From 1998 to 2003, he served as an Oregon State Representative for Grants Pass and Josephine County. As of July 2020, he was back in the state house in Salem when his Grants Pass Broadcasting welcomed a Class A FM scraping the Medford market, adding it to his AM and FM already serving Grants Pass.
Now, Carl Wilson is selling the stations. But, the buyer is someone wholly familiar with the operation and will likely make very few, if any, changes.