Update 5/22: Larry H. Miller Communications has finalized its purchase of 1280 KZNS and 97.5 KZNS-FM for $3.25 Million and will begin operating both stations on Wednesday, May 23.

“1280 The Zone” KZNS will assume 1320 KFAN’s lineup. David James & Patrick Kinahan in mornings from 6-10am, Jim Rome from 10am-1pm, Scott Garrard and Jake Scott 1-3pm, Spence Checketts and Gordon Monson 3-6pm, Inside The Outdoors with Steve Brown from 6-7pm, and Fox Sports Radio at night.

97.5 KZNS-FM will break its simulcast of 1280 to become “Fox Sports 97.5“. The station will carry “Fox Sports Daybreak” from 6-10am on a two hour delay. A local show hosted by Jake Scott and Tony Parks will follow from 10am to 1pm followed by a replay of Jim Rome from 1-4pm and then Fox Sports Radio’s national feed from 4pm to 6am. Both stations will simulcast Utah Jazz basketball, while 97.5 will also carry Salt Lake Bees baseball.

1320 KFNZ will simulcast 1280 until May 31 when its operations will return back to Cumulus Media. Former KZNS morning co-host Hans Olson will jump to “ESPN 700” KALL to co-host afternoons starting June 4.

Original Report 5/16: The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the Larry H. Miller Group has acquired Sports “97.5 The Zone” 1280 KZNS/97.5 KZNS-FM Salt Lake City from the SLC Divestiture Trust I.

Miller, owner of the NBA Utah Jazz, currently LMA’s Sports “1320 K-FAN” KFNZ from Cumulus though the Tribune reports that lease will expire at the end of this month. As part of the deal, programming from both stations will be combined on 1280/97.5 though no deals have been finalized. KZNS will become the Jazz’ flagship station. An LMA will start immediately along with a lease of 960 KOVO Provo from Simmons Media to continue simulcasting the The Zone.

The Larry H. Miller Group also operates KJZZ-TV in Salt Lake City. The SLC Divestiture Trust I was one of two trusts setup following the merger of Simmons Media and Millcreek Broadcasting. It still retains Variety Hits “103.1 Jack-FM” KJQN Coalville, 103.9 KUDE Nephi, 105.1 KAUU Manti, 105.3 KDWY Diamondville WY to be sold off.

Earlier this month, Federated Media announced plans to flip Hot AC “Froggy 106.7” WFGA Hicksville, OH to a simulcast of sister “ESPN 1380” WKJG Fort Wayne on June 4. That move will be adjusted a bit as Swick Broadcasting’s “ESPN 92.7” W224BY/100.3 WLKI-HD3 Angola has the rights to ESPN in the 106.7 territory.

WFGA will still flip to Sports on June 4 but as “106.7 The Fan” running Fox Sports Radio and simulcasting 1380′s local programming. TheFanFortWayne.com was registered for the station last week. However this does not look to be the only “Fan” about to be launched by Federated Media.

TheFanMichiana.com is partially live at this moment with the pictured logo for “95.7 The Fan” indicating a format change at Classic Rock 95.7 WAOR South Bend. That market does not currently have an All-Sports station, although News/Talk 960/96.1 WSBT runs ESPN Radio from 12-2pm at 7pm to 5am with a local sports show from 5-7pm. WSBT is also the flagship for the local University of Notre Dame.

It may be joined by two additional stations. TheFan1290.com for Christian Talk WNIL Niles, MI and 1027TheFan.com for “Froggy 102.7” WLEG Ligonier were also registered with the previous domains but are not yet live.

Why have the web domains for Riviera Broadcasting’s “My 103.9” KEXX Phoenix been transferred to Clear Channel?

MyPhoenixRadio.com and MyPhoenixMusic.com are now owned by Clear Channel. While still in use for KEXX, is this the first sign that Clear Channel owns the rights to “My” in Arizona and will require a rebranding at 103.9?

Clear Channel relaunched 92.9 in Tucson as “My 92.9” on November 18 of last year. KEXX began using the “My” moniker on January 12. Clear Channel does own the national trademark on “MY FM”.

Riviera owns Spanish CHR “95.1 Latino Vibe” KVIB, Rhythmic CHR “Power 98.3” KKFR, and KEXX in the Phoenix market. Clear Channel owns News/Talk 550 KFYI, Sports “Xtra 910” KGME, Standards/Smooth Jazz 1230 KOY, Rhythmic AC “Eva 95.5” KYOT, Hot AC “Mix 96.9” KMXP, AC “99.9 KEZ” KESZ, Country 102.5 KNIX, and CHR “104.7 Kiss-FM” KZZP.

The next market to get an FM Sports station will be Lafayette, LA.

Delta Media Corporation has registered domains directed towards a flip of Classic Rock “Snap 103.7” KLWB-FM to go Sports using Fox Sports Radio. 1037TheGame.com and FoxSports1037TheGame.com were registered last week for use by the station. @1037TheGame on Twitter is up with a logo for the new format.

Update 5/22: Bill Binnie’s Carlisle Capital has won the bidding for $12.5 Million.

Update 5/21: The remaining Nassau stations in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont will be auctioned tomorrow.

They had been rumored to be sold to a partnership of Bill Binnie and Jeff Shapiro for $12.5 Million, but the deal was never completed. Shapiro previously operated many of those stations when he co-ran Vox Radio Group. He also owns 7 stations in New Hampshire and Vermont under the name Great Eastern Radio. The stations available are as follows:

Maine – Talk/Oldies 870 WLVP Gorham and 1470 WLAM Lewiston, Country “99.9 The Wolf” WTHT Portland and 99.3 WBQQ Kennebunk, Classical “W-Bach” 106.9 WBQX Thomaston and 107.7 WBQI Bar Harbor, Rock “106.3 The Bone” WHXR Kennebunkport, and Classic Hits “107.5 Frank-FM” WFNK Lewiston and 105.5 WBYA Islesboro

New Hampshire – Sports “The Score” 1230 WTSV Claremont, News/Talk 1490 WEMJ Laconia, Country “93.3 The Wolf” WNHW Belmont, Hot AC 98.3 WLNH Laconia, Classic Rock “104.9 The Hawk” WLKZ Wolfeboro, CHR 105.5 WJYY Concord, Rock “Q106” WHDQ Claremont, and Classic Hits “106.3 Frank-FM” WFNQ Manchester

Vermont – Talk 1450 WSNO Barre, Country 1490 WIKE Newport, Hot AC “Moo 92” 92.1 WMOO Derby Center, Country “95.3 & 107.1 The Wolf” WXLF Hartford and WZLF Bellows Falls, Country “Froggy 100.9” WWFY Berlin, Classic Rock “101.5 The Fox” WEXP Brandon and 100.7 WTHK Wilmington, Classic Hits “Oldies 104.3” WWOD Hartford and 96.3 WFYX Walpole, NH, Classic Hits “107.1 Frank-FM” WORK Barre

Original Report 5/7: The winning bidders for the auction of bankrupt Nassau Broadcasting’s properties have been revealed.

Goldman Sachs, Nassau’s primary creditor will retain the eleven New Jersey and Pennsylvania properties with a $37.8 Million credit bid. Those stations serve the Trenton, Allentown-Bethlehem, and Stroudsburg markets.

New Jersey – Christian 920 WCHR Trenton, Sports 1040 WNJE Flemington (currently LMA’d to ESPN), CHR 94.5 WPST Trenton, and Rock “107.1 The Bone” WWYY Belvidere/Stroudburg PA

Pennsylvania – Talk 840 WVPO Stroudsburg & 960 WPLY Mount Pocono, Christian “The Light 1160” WBYN Lehighton, Sports “ESPN Lehigh Valley” 1230 WEEX Easton and 1320 WTKZ Allentown, Hot AC 93.5 WSBG Stroudsburg, and Classic Hits “99.9 The Hawk” WODE Easton.

Manning Broadcasting gets the Maryland stations of Talk 1490 WARK Hagerstown, Hot AC “Key 103” WAFY Frederick, and Classic Hits “106.9 The Eagle” WWEG Hagerstown with a $6.4 Million bid. Manning had sold WARK and WWEG to Nassau in December 2004 but had recently sued Nassau for over $1 Million in missed payments.

The Cape Cod, Massachusetts cluster of Classic Hits “93.5 & 101.1 Frank-FM” WFQR Mashpee and WFRQ Harwich Port and Rock “Pixy 103” WPXC go to John Garabedian of “Open House Party” fame for $2.7 Million.

In Maine, one part of the Classical “W-Bach” trimulcast will go its own way as 104.7 WBQW Kennebunkport was sold to Mainestream Media for $150,000. Catholic “106.7 The Presence” North Windham/Portland goes to The Presence Radio Network for $250,000. That group had already been leasing the station.

Family Life Radio has purchased 94.3 W232CA Detroit from Radio Power Inc. for $150,000.

The translator, which previously was Rock “94.3 The Bone” will simulcast Family Life Radio’s 1030 WUFL Sterling Heights. The sale gives FLR an FM and nighttime signal in the market.

Was Clear Channel’s rebranding of 102.9 KDMX Dallas to “102.9 Now” on Friday in order to protect itself from a coming entry into the local CHR wars by CBS?

CBS today has registered a trio of domains via MarkMonitor for potential use in Dallas. AMPRadioDFW.com, AmpRadio1053.com, and 1075AmpRadio.com.

There are pros and cons for both frequencies. Sports “105.3 The Fan” KRLD-FM is currently the lowest rated full coverage FM in the market with a mere 1.2 share, however it is the flagship station for the Dallas Cowboys and part of CBS’ growing FM Sports portfolio. Spanish CHR “Mega 107.5” KMVK is does much better with a 2.8, but its 16.5kW class C1 signal has deficiencies in the northern reaches of the Dallas/Fort Worth market when compared to 105.3, or Clear Channel’s “106.1 Kiss-FM” KHKS and “102.9 Now” KDMX.

Hooten Broadcasting has debuted AC “The Skunk” on 92.7 KUNK Mendocino, CA and 96.7 K244AH Ukiah branded as “The True Hits Channel”. The station had previously been Oldies KMFB.

Station owner Hoot Hooten will co-host mornings from 6-9am with John Rio, best known for his time as “Mr. Leonard” on Z100 New York. Lindy Peters remains in afternoons. The station is also the local affiliate for San Francisco Giants baseball.

The Press Release follows:

KUNK The Skunk FM new hometown radio hits airwaves as “The True Hits Channel.” broadcasting on FM radio as the newest ‘Young Adult Hits Station.’ Operating out of Ft. Bragg – Mendocino County, CA on 92.7 on the Beaches and 96.7 Inland.

May 21, 2012 – Hooten Broadcasting Company LLC led by Hoot Hooten, is dedicated to providing great local radio, and is committed to being an active and integral part of the communities in which it serves.

Hooten says, “I feel the listener is part of our radio family and that is just another way to continue our commitment to hometown radio, focusing not only on the community but to our advertisers. Broadcasting worldwide on the internet at: http://www.theskunkfm.com expands that community to everyone – everywhere.”

The format has news, sports, weather, and music. Hooten is very pleased to have the
California broadcasting of the SF Giants baseball games as well as exciting local games.

As an award winning Radio Personality and Station Owner, Hooten is using his vast experience in radio, to start something completely new for audience enjoyment which he says is very exciting for him. The loyal listeners that have followed Hoot Hooten and John Rio for many years, are able to hear them as the daily lead men starting off the work day on their new and most entertaining morning show, “Rio and Hoot in the morning,” every weekday from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. With the new morning show, KUNK The Skunk FM has already regained the station’s market position. The station’s primary appeal is with the young adult-at-work audience. Adding to the line up “The Afternoon Cruise” manned by Lindy Peters who with his many character voices and extemperaneous wit makes for an enjoyable afternoon.

KUNK The Skunk FM offers a unique blend of music targeting both men and women with a music mix of the 70′s, 80′s, 90′s, and today which is broad based and has mass appeal
for the in-office listener. That and the down-to-earth style of communication is appealing to virtually everyone. Hooten feels as The Skunk FM expands, the station will have the ability
to reach new listeners and uniquely serve advertisers more effectively.

Hooten adds, “the station is rewinding back to what we all remember— good enjoyable radio. By doing that, we not only have fun doing our shows, but all those listening can also enjoy it with us.” Visit the station online at: http://theskunkfm.com and hear the latest in Hometown Radio locally and around the world at the same time.

Update 5/21: Cumulus announced today that “All News 106.7” will debut on Tuesday, May 29.

Original Report 4/27: Cumulus Media will flip “Atlanta’s Greatest Hits” 106.7 WYAY to All News in Mid-May.

The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports via statement from Cumulus’ John Dickey that the station will attempt to attract a broader audience than most older male targeted News stations with a mix of pop-culture, entertainment news, celebrity news, along with hard news.

Rodney Ho of The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that Cumulus has hired many former CNN Radio staffers for the new station.

The new format will be pitted up against Cox News/Talk 750/95.5 WSB. WSB has a news block in morning drive, but is Talk the rest of the day. Atlanta has been the largest market without any all-news programming outside morning drive.

We first told you on April 6 that Cumulus had registered domains indicating a plan to launch All News on 106.7 in Atlanta.

As it approaches its 45th anniversary as a Rocker this fall, Emmis appears to be on the verge of giving 94.7 KSHE St. Louis a makeover.

Nine domains were registered by the company on Friday for use at 94.7 and to potentially block Clear Channel from using them on the low rated “Gen X 100.3” KSGX. The domains are: Brew947.com, TheBrew947.com, kshebrew.com, kshebrewcrew.com, ksherocks.com, ksherockstl.com, 100thebrew.com, 1003thebrew.com, 1003rocks.com.

Emmis controls the Rock audience in St. Louis between three of its stations. Classic Rock “K-Hits 96” KIHT currently ranks 10th in the market with a 4.0 share, KSHE is 11th, and Modern Rock “105.7 The Point” KPNT 12th. Is a revamping of KSHE the first phase of a consolidation of their Rock wall or just to prevent Clear Channel from cutting in?

Meanwhile, Clear Channel has registered Bones1077.com. While currently redirecting to the site of WMOV Norfolk, the site has the FavIcon for CHR “Z107.7” KSLZ which is a usual tell where the site will eventually go. Does this mean KHFI Austin based Bobby Bones will fill the vacant morning slot at KSLZ?