Christopher Miller’s Meridian Media closed on its October 2019 acquisition of the majority of Rocking M Media’s Salina KS cluster last week.
Miller, who owns 1/3 of Rocking M Media, purchased Country “Y93.7” KYEZ Salina, Classic Hits “FM 104.9” KSAL-FM Salina, News/Talk 1150 KSAL/106.7 K294DI Salina, and Full Service “1560 The General” KABI/95.9 K240EX Abilene for the assumption of a $1,755,917.55 promissory note.
However the two stations not included in the original sale will also come under Meridian Media control as Meridian has entered into an LMA to operate CHR “92.7 The New Zoo” KZUH Minneapolis and “95.5 The Rock” KVOB Lindsborg. A third station, 101.7 KDJM Lindsborg was operated by Rocking M under LMA from Randy Michaels’ Radioactive LLC but was sold to Divine Mercy Radio in August 2019 for $340,000 and has since flipped to Catholic programming as KJDM.
In a story at KSAL.com, it is explained that the Meridian Media name comes from the fact that Miller’s great-grandfather A.Q. Miller Sr. was a Salina resident and treasurer of the Meridian Road Association. The road was an early attempt in the 1910’s to build a north-south highway from Mexico to Canada along the sixth meridian and through Salina.
