Connoisseur Media has agreed to sell its four-station Bakersfield, CA cluster—KLLY-FM, KKBB-FM, and KNZR-AM & FM—to locally owned Frequency Broadcasting, operated by Kaitlyn and Danny Hill, with the deal pending FCC approval and expected to close early next year.
The sale follows Connoisseur's September acquisition of multiple markets from Alpha Media, prompting CEO Jeff Warshaw to explain that "Bakersfield was a market that did not fit into the long-term plans we have for Connoisseur."
He praised Frequency as a local operator able to "devote the time and energy that Bakersfield deserves."
Frequency already owns two Bakersfield stations—Outlaw Country 95.9 FM/1140 AM and Rewind 98.1 FM/93.5 FM—and the Hills expressed excitement about expanding in their hometown, noting they had been in discussions with Connoisseur prior to the Alpha deal.
Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP represented Connoisseur, while Smithwick & Belendiuk, P.C. advised Frequency Broadcasting.