Connoisseur Eyes Market Domination As NRG Preps Lincoln Exit

Connoisseur Adds to Its Nebraska Stations

After selling off quite a few of its midwest stations it acquired in the big deal with Alpha Media last year, Connoisseur Media announced Tuesday it is growing its presence in Nebraska’s capital city. Connoisseur agreed to purchase NRG Media’s stations in Lincoln, Neb. The transaction is pending FCC approval and it is expected to close in the summer, according to a release. The stations involved are 1400 KLIN(AM) and its 99.3 FM translator, 98.1…

Connoisseur Seeks to Buy Lincoln Competitor – NorthPine: Upper Midwest Broadcasting

Connoisseur Media is seeking FCC permission to buy the competing NRG Media group in Lincoln. The proposed combination comes as both companies are in the process of selling stations in several other Upper Midwest markets. NRG currently owns three full-power FM stations in the Lincoln market while Connoisseur owns four; ownership rules normally cap the number of full-power FM’s at five. The initial announcement did not state whether the companies …

Lincoln Logs: Connoisseur’s Hopeful NRG Deal Crushes Rules

Six radio signals serving the state capital of Nebraska are being added to the company founded by Jeffrey Warshaw that expanded in size in a dramatic way with its debt assumption-fueled merger with Alpha Media. This will seen, upon FCC approval, the addition of three FMs, an AM and two FM translators serving Lincoln, Neb., in a deal with NRG Media brokered by Kalil & Co. How can this happen without divestments, as Connoisseur already owns statio…

Connoisseur Eyes Market Domination As NRG Preps Lincoln Exit

NRG Media is subtracting another Nebraska cluster, with Connoisseur Media signing a deal for the Mary Quass-led company's six Lincoln-area stations, though to close the deal Jeff Warshaw is betting on a big FCC waiver to let Connoisseur own 11 stations in the market.