Alpha Media To Acquire Shreveport, Tyler Stations

Alpha Media of Portland, OR, has agreed to acquire Access 1 Communications' nine radio stations in Shreveport, LA and Tyler-Longview, TX.

Included in the deal are Shreveport stations:

• KBTT 103.7 FM The Beat 
• KOKA 980 AM The Light
• KDKS 102.1 FM 
• KLKL 95.7 FM  Classic Hits
• KTAL 98.1 FM Rock

Tyler-Longview, TX stations:

• KKUS 104.1 FM Classic Country
• KOOI 106.5 FM Sunny
• KOYE 96.5 FM Regional Mexican
• KYKX 105.7 FM Country

Alpha Media will begin operating the Access 1 stations under an Local Marketing Agreement (LMA), beginning January 1. AM's portfolio currently includes seventy stations and when all pending deals are complete, the station count will reach 83.

Alpha Media Chairman Larry Wilson said, "I've known Chesley Maddox-Dorsey for a long time. She's a great person with superb integrity and it's a tremendous honor for us to be buying stations from Access 1. I've been continually impressed with the quality of people I've met and their passion for the industry. It fits right in our sweet spot for live and local radio and we are very much looking forward to the acquisition."

Access 1 Communications President/CEO Chesley Maddox-Dorsey said, "Larry Wilson continues to display the dynamism that has earned him the best in class title for our industry. With our sale to Alpha Media, our employees, listeners and advertising partners in East Texas and Shreveport, Louisiana will have the opportunity to work with a visionary group of media professionals with a demonstrated track record of success. We are thrilled that we could pass our baton to this incredibly imaginative company that will maintain that intimate connection with listeners and advertisers that we have come to cherish."