Beasley Broadcast Group

Beasley Broadcast Group
Public
Traded as NASDAQ: BBGI
Industry Advertising; Radio broadcasting
Founded Benson, North Carolina (1961)
Headquarters Naples, Florida, USA
Key people

George G. Beasley, Founder, CEO, & Chairman of the Board,

Caroline Beasley, CFO, Vice President, & Director

Bruce G. Beasley, President, COO, & Director

Mark S. Fowler, Director
Products Radio Stations
Revenue Increase US $125.2 million (2006);[1] $97.4 million (2009)[2]
Increase US $25.9 million (2006) [1]
Increase US $10.1 million (2006); $5.3 million (2009) [2]
Number of employees
748; 417 (2009) [2]
Website BBGI Corporate Website

Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc., based in Naples, Florida, is an owner/operator of radio stations in the United States. As of October 2015, the company owned 52 stations.[3]

History

The company was founded in 1961 by George G. Beasley. On February 11, 2000 the Group completed its IPO.

On October 2, 2014, CBS Radio announced that it would trade 14 radio stations located in Tampa, FL, Charlotte, NC and Philadelphia, PA to the Beasley Broadcast Group in exchange for 5 stations located in Miami, FL and Philadelphia, PA.[4] The swap was completed on December 1, 2014.[5]

Stations by state

References

  1. 1 2 "Fiscal Year 2006 Consolidated Net Revenue". Retrieved 2007-03-26.
  2. 1 2 3 BBGI At a Glance Forbes magazine website. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
  3. "About". Retrieved 2015-01-02.
  4. CBS And Beasley Swap Philadelphia/Miami For Charlotte/Tampa from Radio Insight (October 2, 2014)
  5. Venta, Lance (December 1, 2014). "CBS Beasley Deal Closes". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 1, 2014.

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