‘Jerry Rogers’ Roth’s Thoroughbred Communications Inc. is selling AAA “Q105.3” WRHQ Richmond Hill/Savannah GA to Ocie ‘OC’ Welch III’s Bradley Creek Broadcasting for $1.7 million.
The deal includes the two real estate assets of WRHQ. Welch owns multiple Ford and Lincoln dealerships in the the Savannah/Hilton Head area as well as the Savannah Country Club.
Rogers has owned WRHQ since its sign-on in 1991 and also serves as General Manager and afternoon host at the station. His radio career in the city dates back to 1969 when he joined 1400 WSGA as Music Director and afternoon host. He would rise to Program Director in 1971 and also added those duties for sister “Z102” WZAT before rising to General Manager in 1976. Rogers was inducted in the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame in 2009.
In a Facebook post announcing the purchase, Welch simply states, “Format will never change.”
