Who said radio is dead? No one at Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc., that's for sure. The locally based company, which currently owns four stations, including KSTP-AM, has entered into an asset purchase agreement to acuqire 17 of Bonneville International's radio stations in Washington DC, Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati for $505 million. The formats range from everything to 80s rock to all news.
The purchase means Hubbard will go from 154 employees to 701.
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