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Civic Media to Acquire 16 Signals in Iowa and Illinois

By TALKERS | October 14, 2026 by TALKERS

Wisconsin-based media company Civic Media, Inc has entered into an agreement with three separate companies to acquire their radio station assets. Those companies – Pritchard Broadcasting Corp., Titan Broadcasting, LLC, and Galesburg Broadcasting Company – are turning over 16 radio signals in Iowa and Illinois to Civic Media for a price yet to be announced. The stations include sports talk KBKB-AM, Fort Madison, Iowa; news/talk KBUR-AM, Burlington, Iowa; and news/talk/sports WGIL-AM, Galesburg, Illinois. Civic Media currently operates radio stations in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan.

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Top News/Talk Media Stories for Week of October 9 – 13

By TALKERS | October 13, 2023 by TALKERS

The deadly Hamas-led attacks on Israel and Israel’s response was the most-talked-about story in news/talk media this week, landing atop the Talkers Ten^TM. At #2 this week was President Joe Biden’s collaboration with Qatar to freeze Iran’s oil assets due to Iran’s solidarity with Hamas, followed by U.S. House Republicans’ efforts to nominate and confirm a new House Speaker at #3. The Talkers Ten^TM is a weekly chart of the top stories and people discussed in news/talk media during the week and is the result of ongoing research from TALKERS magazine. It is published every Friday at Talkers.com. See this week’s complete chart here.