Townsquare Media Family is Expanding in Montana!

Townsquare Media, the parent company of KSEN and K96fm, announced on Thursday that it will acquire Cherry Creek Media, based on Colorado, for $18.75 million. The all-cash deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2022, pending regulatory approval.

The deal will add 35 stations in nine cities in five western states to the Townsquare Media family. The new markets and stations include:

Great Falls MT

Classic Country 560 KMON
Classic Hits “Kool 92.9” KLFM
Country “94.5 Max Country” KMON-FM
AC “97.9 The River” KVVR
CHR “K99” 98.9 KAAK
Alternative “107.5 The Peak” KMON-HD2
Sports “99.9 Big Sky Sports” KMON-HD3
Variety Hits “Big Stack 103.9” KMON-HD4.

Butte MT

Country 92.5 KAAR
Classic Rock 95.5 KMBR
Variety Hits “107.7 Dave-FM” KMTZ
Conservative Talk 1370/94.7 KXTL.

Williston ND

CHR “Power 95.1” KTHC-FM
Country “Dakota Country Z96.1” KYYZ-FM
News/Talk 660 KEYZ.

Sierra Vista AZ

Country 92.3 KWCD
Hot AC “K101” 100.9 KZMK
Classic Rock “Thunder 98.1” 1420 KWAN.

Montrose CO

Country “94 Kix” KKXK
CHR “103.7 The River” KSNN
Oldies “KUBC Gold” 580/104.5 KUBC.

St. George/Cedar City UT

CHR “B92.1” KXBN
Adult Contemporary “Star 98” KREC
Variety Hits “101.9/99.1 Dave-FM” KXFF
Country “New Country 107.3/94.9” KIYK/KCIN
News/Talk 890/92.5 KDXU and 590/ 107.7 KSUB
Sports “97.7 ESPN” 1210 KHKR.

Wenatchee WA

CHR “96.7/103.9 KW3” KWWW
Country “Kissin’ 97.7” KYSN
Hot AC “99.5 The Bridge” KQBG
Classic Rock “The Quake 102.1” KPQ-FM
News/Talk 560/101.7 KPQ
Sports “1340 The Hawk” KYSP
Conservative Talk “Talk 106.7” 1370 KKWN.

In addition to the new markets being added to the Townsquare Media portfolio, the company is expanding its brand in Missoula, and the Tri-Cities of Washington.

In Missoula, Townsquare already owns:

Country 94.9 KYSS
Rock “96.3 The Blaze” KBAZ
Alternative “Alt 101.5” KAMM
CHR “107.5 Zoo-FM” KENR
Conservative Talk 930/99.7 KMPT
News/Talk 1290/98.3 KGVO
News/Talk 1240 KLYQ.

Cherry Creek owns:

Country “93.3 Eagle Country” KGGL
AC “Max 98.7/96.9” KHKM
Classic Rock “Z100” KZOQ
CHR “Now 106.7” KXDR
“Griz Sports 1450 /92.7” KGRZ.

Under Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules regarding the number of broadcast licenses a company can control in any given market, Townsquare Media is required to divest itself of several of its new and/or current stations in Missoula and the Tri-Cities of Washington. It did not disclose which Missoula stations would be sold, but did say the buyers are Anderson Broadcasting of Polson, and nonprofits Legacy Broadcasting and Missoula Community Radio.

In the Tri-Cities of Washington where two stations will be placed in a divestiture trust, Townsquare owns: