broadcasting founded 1964 headquarters lakeland florida u.s. key people robert m. hall founder bonnie hall rowbotham president art rowbotham chair products radio slogan various website http www.hallradio.com hall communications is a broadcasting company based in lakeland florida . the company currently owns 21 radio stations mainly in polk county florida eastern connecticut the lower susquehanna river valley providence rhode island and the lake champlain region . history edit the company was founded in 1964 when robert m. hall founder of the hall syndicate a major newspaper syndicate purchased wich his first radio station in connecticut . in 1967 hall would sell off his syndication company to field enterprises in order to concentrate more on broadcasting . by 1971 hall communications had grown to include wich and wich fm in norwich connecticut wnbh and wnbh fm in new bedford massachusetts wmmw in meriden connecticut wete in knoxville tennessee wusj in lockport new york and wbvp and wbvp fm beaver falls pennsylvania . wmmw was sold at some point in the early 1970s . wete was sold in 1976 to basic media inc. that same year hall purchased wgal and wgal fm lancaster pennsylvania . wlvl lockport was sold in 1981 . also in 1981 hall relocated to lakeland florida following the acquisition of its first two florida properties wonn and wpcv in 1981 . in 1983 wjoy and wqcr fm in burlington vermont were purchased for 2.2 million . wbvp and wwks beaver falls pa were sold to m.t. communications in 1985 . in 1995 hall purchased now silent wnlc 1510 and wtyd in new london connecticut . wxzr east lyme connecticut was purchased in 1998 to replace wnlc . also in 1995 stations wwrz fort meade florida and wlkf lakeland florida were added to the company s lakeland cluster and wkol plattsburgh new york was added to the burlington vt cluster . in 2001 wlkw in west warwick rhode island was added to the station s new bedford providence cluster . in 2005 wizn and wbtz were purchased and added to the company s vermont holdings . hall resigned as president in 1991 and chair in 1998 turning the company over to his daughter bonnie hall rowbotham and her husband art . hall communications operates a wholly owned subsidiary nutmeg broadcasting company licensee of wili and wili fm which was purchased from the rice family in 2005 . in addition to their 21 radio stations hall communications is also the 51 % majority owner of cross country communications licensee of wkza lakewood new york and wlkw fm celoron new york . references edit radio years hall communications big 4 external links edit hall communications official site v t e hall communications am radio stations wich wili wjoy wlkw wlpa wnbh wonn fm radio stations wbtz wctk wcty wili fm wizn wknl wkol wlkf wnlc woko wonn fm wpcv wroz wwrz this united states media company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hall communications & oldid 698369857 categories radio broadcasting companies of the united statescompanies based in lakeland floridacompanies established in 1964united states media company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 5 january 2016 at 18 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view