Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Mormons Sell Major Media Voices

WTOP, other Bonneville stations sold
By Washington Post editors

WTOP radio in the District has been sold to a Minnesota-based broadcasting company.

Deseret Management Corporation, a for-profit arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has agreed to sell its Bonneville International radio stations, including WTOP and stations in Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati to Hubbard Broadcasting Inc. for $505 million.

DMC will retain its Bonneville stations in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Seattle and Salt Lake City.

WTOP, the Washington area's most popular radio station, will remain an all-news station, according to reporter Paul Farhi.

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