media industry mass media genre radio broadcasting predecessor stations owned by triad broadcasting l & l broadcasting llc main line broadcasting alpha broadcasting founded portland oregon 2014 2014 founder lawrence r. larry wilson headquarters portland oregon us number of locations 135 1 key people larry wilson chairman bob proffitt president ceo donna heffner cfo website www.alphamediausa.com alpha media llc is a radio broadcasting company based in portland oregon and led by lawrence r. larry wilson . the group does business under the alpha media name . it was formed from the merger of alpha broadcasting l & l broadcasting and main line broadcasting on july 1 2014 . it owns its radio stations through alpha media licensee llc . at its formation it owned 68 radio stations in 12 markets along with two theatres in portland and san antonio and a digital marketing firm in peoria illinois . it is the 4th largest american radio owner behind its larger competitors iheartmedia cumulus and townsquare . contents 1 alpha broadcasting 2 l & l broadcasting 3 post merger changes 4 theatres 5 station list 5.1 holdings 5.2 divestments 6 references 7 external links alpha broadcasting edit alpha broadcasting was founded in 2009 in portland oregon by larry wilson combining radio properties from cbs radio and rose city radio . on april 17 2014 l & l broadcasting announced that it has agreed to merge with alpha while purchasing the stations of main line broadcasting . the combined entity became known as alpha media . 2 l & l broadcasting edit the broadcasting group was sometimes referred to as live and local . l & l was formed in 2012 to buy all but two of the radio stations of triad broadcasting for 21 million ; the deal involving 32 stations in 5 radio markets closed in may 2013 and transfer was finalized in june 2013 . l & l immediately arranged for the 6 stations in the fargo north dakota market to be sold to jim ingstad . 3 in august 2013 l & l arranged to buy from ymf media yucaipa companies and earvin magic johnson 4 the six stations formerly owned by inner city broadcasting in the jackson mississippi radio market . 5 in september 2013 l & l definitively agreed to purchase an additional 5 stations in columbia south carolina from ymf media . 6 on april 17 2014 l & l broadcasting announced that it has agreed to merge with alpha broadcasting while purchasing the stations of main line broadcasting . 2 post merger changes edit on october 10 2014 alpha media announced that it will be purchasing the remaining stations owned by buckley broadcasting in bakersfield and merced california . these were the last stations remaining to be divested by buckley which had begun to sell off its radio assets in 2008 . 7 the purchase of the buckley stations was consummated on december 31 2014 at a price of 5.8 million . on january 1 2015 alpha media began an lma on the access .1 stations in shreveport louisiana and tyler longview texas . the purchase was consummated on april 14 2015 at a price of 13.75 million . alpha is still in an lma with access .1 stations kfro kcul fm and ksyr . effective may 1 2015 alpha media acquired four stations and a translator in the fredericksburg virginia market from the free lance star at a price of 8.1 million . on august 17 2015 alpha media announced it was purchasing palm springs california radio stations kdes fm and kpsi fm mix 100.5 . while the purchase price was not originally announced 8 the transaction was consummated on december 29 2015 at a price of 3 million . on february 25 2016 alpha media closed on the announced purchase of digity broadcasting almost doubling the number of stations it owns and operates to 251 . the transaction was valued at 264 million for 116 stations in 26 markets . 9 alpha at the time of closing became the 4th largest station owner in the usa and the consolidator with the 4th largest number of markets 53 . theatres edit alpha media owns the skype live studio formerly known as the bing lounge in portland and the alamo lounge in san antonio texas . 10 station list edit holdings edit callsign freq . city market transferred from notes wirl 1290 khz illinois peoria peoria il illinois peoria peoria il 000000002013 06 26 0000june 26 2013 triad wmbd 1470 khz illinois peoria peoria il illinois peoria peoria il 000000002013 06 26 0000june 26 2013 triad w262by 100.3 mhz illinois peoria peoria il illinois peoria peoria il 000000002013 06 26 0000june 26 2013 triad w274bm 102.7 mhz illinois peoria peoria il illinois peoria peoria il 000000002013 06 26 0000june 26 2013 triad wpbg 93.3 mhz illinois peoria peoria il illinois peoria peoria il 000000002013 06 26 0000june 26 2013 triad wswt 106.9 mhz illinois peoria peoria il illinois peoria peoria il 000000002013 06 26 0000june 26 2013 triad wngy 102.3 mhz illinois morton morton il illinois peoria peoria il 000000002013 06 26 0000june 26 2013 triad wxcl 104.9 mhz illinois pekin pekin il illinois peoria peoria il 000000002013 06 26 0000june 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