One of radio’s growth companies is Adam Nathanson’s Mapleton Communications LLC. It has now built its portfolio up to 41 stations with the addition of a seven-station cluster in Spokane WA. The Citadel spin-offs include KBBD-FM, KDRK-FM, KEYF-FM, KZBD-FM, KEYF-AM, KGA-AM & KJRB-AM. The deal was pegged at 22.5M in documents filed with the FCC. Mapleton’s list of markets served now includes San Francisco, Monterey, Chico, Merced, Redding, San Luis Obispo and Tulare-Visalia in California, plus Medford-Ashland OR and, of course, Spokane WA.
