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The Essentials

Corporate Personnel

Owner/President: Frank Kovas (Deceased 29 January 2005)
VP/GM: Connie Kovas

Stations Owned

WCGO, Chicago Heights, Illinois
WCKZ
(Sold to Travis Broadcasting Corp. in December, 2001 for $7.5 million, total.)
WGL(AM)
(Sold to Travis Broadcasting Corp. in December, 2001 for $7.5 million, total.)
WKKD, Aurora, Illinois
(Purchased from NextMedia Group for $825,000 in October, 2001)
WMCW, Harvard, Illinois
(Purchased from WPW Broadcasting for $650,000 in December, 2003.)
WONX, Evanston, Illinois
WHTD (nee WWWD, WEJE, and WKQM)
(Sold to Travis Broadcasting Corp. in December, 2001 for $7.5 million, total.)
WXTW
(Sold to Travis Broadcasting Corp. in December, 2001 for $7.5 million, total.)

History

For Further Reading...

Kilbane, Kevin. "Letter to station owners signals Arbitron anger". Fort Wayne News-Sentinel 5 October 1994. Page 1F, 6F.
Vagelatos, Alex. "Radio Made Easy". Fort Wayne Business People June, 1995. Pages 14-17.
"Kovas, Williams replace Collins." Fort Wayne News-Sentinel 12 March 1996. Page 2A.
Edmonds, Rhea. "4 radio stations to get new owner." The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. 3 November 2001. Page 7B.
Frazier, Lynne McKenna. "Kovases to sell 4 radio stations to company based in Virginia." The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. 3 November 2001. Page 3A.

RadioWatch Mentions

10 March 1998
20 October 1998
31 March 2001
10 November 2001
29 January 2005