| Date: |
November 9, 2005 |
| Contact: |
Tristram E. Collins, Executive
Vice President |
| Phone: |
(609) 452-9696 |
NASSAU
COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF CAPE COD RADIO STATIONS
Expands
Its Holdings in New England
PRINCETON,
NEW JERSEY – Nassau
Broadcasting Partners, L.P. (“Nassau”) announced today
it has completed its acquisition of three FM radio stations
licensed to communities on Cape Cod, Massachusetts in
a transaction with The Cape Cod Radio Stations Trust
(the “Trust”) and Qantum Communications Corporation (“Qantum”).
The
stations acquired by Nassau are WPXC-FM, a Class “A” facility
at 102.9 MHz on the dial licensed to Hyannis; WTWV-FM,
a Class “A” facility at 101.1 MHz licensed to Mashpee;
and WDVT-FM, a Class “A” facility at 93.5 MHz licensed
to Harwich Port.
The
Trust was created as part of Qantum’s acquisition of four
radio stations from Boch Broadcasting in July 2005 in order
to independently operate the subject radio stations pending
a sale to a third party to comply with The Federal Communications
Commission’s ownership regulations. Qantum, based in Stamford,
Connecticut, is led by industry veteran Frank Osborn and
owns 31 radio stations in the U.S.
“Cape
Cod is a wonderful place to be a radio broadcaster,” said
Lou Mercatanti, Nassau’s Chairman and President. “We look
forward to producing great local radio for this vibrant
community. We are very happy to be here and these new stations
are great additions to our now substantial New England
platform.” Nassau’s new stations will be led by recently
hired industry veteran Jake Demmin.
Nassau
paid $10 million cash for the stations. Glenn Serafin of
Serafin Bros., Inc., a Tampa, Florida-based media brokerage
and financial services company, advised Nassau in the transaction.
The Trust and Qantum were represented by Doug Ferber of
Star Media Group, a Texas brokerage firm.
Nassau
Broadcasting Partners, L.P. is a privately held firm in
Princeton, New Jersey. Pro forma for all pending transactions,
Nassau owns and/or operates 49 radio stations in New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts
and Maine. It is the 15th largest broadcaster in the United
States in terms of the number of radio stations it owns.
The Company's web site is www.nassaubroadcasting.com.