traded as nyse tsq industry mass media founded 1994 headquarters greenwich connecticut united states key people steven price chairman and ceo services digital media radio owner oaktree capital management 47 % website townsquaremedia.com townsquare media inc. formerly regent communications until 2010 is an american media company based in greenwich connecticut . the company started in radio and expanded into digital media toward the end of the 2000s starting with the acquisition of the mog music network and later a group of former blogs owned by aol . as of 2016 townsquare is the third largest am fm operator in the country owning over 310 radio stations in 66 markets . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 as regent 1994 2010 1.2 as townsquare since 2013 dubious discuss 2 assets 2.1 radio stations 2.2 web publications and services 3 references 4 external links history edit as regent 1994 2010 edit regent communications logo before rebranding townsquare media was established as regent communications inc. by terry jacobs in 1994 . jacobs was formerly the ceo of jacor communications a radio broadcasting company which he created in 1979 . 2 bill stakelin later shared chief status in the company with jacobs and the two established js communications later selling regent to jacor in 1997 . stakelin and jacobs resurrected the regent name to replace js with approval by jacor . 3 jacobs left the company in 2005 . 4 on october 27 2008 regent broadcasting joined radiolicious and began streaming on the iphone and ipod touch . regent is the first major radio group to contract for all of its streaming stations to be available through the radiolicious application . 5 regent filed chapter 11 bankruptcy on march 1 2010 with 211.3 million in debt 166.5 million in assets and a pre arranged plan for exiting bankruptcy with the united states bankruptcy court for the district of delaware . the filing plan made oaktree capital management the majority owner of regent after the bankruptcy and gave the old shareholders 12.8 cents per share . 6 after its privatization the company was given its new name townsquare media . 7 gap broadcasting group another radio group owned by oaktree was merged into townsquare giving it ownership of 171 radio stations in 36 markets . 8 5 as townsquare since 2013 dubious discuss edit in december 2010 the company began to expand its digital media operations overhauling its stations websites and launching a new country music news website known as taste of country . 9 townsquare acquired a number of stations from double o radio in august 2011 . 10 on april 30 2012 townsquare media announced a deal to acquire 55 stations in 11 markets from cumulus media in exchange for townsquare s stations in the markets of bloomington and peoria il and 126 million . 11 12 on august 24 2012 townsquare reached a deal to acquire the mog music network an advertising network for music blogs . the network was part of mog a streaming music service that had previously reached a deal to be acquired by beats electronics . 13 in june 2013 townsquare announced it would acquire a number of music related blogs from aol including the boombox the boot and noisecreep along with comicsalliance . the deal came following the abrupt shutdown of aol s music division in april 2013 . 14 on august 29 2013 it was announced that cumulus would purchase dial global after the programming syndication service was showing signs of financial distress in late 2012 . cumulus paid 260 million for this service a portion of which was used to pay off dial s debt before it was folded into cumulus . to make the sale work cumulus once again made a pair of station deals with townsquare media ; the first deal sent 53 stations in danbury ct rockford il cedar rapids ia quad cities ia il waterloo ia portland me battle creek mi kalamazoo mi lansing mi faribault mn rochester mn and portsmouth nh to townsquare for 238 million . the second sent 15 more stations in dubuque ia and poughkeepsie ny in exchange for peak broadcasting s fresno cluster . peak which like dial global and townsquare has a large investment held by oaktree also had its boise cluster folded into townsquare . due to market overlaps three of townsquare s newly acquired stations were placed in a divestiture trust . 15 the acquisition of the cumulus stations closed on november 14 2013 . on june 24 2014 townsquare media filed for an ipo on the new york stock exchange valued at 143.8 million . 16 17 on july 24 2014 townsquare media became a public company with an initial offering price of 11 a share . 18 in september 2014 townsquare media acquired xxl king and antenna from harris publications . townsquare then ceased print publication of xxl . 19 in august 2015 townsquare media acquired north american midway entertainment of farmland indiana an amusement park company with operations in the united states and canada . 20 on august 17 2016 the madison square garden company acquired a 12 % stake in townsquare media . 21 assets edit radio stations edit main article list of radio stations owned by townsquare media web publications and services edit antenna general publication marketed toward youth readers ; formerly a print magazine 19 the boombox dedicated to hip hop music ; previously owned by aol 14 the boot dedicated to country music ; previously owned by aol 14 comicsalliance dedicated to comic books ; previously owned by aol 14 just jared dedicated to pop culture 22 king publication marketed toward african american men ; formerly a print magazine 19 hype machine aggregator of music blogs ; previously owned by spinmedia 23 loudwire dedicated to heavy metal and hard rock music 24 noisecreep dedicated to heavy metal and hard rock music ; previously owned by aol 14 popcrush dedicated to pop music ; also a radio show on some townsquare stations 25 screencrush dedicated to film and television 26 taste of country dedicated to country music 14 ultimate classic rock dedicated to rock music categorized as classic ; also a radio show on some townsquare stations 27 xxl dedicated to hip hop ; formerly a print magazine 19 references edit overview . townsquare media . retrieved march 22 2016 . derdak thomas ; grant tina 1998 . international directory of company histories . st. james press . pp. 292 293 . coming home . billboard . nielsen business media . 109 27 . p. 85 . july 5 1997 . regent communications announces retirement of terry jacobs as chairman and ceo and appointment as vice chairman . regent communications . pr newswire . july 27 2005 . retrieved june 20 2016 . a b regent communications announces agreement with radiolicious . regent communications . pr newswire . november 12 2008 . retrieved june 20 2016 via redorbit . nadgir santosh march 1 2010 . radio broadcaster regent communications files ch . 11 . reuters . retrieved march 2 2010 . regent communications becomes townsquare media new ceo . radio & television broadcast report . streamline rbr . may 3 2010 . retrieved june 20 2016 . 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cumulus makes dial global and townsquare deals official . radio insight . august 30 2013 . townsquare media files for ipo of up to 144 million . reuters . retrieved june 27 2014 . renaissance capital staff writer june 24 2014 . oaktree backed townsquare media the third largest radio station operator files for a 144 million ipo . nasdaq . retrieved june 27 2014 . investor faqs . townsquare media . retrieved march 22 2016 . a b c d flanagan andrew january 16 2014 . xxl bought by townsquare to end print edition next month . billboard . prometheus global media . retrieved june 20 2016 . townsquare to acquire north american midway entertainment . townsquare media . pr newswire . retrieved june 20 2016 . madison square garden takes 12 % stake in townsquare media . wall street journal . dow jones & company . retrieved 18 august 2016 . jarvey natalie january 16 2014 . just jared partners with townsquare media group . the hollywood reporter . prometheus global media . retrieved june 20 2016 . staff writers . hype machine partners with townsquare media departing spinmedia . billboard . prometheus global media . retrieved june 20 2016 . hayes sarah november 6 2014 . loudwire music festival to debut in colorado for 2015 . axs . retrieved june 20 2016 . townsquare media launches new popcrush night program with lisa paige . all access . all access music group . february 17 2015 . retrieved june 20 2016 . thompson anne march 26 2014 . media watch screencrush adds departed huffpo scribe mike ryan . indiewire . penske media corporation . retrieved june 20 2016 . zach martin to host ultimate classic rock on 28 townsquare stations syndicated by compass media . all access . all access music group . june 29 2015 . retrieved june 20 2016 . external links edit official website v t e townsquare media formerly regent communications and including former gap broadcasting group and double o radio alabama wbei wffn wnpt fm wtbc wtsk wtug fm arkansas kmji kosy kygl colorado kars fm fm1 kbkl 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