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Prestige Communications

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Prestige Communications was a broadcast radio station group in Macomb, Illinois. It operated six stations in west-central Illinois owned by the husband-wife team of Bruce T. Foster and Nancy L. Foster.

All six stations were sold to Virden Broadcasting Corp. effective November 30, 2015, at a purchase price of $725,000.

Station ownership

  • Central Illinois Broadcasting Company — 74% Bruce Foster; 26% Nancy Foster shares voted by Bruce Foster
  • 102.7 WJEQ Macomb, Illinois — from bankrupt McDonough Broadcasting, Inc. on 14 June 1989
  • Colchester Radio, Inc. — 100% owned by Nancy Foster
  • 1510 WLRB Macomb, Illinois — from WPW Broadcasting on 6 January 2009
  • 100.1 WKAI Macomb, Illinois — from WPW Broadcasting on 6 January 2009
  • 104.1 WMQZ Colchester, Illinois — licensed as new on 9 June 1999
  • 104.7 WLMD Bushnell, Illinois — from WPW Broadcasting on 6 January 2009
  • Nancy L. Foster — as sole proprietor
  • 95.9 WNLF Macomb, Illinois — FCC construction permit granted by Auction #25, MX FM 51, in 1996; licensed as new 16 March 2001

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    Prestige Communications Wikipedia
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