{"id":125556,"date":"2015-10-31T00:01:37","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T14:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=125556"},"modified":"2020-11-09T11:25:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T01:25:43","slug":"new-owners-at-4sb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/10\/31\/new-owners-at-4sb\/","title":{"rendered":"New Owners At 4SB"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kingaroy radio station Radio 4SB (1071 AM) … now part of the Resonate Broadcasting network<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 30, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Radio station 4SB now has a new owner, Resonate Broadcasting, following the enforced sale of the station by the Macquarie Radio Network.<\/p>\n

In December last year, MRN announced it intended to merge with Fairfax Media Limited.<\/p>\n

The merger brought together Australia\u2019s two top-rating talk stations, 2GB in Sydney and 3AW in Melbourne, but due to regulatory requirements it also meant the sale of the Macquarie Regional Radio Network, which includes 4SB.<\/p>\n

Businessman Brad Smart sold his regional radio network to MRN in August 2011 for $6 million. That sale included 4SB as well as stations at Mt Isa, Emerald, Charleville, St George, Roma and Goondiwindi.<\/p>\n

The Kingaroy station is one of eight which Resonate added to their Queensland network this week . Resonate have not disclosed what they paid for the stations.<\/p>\n

The Resonate Broadcasting network now consists of an FM station and nine AM radio stations in Queensland, plus two stations in Hawaii:\u00a0“The Beach” and “Wave 92FM”.<\/p>\n