations under the Beasley Media Group name.

History

The company was founded in 1961 by George G. Beasley. On February 11, 2000 the group completed its IPO.
On October 2, 2014, CBS Radio announced that it would trade 14 radio stations located in Tampa, Florida, Charlotte, North Carolina and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the Beasley Broadcast Group in exchange for 5 stations located in Miami and Philadelphia. The swap was completed on December 1, 2014.
On January 15, 2015, Beasley reorganized its radio stations, previously held by various subsidiaries, into Beasley Media Group; the Beasley Broadcast Group name was retained for the parent company.
On July 19, 2016, Beasley announced that it would acquire Greater Media for $240 million. The FCC approved the sale on October 6, and the sale closed on November 1. The deal gave Beasley additional stations in the Philadelphia and Boston markets and expanded the company into Detroit and three New Jersey markets.
On February 2, 2017, Beasley announced that it would sell its six stations and four translators in the Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville, North Carolina, market to Curtis Media Group for $11 million to reduce the company's debt; one of the stations, WNCT-FM, was concurrently divested to Inner Banks Media to comply with FCC ownership limits. The sale was completed on May 1, 2017.
On November 1, 2017, as part of the Entercom-CBS Radio merger, Beasley announced that it would sell AC-formatted station WMJX in Boston to Entercom, in exchange for all sports-formatted station WBZ-FM, also in Boston. The sale was completed on December 20, 2017.
On July 19, 2018, Entercom announced that it would sell WXTU in Philadelphia back to Beasley Broadcast Group for $38 million, as part of its purchase of market-leading WBEB also in Philadelphia. The deal was completed on September 28.
On November 14, 2019, Beasley Broadcast Group announced the acquisition of the Houston Outlaws, a professional Overwatch esports team that competes in the Overwatch League, from Immortals Gaming Club. The purchase marked the company's third esports venture.
On August 22, 2021, Beasley became owners of a Rocket League organization called AXLE-R8. Four players were selected from a gauntlet where teams would compete in an open qualifier to eventually try and win a 1-year contract from Beasley.

Stations by state

  • Arizona:
  • KCYE 107.9FM Coyote Country
  • KOAS 105.7FM Máxima
  • Florida:
  • WBCN 770AM ESPN SW Florida
  • WJBR 1010AM Podcast Radio
  • WJPT 106.3FM Sunny
  • WLLD 94.1FM Wild
  • WQYK-FM 99.5FM QYK
  • WRBQ-FM 104.7FM Q105
  • WRXK-FM 96.1FM 96 K-Rock
  • WWCN 99.3FM Playa
  • WXKB 103.9FM B
  • WYUU 92.5FM Máxima
  • Georgia:
  • WDRR 93.9FM Bob FM
  • WGAC 580AM Newstalk
  • WGAC-FM 95.1FM Newstalk
  • Massachusetts:
  • WBOS 92.9FM Bloomberg Boston
  • WBQT 96.9FM Hot
  • WBZ-FM 98.5FM The Sports Hub
  • WKLB-FM 102.5FM Country
  • WRCA 1330AM / W291CZ 106.1FM Rock
  • WROR-FM 105.7FM WROR
  • Michigan:
  • WCSX 94.7FM WCSX
  • WDMK 105.9FM Kiss-FM
  • WMGC-FM 105.1FM The Bounce
  • WRIF 101.1FM 101WRIF
  • W228CJ 93.5FM / W256EA 99.1FM La Tricolor
  • Nevada:
  • KKLZ 96.3FM KKLZ
  • KVGS 102.7FM VGS
  • KXTE 107.5FM X
  • New Jersey:
  • WCTC 1450AM / W228DY 93.5FM Fox Sports NJ
  • WDHA-FM 105.5FM WDHA
  • WJRZ-FM 100.1FM WJRZ
  • WMGQ 98.3FM Magic
  • WMTR 1250AM Classic Oldies
  • WPEN 97.5FM The Fanatic
  • WRAT 95.9FM The Rat
  • WTMR 800AM WTMR-AM
  • North Carolina:
  • WAZZ 93.5FM My Kiss Radio
  • WBAV-FM 101.9FM V
  • WFLB 96.5FM Jack FM
  • WKML 95.7FM The Big
  • WKQC 104.7FM K
  • WNKS 95.1 Kiss-FM
  • WPEG 97.9FM Power 98
  • WSOC-FM 103.7FM Country
  • WUKS 107.7FM The Bounce
  • WZFX 99.1FM Foxy 99
  • Pennsylvania:
  • WBEN-FM 95.7FM Ben FM
  • WMGK 102.9FM MGK
  • WMMR 93.3FM WMMR
  • WTEL 610AM Philadelphia's BIN
  • WWDB 860AM Talk
  • WXTU 92.5FM XTU
  • South Carolina:
  • WHHD 98.3FM HD
  • WKXC-FM 99.5FM Kicks 99