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The Essentials

Address: P.O. Box 487, Elkhart, IN 46515-0487
Address: P.O. Box 2500, Elkhart, IN 46515-2500
Address: 421 S. 2nd Street, Elkhart, IN 46516-3238
Address: 237 Edison Road, Suite 200, Mishawaka, IN 46545-8300
Phone: 574.295.2500
FAX: 574.294.4014
Web Presence: http://www.federatedmedia.com
Notes: Also known as "Federated Media"

Corporate Personnel

President: John F. Dille, III
COO: Tony Richards (March, 2000 - Current) (From GM at Federated's WMEE, then-WONO, WOWO, and WQHK radio stations)

Stations Owned

WAOR
(purchased from Niles Broadcasting Co. in July, 1999)
WBYR
(purchased from Regional Radio Corp. in April, 1996)
WBYT
WFWI
(purchased from Edgewater Radio)
WKJG (nee WQHK and WONO)
WLEG (nee WLNB and WGSN)
(Purchased from GBC Media, L.L.C.)
WMEE
WNIL
(purchased from Niles Broadcasting Co. in July, 1999)
WOWO
(Purchased from Inner City Broadcasting Corp. in 1995 for $2.3 million.)
WTRC

Company History

John (Jack) Dille died October 7, 1994. He was Chairman. He served as Chairman of the NAB and Minority Broadcaster Investment Fund. He joined Truth Publishing in 1952 as editor. In 1998, President John F. Dille III and David L. Hicks were fined by the FCC for falsifying documents relating to the control of WRBR.

For Further Reading...

Paeth, Greg. "Jacor purchases Magic 92.5, WCKY sold" The Cincinnati Post. 17 March 1994. Page 5B.
"Obituaries". Television Digest October 31, 1994.
Kilbane, Kevin. "Federated Media agrees to purchase WBYR, 98.9-FM" Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. 24 April 1996. Page 4A.
"John Dille Trial Date Set." Radio & Records. July, 1998.
Spangler, Matt. "FCC Wraps Up Pathfinder License Revocation Trial." Radio & Records November 13, 1998. Page 4.
Spangler, Matt. "FCC Agrees to Spare Pathfinder Licenses." Broadcasting & Cable March 12, 1999. Page 3, 16.
"Dille, Hicks May Be Fined." Broadcasting & Cable March 15, 1999. Page 18.
"Dave Macy to return to airwaves, complete with more controversy." The (Fort Wayne) News-Sentinel. February 22, 2003. Page 7A.
Emerson, Laura. "WOWO sues to block fired host Macy's new gig." The (Fort Wayne) Journal Gazette. February 25, 2003. Page 2D.
"WOWO files court papers against Macy's new show." The (Fort Wayne) News-Sentinel. February 25, 2003. Page 3A.
Emerson, Laura. "Ex-WOWO host fights for job at competition." The (Fort Wayne) Journal Gazette. March 4, 2003. Page 2C.

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