South Central Communications


South Central Communications, d.b.a. South Central Incorporated, is a privately owned company based in Evansville, Indiana. It is owned and operated by the Engelbrecht family, which includes John D. Engelbrecht, JP Engelbrecht, and Bettie G. Engelbrecht.
It was announced on May 28, 2014, that Midwest Communications was to purchase nine of the ten stations owned by South Central Communications. With this purchase, Midwest Communications expanded its portfolio of stations to Evansville, Knoxville and Nashville. WEJK was not involved in the sale as it would not fit under the ownership cap for Midwest. It was grandfathered in for South Central under previous ownership rules. It was stated at the time that it was likely that Boonville Broadcasting would take back operations of WEJK before or after the sale of South Central Communications other stations were finalized. It was then announced on August 18, 2014, that South Central Communications will be turning the operations of WEJK over to The Original Company, as Boonville Broadcasting will continue to own the station. Once approved by the FCC, The Original Company will take over the operations of WEJK and would operate the station via a time brokerage agreement. The changeover was completed on September 1. The sale of the nine former South Central Communications radio stations to Midwest Communications were also finalized on September 1.

Former stations

Radio

City of license/MarketStationYears ownedCurrent status
Evansville, INWEOA 1400–2009Owned by BLS Entertainment Inc.
Evansville, INWLFW 93.5–2014WLYD, owned by Midwest Communications
Evansville, INWSTO 96.1–2014Owned by Midwest Communications
Evansville, INWIKY-FM 104.1–2014Owned by Midwest Communications
Evansville, INWEJK 107.1–2014WJPS, owned by The Original Company, Inc.
Evansville, INWABX 107.5–2014Owned by Midwest Communications
Knoxville, TNWNFZ 94.3–2014Owned by Midwest Communications
Knoxville, TNWDKW 95.7–2014Owned by Midwest Communications
Knoxville, TNWJXB-FM 97.5–2014Owned by Midwest Communications
Knoxville, TNWIMZ-FM 103.5–2014Owned by Midwest Communications
Knoxville, TNWLYT 106.7–2012WFGW, owned by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Nashville, TNWJXA 92.9–2014Owned by Midwest Communications
Nashville, TNWCJK 96.3–2014Owned by Midwest Communications

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