Connoisseur Media
Connoisseur Media LLC is an American media company. It is based in Westport, Connecticut and led by Jeff Warshaw. As of May 2024, Connoisseur operates 13 radio stations and digital assets in four U.S. markets: Frederick, MD, Nassau-Suffolk, NY, New Haven, CT and Metro Fairfield County, CT: [1]
History
Founder and
It was announced in July 2015 that Petrus Holding Company LP had invested in Connoisseur Media.[3]
On March 27, 2019, Connoisseur Media announced that it would acquire WFRE and sister station WFMD from the Aloha Station Trust in exchange for transferring its Erie, Pennsylvania cluster to iHeartMedia.[4][5] The sale closed on May 21, 2019.[6]
On April 14, 2022, Connoisseur Media made an offer to purchase the assets of Atlanta, GA based Cumulus Media (Symbol: CMLS) including its debt. Cumulus has a national footprint as well as the owners of Westwood One, a satellite driven company which provides programming to non-affiliated entities. The stock price of CMLS popped 39% at the announcement.
Company portfolio
Radio
- WWWF-FM (103.1 The Wolf)
- WALK-FM (WALK 97.5)
- WWSK (The Shark 94.3)
- WFOX (95.9 The Fox)
- WEBE (WEBE108)
References
- ^ "Connoisseur Media - Headquarter Locations, Competitors, Financials, Employees". www.cbinsights.com. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ^ "Jeff Warshaw: Westport's Radio Connoisseur". 06880danwoog.com. Nov 10, 2022.
- ^ Perot Companies Go for Connoisseur Media Archived 2015-07-16 at the Wayback Machine Paul McLane, Radio World, July 15, 2015
- ^ "iHeartMedia & Connoisseur Media Swap Frederick & Erie". RadioInsight. 27 March 2019.
- ^ Fairfield, CJ. "Two Frederick radio stations acquired by Connoisseur Media". The Frederick News-Post.
- ^ "No New Station Sales In FCC Database Tuesday Morning". All Access.