Gap Broadcasting Group

Gap Broadcasting Group was a group of companies that owned around 116 broadcast stations (including 1 low-power television station and 5 low-power stations) in 23 radio markets in northwestern and central southern United States in the late 2000s. Managed by Oaktree Capital Management, the group acquired mainly stations from Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia as of late 2014) in the mid-sized radio markets that Clear Channel was exiting.^[1] All Gap Broadcasting Group stations were acquired by Oaktree's Townsquare Media in August 2010.^[2]

Operating companies

Gap Broadcasting, which became Gap Central Broadcasting and was also known as Gap I, was based in Dallas, Texas and acquired stations in the south-central states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. It also owned Class A television station KJEF-CA at Jennings, Louisiana.
GapWest Broadcasting, also known as Gap II, was based in Greenwood Village, Colorado and acquired stations in 13 markets in Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming.
A third operating company, Gap Broadcasting III or GAP East, was founded in 2009 to acquire stations east of the Mississippi River,^[3] but ended up without any acquisitions.^[1]

Stations

As of May 2010, just before being acquired by Townsquare, Gap Broadcasting Group owned the following stations:^[4]

Gap	Band	Call sign	City of license	St.	FacID
West	FM	KBBB	Billings	Montana	35370
West	AM	KBUL (AM)	Billings	Montana	16772
West	FM	KCTR-FM	Billings	Montana	16773
West	FM	KKBR	Billings	Montana	16774
West	FM	KMHK	Worden	Montana	1315
West	FM	K236AB	Billings	Montana	1316
West	FM	KZMY	Bozeman	Montana	72722
West	FM	KISN (FM)	Belgrade	Montana	24172
West	FM	KMMS-FM	Bozeman	Montana	24171
West	AM	KMMS (AM)	Bozeman	Montana	24170
West	AM	KPRK	Livingston	Montana	37816
West	FM	KXLB	Livingston	Montana	30566
West	FM	K254AL	Livingston	Montana	11009
West	AM	KKTL	Casper	Wyoming	86873
West	FM	KRVK	Casper	Wyoming	7360
West	FM	KRNK	Vista West	Wyoming	88406
West	FM	KTRS-FM	Casper	Wyoming	26301
West	AM	KTWO (AM)	Casper	Wyoming	11924
West	FM	KWYY	Midwest	Wyoming	26300
West	FM	KIGN	Burns	Wyoming	56234
West	AM	KGAB	Orchard Valley	Wyoming	30224
West	FM	KLEN	Cheyenne	Wyoming	5991
West	FM	KKCB	Duluth	Minnesota	49686
West	FM	KLDJ	Duluth	Minnesota	53999
West	AM	WEBC	Duluth	Minnesota	49689
West	FM	KBMX	Proctor	Minnesota	4588
West	AM	KID (AM)	Idaho Falls	Idaho	22194
West	FM	KID-FM	Idaho Falls	Idaho	22195
West	FM	KLLP	Chubbuck	Idaho	8413
West	FM	KPKY	Pocatello	Idaho	30246
West	AM	KWIK	Pocatello	Idaho	35885
West	FM	KEGE	Pocatello	Idaho	87656
West	FM	K221CE	Lava Hot Springs	Idaho	30247
West	FM	KCGY	Laramie	Wyoming	14753
West	AM	KOWB	Laramie	Wyoming	24700
West	FM	KYSS-FM	Missoula	Montana	71759
West	AM	KGVO	Missoula	Montana	71751
West	AM	KMPT	East Missoula	Montana	71754
West	FM	KBAZ	Hamilton	Montana	4700
West	AM	KLYQ	Hamilton	Montana	4699
West	FM	KVWE	Frenchtown	Montana	166027
West	FM	KENR	Superior	Montana	88404
West	FM	K252BM	Seeley Lake	Montana	22911
West	FM	KENR-FM1	Missoula	Montana	133545
West	AM	KSEN	Shelby	Montana	67655
West	FM	KZIN-FM	Shelby	Montana	68295
West	FM	KEYW	Pasco	Washington	68846
West	AM	KFLD	Pasco	Washington	16725
West	FM	KOLW	Basin City	Washington	51128
West	FM	KORD-FM	Richland	Washington	16726
West	FM	KXRX	Walla Walla	Washington	16727
West	FM	KEZJ-FM	Twin Falls	Idaho	3403
West	AM	KLIX (AM)	Twin Falls	Idaho	3404
West	FM	KLIX-FM	Twin Falls	Idaho	3407
West	FM	KSNQ	Twin Falls	Idaho	87843
West	FM	KDBL	Toppenish	Washington	64507
West	FM	KATS	Yakima	Washington	64397
West	FM	KFFM	Yakima	Washington	49723
West	AM	KIT (AM)	Yakima	Washington	64398
West	FM	KQMY	Naches	Washington	88006
West	AM	KUTI	Yakima	Washington	49722
West	FM	K232CV	Ellensburg	Washington	64360
Central	FM	KEAN-FM	Abilene	Texas	54904
Central	FM	KEYJ-FM	Abilene	Texas	17804
Central	FM	KFGL	Abilene	Texas	73681
Central	AM	KSLI (AM)	Abilene	Texas	54843
Central	FM	KULL	Abilene	Texas	22158
Central	AM	KYYW	Abilene	Texas	40997
Central	FM	KATP	Amarillo	Texas	41433
Central	AM	KIXZ	Amarillo	Texas	9308
Central	FM	KXSS-FM	Amarillo	Texas	9306
Central	FM	KMXJ-FM	Amarillo	Texas	31463
Central	FM	KPRF	Amarillo	Texas	9307
Central	FM	KHLA	Jennings	Louisiana	8169
Central	AM	KLCL	Lake Charles	Louisiana	53646
Central	FM	KJMH	Lake Arthur	Louisiana	22962
Central	FM	KNGT	Lake Charles	Louisiana	53643
Central	AM	KJEF	Jennings	Louisiana	8168
Central	FM	KTSR	DeQuincy	Louisiana	71555
Central	FM	KLAW	Lawton	Oklahoma	35045
Central	FM	KVRW	Lawton	Oklahoma	2894
Central	FM	KZCD	Lawton	Oklahoma	12791
Central	FM	KFMX-FM	Lubbock	Texas	60799
Central	AM	KFYO (AM)	Lubbock	Texas	61151
Central	AM	KKAM	Lubbock	Texas	60798
Central	FM	KKCL	Lorenzo	Texas	1721
Central	FM	KQBR	Lubbock	Texas	60800
Central	FM	KZII-FM	Lubbock	Texas	61150
Central	FM	KVLL-FM	Wells	Texas	68130
Central	FM	KYKS	Lufkin	Texas	25582
Central	FM	KAFX-FM	Diboll	Texas	18105
Central	AM	KSFA	Nacogdoches	Texas	11741
Central	FM	KTBQ	Nacogdoches	Texas	11740
Central	AM	KEEL	Shreveport	Louisiana	46983
Central	FM	KXKS-FM	Shreveport	Louisiana	46982
Central	FM	KRUF	Shreveport	Louisiana	60265
Central	FM	KVKI-FM	Shreveport	Louisiana	19560
Central	AM	KWKH	Shreveport	Louisiana	60266
Central	FM	KTUX	Carthage	Texas	35688
Central	FM	KKYR-FM	Texarkana	Texas	7066
Central	AM	KOSY (AM)	Texarkana	Arkansas	7072
Central	FM	KPWW	Hooks	Texas	65292
Central	FM	KYGL	Texarkana	Arkansas	12312
Central	FM	KMJI	Ashdown	Arkansas	7828
Central	FM	KISX	Whitehouse	Texas	72661
Central	FM	KNUE	Tyler	Texas	25585
Central	FM	KTYL-FM	Tyler	Texas	35711
Central	FM	KKTX-FM	Kilgore	Texas	48952
Central	AM	KDOK	Kilgore	Texas	48950
Central	FM	KIXS	Victoria	Texas	25584
Central	FM	KLUB	Bloomington	Texas	68301
Central	FM	KQVT	Victoria	Texas	19434
Central	FM	KBZS	Wichita Falls	Texas	52074
Central	FM	KNIN-FM	Wichita Falls	Texas	43754
Central	AM	KWFS (AM)	Wichita Falls	Texas	6639
Central	FM	KWFS-FM	Wichita Falls	Texas	1722

Gap Central also owned low-power television station KJEF-CA at Jennings, Louisiana (Facility ID 53643). It was also in the process of acquiring KTXN-FM at Victoria, Texas (Facility ID 13984), which it programmed under a local marketing agreement. GapWest programmed station KLMI at Rock River, Wyoming (Facility ID 164207) under a local marketing agreement.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Stone, Art (2010-06-25). "GAP East goes "poof"". Stop. Look. Listen. FindAnISP.com. Retrieved 2010-08-16.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Townsquare Media Acquires GAP Radio Broadcasting" (Press release). Greenwich, Connecticut: Townsquare Media. 2010-08-13. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
^ "Gap Broadcasting Expands with Gap East" (Press release). Dallas, Texas: Gap Broadcasting Group. 2009-06-03. Archived from the original on 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
^ ^a ^b Hellum, Erik (2010-05-10). "Attachment 12 - Other Authorizations". FCC 316: Application for Consent to Assign Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License or to Transfer Control of Entity Holding Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License (BTC-20100510AUO). Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2010-08-17.

[srg-poof-1] Stone, Art (2010-06-25). "GAP East goes "poof"". Stop. Look. Listen. FindAnISP.com. Retrieved 2010-08-16.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[tsm-pr-gap-2] "Townsquare Media Acquires GAP Radio Broadcasting" (Press release). Greenwich, Connecticut: Townsquare Media. 2010-08-13. Retrieved 2010-08-15.

[3] "Gap Broadcasting Expands with Gap East" (Press release). Dallas, Texas: Gap Broadcasting Group. 2009-06-03. Archived from the original on 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2010-08-16.

[fcc316-20100510-12-4] Hellum, Erik (2010-05-10). "Attachment 12 - Other Authorizations". FCC 316: Application for Consent to Assign Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License or to Transfer Control of Entity Holding Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License (BTC-20100510AUO). Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2010-08-17.

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