{"id":350426,"date":"2025-12-15T16:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T16:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/350426\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T16:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T16:59:10","slug":"failed-bankruptcy-sale-leads-to-silence-across-arkansas-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/350426\/","title":{"rendered":"Failed Bankruptcy Sale Leads To Silence Across Arkansas &#038; Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-removed-loading=\"lazy\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='jeg_viewport']\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::P]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/highplainsradionetwork.jpg\" alt=\"High Plains Radio Network HPR Monte Spearman\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-266685\"  \/>E Radio Network will not close on its purchase of twenty stations from the <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/266684\/high-plains-radio-network-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy-protection\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chapter 11 bankruptcy <\/a>trustee for Monte Spearman\u2019s High Plains Radio Network with the majority of the stations filing to go silent.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the bankruptcy proceeding triggered by tower lease dispute with Vertical Bridge, E Radio Network had agreed earlier this year to purchase and began operating \u201cFox Sports 99.7\u201d KWPS-FM Caddo Valley\/Hot Springs AR, \u201cFox Sports 97.1\u201d KJMT Calico Rock AR, Christian AC \u201c94.3 Christian-FM\u201d KCMC-FM Viola AR, Country \u201cHot Country 92.7\u201d KRZP Gassville AR, Country \u201cHot Country 100.9\u201d KDEL-FM Arkadelphia AR, Country \u201cHot Country 106.9\u201d KYXK Gurdon AR, Classic Hits \u201cEZ Rock\u201d on 690 KAFN Benton, 1240 KVRC Arkadelphia, and 1310 KZUP Malvern\/99.3 K257HA Sheridan AR, and 1590 KDAV Lubbock TX for $1 million. In a second deal, E Radio Network agreed to acquire 96.5 KKNM Bovina, 100.5 KNNK Dimmitt, 94.7 KGRW Friona, 1490 KZZN Littlefield, 1090 KVOP, 1400 KREW, 103.9 KRIA, and 106.9 KKYN-FM Plainview, 1490 KVWC and 103.1 KVWC-FM Vernon TX for $700,000.<\/p>\n<p>Previous sales of <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/255781\/broadcast-industry-group-to-purchase-hprns-arkansas-mississippi-properties\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">many of the Arkansas stations<\/a> included in this deal in 2020 and 2023 to Jay Brentlinger\u2019s Broadcast Industry Group also failed to close.<\/p>\n<p>With the collapse of the sale, silent STA\u2019s have been filed with the FCC for KAFN, KCMC-FM, KDAV, KDEL-FM, KJOK, KKNM, KLVQ, KREW, KRZP, KVRC, KVWC, KWPS-FM, KYXK, KZYP, and KZZN. Brentlinger, as technical consultant, told the FCC, \u201cDue to the failure of the Court Approved and FCC Approved Buyer to close on the purchase of the stations, and as the Buyer was the Local Marketing Partner the stations. HPRN (DIP) Stations must go silent until a new buyer, which is currently in process can be approved by the US Bankruptcy Court, and the FCC.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"E Radio Network will not close on its purchase of twenty stations from the Chapter 11 bankruptcy trustee&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":{"0":"post-350426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}