radio genre radio broadcasting company headquarters clemmons north carolina united states 1 area served winchester virginia 2 fredericksburg virginia 3 key people allen b. shaw president ceo 4 total assets 4 fm stations 2 am stations 2 3 website official website centennial broadcasting is a small market radio broadcasting company based in clemmons north carolina . 1 the company is led by president and ceo allen b. shaw . 4 shaw began his career in 1959 at the age of 15 at radio station wrwb in kissimmee florida . 5 contents 1 history 1.1 1997 2000 1.2 2004 present 2 stations 2.1 fredericksburg 2.2 winchester 2.3 formerly owned stations 3 references 4 external links history edit 1997 2000 edit centennial purchased las vegas based kjul from american general media for an undisclosed sum on may 13 1997 . 6 two months later on july 22 1997 the company bought another las vegas station kstj also for an undisclosed amount . 7 in march 1998 sinclair broadcast group sold three new orleans based stations to the company for 16 million . 8 the stations included two fms wrno fm and kmez and one am wbyu . 8 in april of the same year centennial purchased las vegas station kklz from apogee companies for 21 million . 9 the company sold all six of its stations to beasley broadcast group in late 2000 for 113.5 million . 10 11 2004 present edit the company would re enter the radio business this time in virginia with the purchase of lynchburg virginia area stations wzzi then at 101.5 and wzzu from travis media llc on august 31 2004 for 4.146 million . 12 in 2005 the company purchased wlni from 3 daughters media for 4.4 million . 13 centennial filed suit on 3 daughters media and owner gary burns in 2006 for violating a five year non compete agreement . 13 the case was heard in the united states district court for the western district of virginia . 14 u.s. district judge norman moon ruled 3 daughters media could not operate a station with a talk format until the five year non compete had ended on august 4 2006 . 13 14 burns appealed to united states court of appeals for the fourth circuit which upheld the previous court s ruling . 13 15 in march 2005 cumulus media sold wbwr and translator w247ad fm to centennial for 1.9 million . 16 17 the deal closed in april of the same year . 18 on may 17 2007 centennial announced it was buying winc winc fm wwrt and wwre in winchester and wbqb and wfva in fredericksburg from mid atlantic network inc. for 36 million . 19 later reports had the price of the sale at 35.972 million . 20 shaw commenting in a winchester star interview on the sale said he had been considering buying the stations for several months . 19 the sale closed in august 2007 . 19 in april 2008 the company agreed to purchase four stations from univision radio in albuquerque new mexico for 24 million . 21 the sale included stations kiot kjfa kkrg and kkss . 21 for unknown reasons the sale was never completed and the stations remain owned by univision . 22 on february 1 2011 wvmp was sold to cityworks community broadcasting llc for 500 000 . 12 centennial sold wzzu and wzzi now on 106.9 then airing an active rock format to wvjt llc . for 523 000 on august 27 2012 . 23 24 mel wheeler inc. purchased w247ad fm from centennial for 75 000 on april 4 2012 . 25 a year later centennial sold wlni to mel wheeler inc. on january 12 2013 for 1.025 million . 26 that sale was delayed due to a petition to deny filed with the federal communications commission fcc . 27 gary burns owner of 3 daughters media contented the sale would give mel wheeler inc. control of too many stations in one market . 27 28 the fcc disagreed and denied the petition to deny in august 2013 . 27 29 stations edit centennial broadcasting owns and operates six stations in two different markets in northern virginia . 2 3 fredericksburg edit call sign frequency format website source wbqb 101.5 fm adult contemporary 1 30 wfva 1230 am news talk sports 2 31 winchester edit call sign frequency format website source winc 1400 am news talk sports 3 32 winc fm 92.5 fm adult contemporary 4 33 wxbn 105.5 fm country 5 34 wzfc 104.9 fm country 6 35 formerly owned stations edit call sign frequency location years owned current owner kjul 102.7 fm las vegas nevada 1997 2000 beasley broadcast group now kcye kstj 104.3 fm las vegas nevada 1997 2000 silver state broadcasting llc now kfrh wrno fm 99.5 fm new orleans louisiana 1998 2000 clear channel communications kmez 106.7 fm new orleans louisiana 1998 2000 cumulus media wbyu 1450 am new orleans louisiana 1998 2000 defunct wzzi 101.5 fm roanoke virginia 2004 2011 cityworks community broadcasting llc now wvmp wzzu 97.9 fm lynchburg virginia 2004 2012 wvjt llc wlni 105.9 fm lynchburg virginia 2005 2012 mel wheeler inc. wbwr 106.9 fm bedford virginia 2005 2012 wvjt llc now wzzi references edit a b centennial broadcasting . centennial broadcasting . retrieved april 10 2014 . a b c virginia association of broadcasters member details . virginia association of broadcasters . retrieved april 10 2014 . a b c virginia association of broadcasters member details . virginia association of broadcasters . retrieved april 10 2014 . a b allen b. shaw . marketwatch . retrieved april 10 2014 . radioyears.com allen b. shaw . radioyears.com . retrieved april 10 2014 . assignment of license pdf . federal communications commission audio division . may 13 1997 . retrieved april 10 2014 . assignment of license pdf . federal communications commission audio division . july 22 1997 . retrieved april 10 2014 . a b sinclair to divest certain new orleans radio stations to centennial broadcasting . baltimore business journal . baltimore maryland . march 19 1998 . retrieved april 10 2014 . apogee sells radio station . portland business journal . portland oregon . april 13 1998 . retrieved april 10 2014 . beasley renegotiates deal . las vegas sun . las vegas nevada . december 18 2000 . retrieved april 10 2014 . beasley broadcast group renegotiates acquisition of six radio stations from centennial broadcasting ; revised purchase consideration totals 113.5 million . . business wire . san francisco california . december 13 2000 . retrieved april 10 2014 . a b new owner coming to roanoke alternative outlet . streamline rbr inc. february 12 2011 . retrieved april 10 2014 . a b c d court rules against wblt flip to talk . all access music group . november 19 2007 . retrieved april 10 2014 . a b centennial broadcasting llc v. gary e. burns and 3 daughters media inc. united states district court for the western district of virginia november 16 2007 . text centennial broadcasting llc v. gary e. burns ; 3 daughters media incorporated united states court of appeals for the fourth circuit august 4 2006 . text deals broadcasting & cable . newbay media llc . april 17 2005 . retrieved april 10 2014 . application for consent to assignment of broadcast station construction permit or license . federal communications commission audio 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report 4 4 . radiobb networks . retrieved april 10 2014 . wheeler applies to expand western virginia radio cluster . streamline rbr inc. january 12 2013 . retrieved april 10 2014 . a b c fcc rejects 3 daughters media challenge to wlni deal . all access music group . august 22 2013 . retrieved april 10 2014 . espninva . three daughters media . retrieved april 10 2014 . media bureau grants wlni fm lynchburg va assignment application . federal communications commission media division . august 22 2013 . retrieved april 10 2014 . wbqb facility record . federal communications commission audio division . retrieved april 10 2014 . wfva facility record . federal communications commission audio division . retrieved april 10 2014 . winc facility record . federal communications commission audio division . retrieved april 10 2014 . winc fm facility record . federal communications commission audio division . retrieved april 10 2014 . wxbn facility record . federal communications commission audio division . retrieved april 10 2014 . wzfc facility record . federal communications commission audio division . retrieved april 10 2014 . external links edit centennial broadcasting online v t e stations owned by centennial broadcasting fredericksburg virginia wbqb wfva winchester virginia winc winc fm wxbn wzfc retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title centennial broadcasting & oldid 705933006 categories companies based in north carolinaradio broadcasting companies of the united statesfredericksburg virginiawinchester virginia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this 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