Macon Radio: Creek Media Seeks Restraining Order Vs. Prior Owner

Creek Media LLC, the new owner of Macon’s WNEX 100.9 FM The Creek, is asking a judge to stop one of the station’s previous owners from saying he’s taking control of the station, unplugging equipment and otherwise harassing employees.

According to macon.com, a petition filed in Bibb County Superior Court on Monday alleges that Lowell Register, former head of Register Communications, entered the station’s Cherry Street office Aug. 19 and said he was taking control of his former stations, towers and equipment.

A judge appointed a New York attorney as a receiver — someone to manage Register Communications’ assets — in early 2015 after the company failed to pay about $7.5 million owed in loans, property taxes and payroll taxes owed to the Internal Revenue Service.

In a May 23, 2016, transaction with the receiver, Creek Media bought the Radio Perry and Radio Peach stations WPGA-AM, WNEX-AM and WNEX-FM, and land where Register Communications owned a radio tower, according the the petition. Documents accompanying the petition show Creek Media paid $790,000.

But Lowell Register said Tuesday that the receiver and Green Bull Georgia Partners LLC, the company set up to manage Register Communications, did not have the authority to sell the radio stations.

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Creek Media is operating the three stations under a local management agreement, and ownership will not be complete until it’s approved by the courts, said Wes Griffith, a Creek Media co-owner.

Griffith said he anticipates the sale will be approved soon.

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