Gap Broadcasting Group Explained

Gap Broadcasting Group was a group of companies that owned around 116 broadcast stations (including 1 low-power television station and 5 low-power stations) in 23 radio markets in northwestern and central southern United States in the late 2000s. Managed by Oaktree Capital Management, the group acquired mainly stations from Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia as of late 2014) in the mid-sized radio markets that Clear Channel was exiting.^[1] All Gap Broadcasting Group stations were acquired by Oaktree's Townsquare Media in August 2010.^[2]

Operating companies

Gap Broadcasting, which became Gap Central Broadcasting and was also known as Gap I, was based in Dallas, Texas and acquired stations in the south-central states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. It also owned Class A television station KJEF-CA at Jennings, Louisiana.
GapWest Broadcasting, also known as Gap II, was based in Greenwood Village, Colorado and acquired stations in 13 markets in Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming.
A third operating company, Gap Broadcasting III or GAP East, was founded in 2009 to acquire stations east of the Mississippi River,^[3] but ended up without any acquisitions.^[1]

Stations

As of May 2010, just before being acquired by Townsquare, Gap Broadcasting Group owned the following stations:^[4]

Gap	Band	St.	FacID
West	FM	Montana	align=right	35370
West	AM	Montana	align=right	16772
West	FM	Montana	align=right	16773
West	FM	Montana	align=right	16774
West	FM	Montana	align=right	1315
West	FM	Montana	align=right	1316
West	FM	Montana	align=right	72722
West	FM	Montana	align=right	24172
West	FM	Montana	align=right	24171
West	AM	Montana	align=right	24170
West	AM	Montana	align=right	37816
West	FM	Montana	align=right	30566
West	FM	Montana	align=right	11009
West	AM	Wyoming	align=right	86873
West	FM	Wyoming	align=right	7360
West	FM	Wyoming	align=right	88406
West	FM	Wyoming	align=right	26301
West	AM	Wyoming	align=right	11924
West	FM	Wyoming	align=right	26300
West	FM	Wyoming	align=right	56234
West	AM	Wyoming	align=right	30224
West	FM	Wyoming	align=right	5991
West	FM	Minnesota	align=right	49686
West	FM	Minnesota	align=right	53999
West	AM	Minnesota	align=right	49689
West	FM	Minnesota	align=right	4588
West	AM	Idaho	align=right	22194
West	FM	Idaho	align=right	22195
West	FM	Idaho	align=right	8413
West	FM	Idaho	align=right	30246
West	AM	Idaho	align=right	35885
West	FM	Idaho	align=right	87656
West	FM	Idaho	align=right	30247
West	FM	Wyoming	align=right	14753
West	AM	Wyoming	align=right	24700
West	FM	Montana	align=right	71759
West	AM	Montana	align=right	71751
West	AM	Montana	align=right	71754
West	FM	Montana	align=right	4700
West	AM	Montana	align=right	4699
West	FM	Montana	align=right	166027
West	FM	Montana	align=right	88404
West	FM	Montana	align=right	22911
West	FM	Montana	align=right	133545
West	AM	Montana	align=right	67655
West	FM	Montana	align=right	68295
West	FM	Washington	align=right	68846
West	AM	Washington	align=right	16725
West	FM	Washington	align=right	51128
West	FM	Washington	align=right	16726
West	FM	Washington	align=right	16727
West	FM	Idaho	align=right	3403
West	AM	Idaho	align=right	3404
West	FM	Idaho	align=right	3407
West	FM	Idaho	align=right	87843
West	FM	Washington	align=right	64507
West	FM	Washington	align=right	64397
West	FM	Washington	align=right	49723
West	AM	Washington	align=right	64398
West	FM	Washington	align=right	88006
West	AM	Washington	align=right	49722
West	FM	Washington	align=right	64360
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	54904
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	17804
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	73681
Central	AM	Texas	align=right	54843
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	22158
Central	AM	Texas	align=right	40997
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	41433
Central	AM	Texas	align=right	9308
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	9306
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	31463
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	9307
Central	FM	Louisiana	align=right	8169
Central	AM	Louisiana	align=right	53646
Central	FM	Louisiana	align=right	22962
Central	FM	Louisiana	align=right	53643
Central	AM	Louisiana	align=right	8168
Central	FM	Louisiana	align=right	71555
Central	FM	Oklahoma	align=right	35045
Central	FM	Oklahoma	align=right	2894
Central	FM	Oklahoma	align=right	12791
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	60799
Central	AM	Texas	align=right	61151
Central	AM	Texas	align=right	60798
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	1721
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	60800
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	61150
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	68130
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	25582
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	18105
Central	AM	Texas	align=right	11741
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	11740
Central	AM	Louisiana	align=right	46983
Central	FM	Louisiana	align=right	46982
Central	FM	Louisiana	align=right	60265
Central	FM	Louisiana	align=right	19560
Central	AM	Louisiana	align=right	60266
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	35688
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	7066
Central	AM	Arkansas	align=right	7072
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	65292
Central	FM	Arkansas	align=right	12312
Central	FM	Arkansas	align=right	7828
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	72661
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	25585
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	35711
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	48952
Central	AM	Texas	align=right	48950
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	25584
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	68301
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	19434
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	52074
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	43754
Central	AM	Texas	align=right	6639
Central	FM	Texas	align=right	1722

Gap Central also owned low-power television station KJEF-CA at Jennings, Louisiana (Facility ID 53643). It was also in the process of acquiring KTXN-FM at Victoria, Texas (Facility ID 13984), which it programmed under a local marketing agreement. GapWest programmed station KLMI at Rock River, Wyoming (Facility ID 164207) under a local marketing agreement.^[4]

Notes and References

Web site: GAP East goes "poof" . https://archive.today/20130411220622/http://streamingradioguide.com/radiochat/2010/06/25/gap-east-goes-poof/ . dead . 2013-04-11 . Art . Stone . Stop. Look. Listen. . FindAnISP.com . 2010-06-25 . 2010-08-16 .
Townsquare Media Acquires GAP Radio Broadcasting . 2010-08-13 . 2010-08-15 . . .
Gap Broadcasting Expands with Gap East . 2009-06-03 . Dallas, Texas . Gap Broadcasting Group . https://web.archive.org/web/20090710040332/http://www.gapbroadcasting.com/press090603.php . 2009-07-10 . 2010-08-16 .
Web site: Attachment 12 - Other Authorizations . FCC 316: Application for Consent to Assign Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License or to Transfer Control of Entity Holding Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License (BTC-20100510AUO) . Hellum . Erik . Federal Communications Commission . 2010-05-10 . 2010-08-17 .