As RBR+TVBR first reported in November 2025, NRG Media is exiting a trio of markets in Nebraska by agreeing to a sale that came ahead of an agreement to sell its Omaha-Council Bluffs properties to the same buyer.
That first transaction, brokered by Kalil & Co., closed on April 7.
Alan and Joanna Usher, through Usher Media LLC, agreed to purchasing the following properties:
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KGFW-AM, KQKY-FM, KRNY-FM, and K241CN-FX in Kearney, Neb.
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KROR-FM in Hastings, Neb.
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KSYZ-FM in Grand Island, Neb.
With legal representation by Wiley Rein attorney John Burgett, the Ushers are paying NRG Media $3.75 million for the stations.
NRG acquired the Kearney, Hastings and Grand Island properties in November 2013 from Norman Waitt-led Waitt Media Holdings LLC as part of a bigger stock-fueled deal valued at $70 million.
To make the transaction pass muster with the FCC, the Ushers sold their stake in Grand Island-based GI Family Radio, the Legacy Communications-associated licensee they hold one-third ownership of.
Usher Media’s legal counsel in this transaction is Stephen Lovelady, Special Counsel to Shainis & Peltzman.
