In early March 2020, just days before COVID-19 lockdowns and a pandemic would rattle the global economy, High Plains Radio Network (HPRN), the entity led by Monte Spearman, agreed to sell two AMs, two FMs and a FM translator in Arkansas to Broadcast Industry Group, led by Charles Jayson Brentlinger. That deal did not close. In July 2023, a reengineered deal that added an FM translator and seven additional full-power stations was agreed to. That transaction also ended up with a non-consummation notice.
Now, HPRN has struck a fresh deal that sees many of those properties going to a new buyer.
